COUNTRY & FOLK MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
COUNTRY & FOLK MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Country & Folk Music in Manchester
Here You Come Again - The New Dolly Parton Musical
The Lowry
Tue 29 Oct - Sat 2 Nov 2024
The Luke Combs Experience - Luke Combs Tribute
Manchester Academy
Sat 2 Nov 2024 - Sat 31 May 2025
Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra
Gullivers, Manchester
Friday 15 November 2024
Described by fRoots as "Newcastle's finest swing-honkytonk-rockabilly band", Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra are ten years into a remarkable story that began with four friends, hailing from Orkney to Warwickshire, studying at Newcastle U...
Beabadoobee
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 16 November 2024
Born in the Philippines and raised in London, Bea Kristi began recording music as beabadoobee in 2017. At just 20 years old, she has built her huge, dedicated Gen-Z fan base with her flawless output of confessional bedroom pop songs and DIY...Seasick Steve
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 16 November 2024
Born in Oakland, Steven Gene Leach spent his childhood in California during the '50s. He left home by the time he was a teenager and lived the life of a panhandler on the road travelling America. Leach spent time in Mississippi, Tennessee a...Kris Drever
Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Saturday 16 November 2024
Kris Drever is a Scottish folk singer songwriter, who has won multiple awards including an incredible 7 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, two shortlist nominations for Scottish Album of The Year (with his trio Lau) and much acclaim for his solo reco...Jacob Reddy
FAC251, Manchester
Saturday 16 November 2024
The teenage indie-pop singer songwriter from Blackburn is a keen songwriter who takes inspiration from the likes of George Ezra, Frank Turner, Tom Grennan and Mumford and Sons, while performing high-energy, infectious gigs. Jacob Reddy pick...Gina Larner
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 16 November 2024
Gina Larner is an Americana folk singer/songwriter born and bred in Brighton. Opening for names such as Brian McFadden, and KT Tunstall, Gina writes a variety of music, to fit every side of country folk. Gina studied music at Gloucester U...Luke Combs UK - Tribute to Luke Combs
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Sunday 17 November 2024
The World's leading tribute to the Grammy-nominated country megastar Luke Combs! Experience the heart and soul of country music as we pay homage to one of the genre's biggest stars. A night of incredible songs, authentic Southern vibes, an...Newton Faulkner
New Century Hall, Manchester
Sunday 17 November 2024
The famous dreadlocks are probably the easiest signifier for Newton Faulkner. That might have been the point, as pretty much everything else about the Surrey-born singer songwriter is more difficult to define. Faulkner possesses a pop sensi...
Oysterband
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Monday 18 November 2024
After 45 years on the road, Oysterband has decided to bring an end to touring. The 5-times BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-winning outfit that brought passion, power and not a little poetry to folk and roots music, enter their fifth decade as vital ...Chris Cohen
Yes, Manchester
Monday 18 November 2024
Now Wave presents Chris Cohen at YES Basement on 18th November 2024...Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Originally from Alabama but now based in Nashville, four-time Grammy Award-winning Americana singer, songwriter and musician Jason Isbell is widely renowned as one of the greatest songwriters of his generation with his track "Maybe It's Ti...Talisk
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Ground-breaking, chart-topping, genre-bending, globetrotting, instantly enthralling... it's little wonder that Talisk rank highly amongst the most in-demand folk-based groups to emerge from Scotland in the last decade and more. Mohsen Amini...Lissie
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Four UK Top 20 albums showcase the power vocal performance that has become synonymous with this always engaging Rock Island, Illinois, acclaimed country rock musician who is often compared to Lana Del Rey, with "the rustic charm of Emmylou ...Black Stone Cherry
AO Arena, Manchester
Friday 22 November 2024
UK chart-topping proud Kentucky hard rockers, Black Stone Cherry, are back with their urgently-emotive pop-rock hooks; heartfelt, redemptive lyrics; headbanging riffs; powerful dynamics; thunderous drums; and thrilling musicianship. In the...Wild Rivers
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 22 November 2024
Totonto, Ontario indie folk trio Wild Rivers have a gift for penning introspective lyrics and genre-fluid melodies that transmit wisdom beyond their years, touching on coming-of-age themes and embracing the unknown. The live setting is wher...
Tony Martin-The human Jukebox
Bonny Light Horseman
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 23 November 2024
American folk trio project Bonny Light Horseman consist of Grammy-award winning folk artist Anais Mitchell, Fruit Bats founder and former member of The Shins, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman, a collaborator of Taylor Swift, Josh Ritter, T...King Creosote plus Special Guests
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 23 November 2024
On sale Friday 5 April @ 10AMSince the mid-late 1990s, Kenny Anderson?s DIY pop alter-ego King Creosote has released over 100 records (at a relatively conservative guess), and his songs have been covered and performed by artists including S...Manchester Camerata & Donald Grant - The Night Overtook Us
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 24 November 2024
As the nights grow longer, wrap up for this nourishing and enriching journey to the Scottish Highlands. Travel with the Manchester Camerata to Gaelic lands, where the winter nights are long and isolating. Donald Grant's newly commissioned w...Brian Kelley (Florida Georgia Line)
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 24 November 2024
Diamond-selling superstar Brian Kelley enters the next chapter of a record-breaking, history-making career. With a sold-out run of shows and back-to-back residencies at Tribe Kelley Surf Post in Grayton Beach, Florida - owned by the Ormond ...The 502s
New Century Hall, Manchester
Sunday 24 November 2024
6 piece indie folk band The 502s are undeniable, immaculate rays of Florida sunshine. Led by earnest banjo-strumming songwriter Ed Isola, The 502s are a band of brothers whose sound has received critical acclaim as celebratory, wholesome, a...Pokey LaFarge
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 24 November 2024
Pokey LaFarge is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, recording artist, poet and actor living in Los Angeles. Raised on a healthy diet of blues, bluegrass, ragtime, Western swing and old- time country, the Illinois native writes timeless, multi...Pokey LaFarge
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 24 November 2024
Pokey LaFarge is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, recording artist, poet and actor living in Los Angeles. Raised on a healthy diet of blues, bluegrass, ragtime, Western swing and old- time country, the Illinois native writes timeless, multi...Skerryvore
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Sunday 24 November 2024
With a mix of fiddle, accordions, pipes and whistles, alongside guitar and vocals, underpinned by driving bass, drums and keys, Skerryvore represent the best in contemporary Scottish traditional music. Their 6 studio albums demonstrate the ...Bellowhead
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 25 November 2024
During lockdown in 2020 the 11 members of Bellowhead first re-connected online to remotely record 'New York Girls - At Home'. That led to re-uniting in person for a one-off performance which was streamed to mark the anniversary of Hedonism....Kezia Gill
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Monday 25 November 2024
Derby-based multi-award-winning artist Kezia Gill has the song-writing ability of a country artist, the stage energy of a rock star, and the voice of the blues. With an impressive vocal range, multi instrumental talent and pulling influence...The Folk Implosion
Yes, Manchester
Monday 25 November 2024
Now Wave presents The Folk Implosion at YES Pink Room on 25th November 2024...Fairytale of New York
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Tuesday 26 - Wednesday 27 November 2024
From the producers of Seven Drunken Nights-The Story of The Dubliners and featuring an international cast of singers, musicians and dancers Fairytale of New York brings you all of your favorite Christmas songs including Driving home fo...The High Kings
Albert Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 26 November 2024
The High Kings, the true heirs of Ireland's Folk Heritage, have spent 15 years at the top of their game, selling out venues around the world to an ever-growing army of loyal fans. Widely regarded as the standard-bearer for their genre, they...Admiral Fallow
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Tuesday 26 November 2024
Admiral Fallow (Louis Abbott, Kevin Brolly, Phil Hague, Sarah Hayes and Joe Rattray) released their much-beloved debut album Boots Met My Face in 2011, its widely acclaimed successor Tree Bursts In Snow the following year, and an extraordin...Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge / Slash)
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 27 November 2024
Boston-born and Pacific Northwest-raised vocalist for Alter Bridge and Slash, is also a successful solo artist. A self-confessed "music geek" with an affinity for many different styles and genres, Myles Kennedy (originally Myles Richard Bas...Eliza Carthy & The Restitution
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 27 November 2024
Describing herself simply as a "modern English musician", Eliza Carthyis one of the one of the most recognisable faces of the English folk revival and one of the most impressive and engaging performers of her generation. In her illustrious ...John Bramwell (I Am Kloot)
New Century Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 27 November 2024
The songwriter and frontman of Manchester three-piece, I Am Kloot also possesses an enviable back catalogue as a solo artist - previously known around his hometown as Johnny Dangerously - and continues to work on new material under the guis...Skinny Lister
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 28 November 2024
Regularly cited as one of the best live bands in the biz, London indie punk folk band, "The Skinnies" have been described by The Independent, in a 5 star review, as "a visceral, deafening experience." Following the release of their rave-re...Ben Ottewell (Gomez)
The Strines Nightingale, Stockport
Thursday 28 November 2024
As a singer and lead guitarist in rock band Gomez, Ben Ottewell is well known for his unmistakable voice and talent for blistering and inspired guitar solos. Rolling Stone declared, "Gomez's not-so-secret weapon is Ben Ottewell." And as GQ ...
Pogue Traders - Tribute to The Pogues
The Irish Club, Warrington
Friday 29 November 2024
An 8 piece tribute band to the legendary Pogues. ...Gaz Brookfield
Gullivers, Manchester
Friday 29 November 2024
Following a two-year hiatus from live touring, the Bristol folk and rock musician returns to the road with his biggest tour to date, in celebration of the release of his 8th studio album, Idiomatic. Joined by the other two-thirds of The Ori...Honkytonkin Party Night with DJ Wild Horse
Brickhouse Tavern, St Helens
Friday 29 November 2024
Come down ya'll and dance the night away to the best in Country Music Bangers from Morgan Allen, Luke Combs to back in the day tunes....Last Race Home Single Launch
Sacred Trinity Church, Manchester
Friday 29 November 2024
Last Race Home, The Climate Stripes and Lavender Minds Live at Sacred Trinity Church....The Lancashire Hotpots
The Monaco, Wigan
Saturday 30 November 2024
There's only one thing more satisfying than a visit to the chippy and that's an evening with The Lancashire Hotpots. St. Helens' finest are the undisputed kings of the Northern "knees up" with banging comedy folk anthems such as "Chippy Te...Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) + Bill Ryder-Jones (The Coral)
Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 1 December 2024
A special co-headline show from Gruff Rhys, the frontman of Super Furry Animals and the Mercury Prize-nominated electro-pop outfit Neon Neon, together with Bill Ryder-Jones, a seasoned musician who joined The Coral in 1996, playing with the...
The Sheepdogs
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Sunday 1 December 2024
Built on the solid, classic rock foundation of three-part harmonies and dual guitar leads, Canada's the Sheepdogs blend Southern boogie rock, groove-based psychedelia, and bluesy barroom swagger into a modern rock & roll revival. Based out ...Wes Banderson - The Music of Wes Anderson
The Bread Shed, Manchester
Tuesday 3 December 2024
Performing a selection of the original score music and deep-cut needle-drops from the films of Wes Anderson. The five-piece ensemble effortlessly switches between instruments as they navigate the soundtracks of Rushmore, The Grand Budapest...A Winter Union
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Thursday 5 December 2024
Five leading lights of the British roots scene join forces to create a festive folk band like no other. Expect soaring harmonies and exquisite musicianship as the 5-piece blast through a repertoire of brand new, specially written songs, fre...Tom Blackwell
