ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Electronic Music in Manchester
Thu 7 Nov - Sat 7 Dec 2024
Kiioto (Lou Rhodes + Rohan Heath)
Thursday 12 September 2024
Kiioto is the brand new musical project from two of Manchester most celebrated musicians. Lou Rhodes, the Mercury-nominated electro folk singer/songwriter and founder member of the highly acclaimed top 30 duo Lamb, has joined forces with mu...
Tokky Horror
Thursday 12 - Friday 13 September 2024
Forming across a triangle of Leeds, Birkenhead & Bristol, the founding members of electronic punk trio Tokky Horror hadn't met each other before the band signed their first record deal. The collective formed during a pandemic, sending demo...
A Kind of Night Deadmau5 Would Do - Deadmau5 Tribute
Friday 13 September 2024
A tribute to the legendary electronic dance music producer and DJ deadmau5 Bespoke light shows will accompany a carefully curated setlist of top hits. Step into the electrifying world of a sensational nightlife event that pays homage to the...
Repercussion
Saturday 14 September 2024
Jungle (Live) | Bonobo (DJ)Honey Dijon | Major League Djzsalute | berlioz (DJ) | DJ Seinfeld | Sofia Kourtesis (DJ)Chez Damier | Chloe Caillet | Hamdi | Bradley ZeroLuke Una presents E Soul Cultura | DESIREE | Bakey | AnzJarreau Vandal |...
Tubeway Days - The Gary Numan Live Experience 1979/80
Saturday 14 September 2024
The UK's best Gary Numan Tribute show delivers an evening of scintillating electronic music concentrating on the 1979/80 "Electronic" segment of Numan's career. A six piece band fronted by Chris Fielding, they will transport you back to th...
Moby
Wednesday 18 September 2024
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Six60
Friday 20 September 2024
SIX60 got their start in Dunedin, New Zealand in 2008. The quintet - made up of lead singer Matiu Walters, guitarists Ji Fraser and Chris Mac, drummer Eli Paewai and sampler Marlon Gerbes - met as students at the University of Otago and had...
Fatboy Slim
Sunday 22 September - Friday 22 November 2024
As one of the world's most renowned pioneering dance music DJs and record producers, multi-million selling Brighton artist Fatboy Slim, a.k.a. Norman Cook, is a winner of numerous awards including ten MTV Music Awards, three BRITs, an Ivor ...
Sub Culture Live
Sunday 22 September 2024
A monumental celebration, Sub Culture marks 30 years of Dance music in the North West, featuring N Trance, Symmetrik, Yomanda, Jessy, Ultrabeat, Cappella, Rachel McFarlane, Rebecca Rudd, Flip n Fill, Karen Parry, Porn Kings, and Wand. This...
Welcome To the Warehouse
Saturday 28 September 2024
Full Line-up:Depot:Joseph CapriatiChris StussyEnzo SiragusaTSHAJosh BakerTraumerSaoirseJasper JamesReeshyConcourse:Max Dean b2b Luke DeanTomanLuuk van DijkALISHAL.P. rhythm b2b Paige TomlinsonObskurNauticaArchive:ProspaMella DeeSidney Ch...
Manchester Megadog
Saturday 28 September 2024
A formidable force during the 1990's, boundary pushing seminal electronic party night Megadog returns to Manchester. As the night that always demanded that you 'Feed Your Head', this pivotal club night returns to its spiritual home in t...
The Irrepressibles
Sunday 29 September 2024
Manchester-based Yorkshire composer and indie singer-songwriter Jamie Irrepressible sets out on an intimate UK tour of beautiful churches and concert hall venues with his creative guise The Irrepressibles. The artist changed his name from "...
Cosmo Sheldrake
Thursday 3 October 2024
Cosmo Sheldrake, the prodigiously talented and profoundly unique singer, songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist from London, writes songs under the influence of a diverse group of musicians - ranging from The Beatles and T...
Aurora
Friday 4 October 2024
Self-taught Norwegian electro-pop artist known for her melancholic music Singer-songwriter AURORA, full name Aurora Aksnes, was compelled to craft music from a young age. Shortly after she was born in Stavenger, Norway, her parents moved to...
Hedex
Friday 4 October 2024
Hedex presents My Home is the Rave. One of the leading names in the new school of drum & bass, Jack Hedges - more widely known as Hedex - needs little introduction. His refreshing use of pounding bass and nirvanic rhythms has led to him exp...
Rong Indoor Festival
Saturday 5 October 2024
Celebrating their 13th year, the huge trance festival returns in 2024. Line Up (A-Z): 4Strings + Alessandra Roncone + Aly & Fila B2B JOC + Amy Wiles + Andy Moor + Asteroid + Ben Gold + Ben Nicky + Billy Gillies + Bryan Kearney + Ciaran McCa...
Nik Kershaw
Wednesday 9 October 2024
One of the most popular pop stars and talented songwriters of the '80s, Ipswich-raised Nik Kershaw served his apprenticeship playing guitar in jazz fusion and functions bands before shooting to fame worldwide in 1984 with the UK Top 5 singl...
Manchester Collective & Zubin Kanga - Fever Dreams
Thursday 10 October 2024
Reawaken the past. Reach into the future. Experience the full force of the string orchestra as Manchester Collective revive old classics and summon futuristic sounds alongside 'cyborg pianist' Zubin Kanga. Tchaikovsky said his Serenade for ...
John Maus
Thursday 10 October 2024
Minnesota synth-pop musician, composer, singer, and songwriter John Maus is known for his baritone singing style and his use of vintage synthesizer sounds and Medieval church modes, a combination that often draws comparisons to 1980s goth-p...
Overmono
Saturday 12 October 2024
Welsh electronic music duo Overmono headline with a live set in the Depot, joined by Skream & Benga, Sammy Virji, Joy Orbison, Interplanetary Criminal, and more. The Concourse will host Ewan McVicar B2B Special Request, KI/KI, Ben UFO, DJ F...
Kirk Field - Acid House Cabaret: Rave New World
Wednesday 16 October 2024
Take a strobe down memory lane with the UK's premier rave raconteur. Tales of revolution, acid-house storytelling and musical mischief to mark the 35th anniversary of the 1989 headline-making acid house explosion. Discover the true identi...
Peter Hook & the Light
Thursday 17 October 2024
The legendary Joy Division and New Order bassist performs both Substance albums live. The Mancunian bass player, musician, singer, DJ, nightclub owner, record company boss and author was a co-founder of the seminal post-punk band Joy Divis...
Caravan Palace
Thursday 17 October 2024
The Platinum-selling group which would define a new sound called "Electro Swing", French gypsy jazz band Caravan Palace incorporate sounds including early swing jazz and big band to create a rip-roaring party, bursting with fun and good hum...
FitkinWall
Thursday 17 October 2024
In their new show, Harpland, internationally renowned harp and electronica duo FitkinWall follow threads of migration, loss and longing in their new show, inspired by the stories of the Highland Clearances. Ruth Wall's explorations into Gae...
Public Service Broadcasting
Friday 18 October 2024
Public Service Broadcasting have been "teaching the lessons of the past through the music of the future" for more than a decade now. 2013's debut album Inform - Educate - Entertain used archival samples from the British Film Institute as au...
UNKLE
Friday 18 October 2024
James Lavelle's UNKLE returns. Over the years, the London trip hop group has boasted a line-up of guest vocalists who accompany their sampled breaks and dark soundscapes, including a who's who of Manchester music - Ian Brown, Richard Ashcro...
Symphonica & Mr Switch - The History of Drum & Bass
Saturday 19 October 2024
Take a whole orchestra, combine them with a world champion DJ, and challenge them to tear through the history of drum & bass. Following sell out solo shows & headline sets at festivals such as Glastonbury, Shambala, London Remixed & Boomto...
Utah Saints
Saturday 19 October 2024
UK electronic dance music pioneers Utah Saints ...
Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells Live in Concert
Tuesday 22 October 2024
Continuing on from last year's 50th anniversary celebrations of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, the multi-million-selling and multi-award-winning progressive rock album will be performed live in concert across the UK in 2024. Tubular Be...
Molchat Doma
Tuesday 22 October 2024
In their short time as a band, Belarusian trio Молчат Дома ("Houses Are Silent"), have gone from whispered-about unknowns, to enigmatic underground icons, to legitimate viral sensations with hundreds of thousands of TikTok videos ...
WOMEX - Worldwide Music Expo
Wednesday 23 - Saturday 26 October 2024
WOMEX - Worldwide Music Expo - the most international and culturally diverse music convention in the world - comes to Manchester in 2024. Each year WOMEX travels to a different European city bringing together 2,600 music industry profession...
Disclosure - Friends & Family
Friday 25 October 2024
Disclosure - Surrey siblings Guy and Howard Lawrence whose pop-oriented synthesis of numerous styles, including house, garage, dubstep, and bass, has made them one of the most successful production teams of the 2010s - present a day of ...
Sidewinder Oldskool Halloween Festival
Saturday 26 October 2024
THE UK'S BIGGEST & BADDEST OLDSKOOL UK GARAGE, BASSLINE, R&B, DANCEHALL & HOUSE FESTIVAL... This year they are not holding back... OVER 50 HEADLINING ARTISTS4 HUGE HAUNTED OUTDOOR & INDOOR ARENA'SALL DAY OUTDOOR & ALL NIGHT INDOOR RAVEFR...
Hang Massive
Saturday 26 October 2024
The UK and Swedish duo Hang Massive are the world's most renowned Handpan players, pioneering a successful electronic act with a magnetic live show, blending dream-like acoustics and upbeat sounds. The magic for Danny Cudd and Markus Offbe...
Chelsea Wolfe
Monday 28 October 2024
From the intimacy of stripped-down folk music to the throbbing pulse of supplemental electronics, or an exquisite palette of groaning bass, pounding drums, and crunching distortion, Californian musician Chelsea Wolfe blends elements of got...
Fink
Monday 28 October 2024
Described as "a beautiful sound palette of dub, folk, blues, soul, and beat science" by Metro, "John Martyn with added stunning digital traces," by Uncut and "a brooding power reminiscent of a stripped down Nick Cave. A leftfield delight."...
The Not So Silent Spooktacular Movie Night
Wednesday 30 October 2024
Experience a new batch of silent films with a horrific twist in the latest Not So Silent Movie Night. As always, the film selection is enhanced by a live soundtrack from electronic outfit Dots and piano aficionado Taylor Giacoma. ...
Peter Hook & the Light
Thursday 31 October 2024
The legendary Joy Division and New Order bassist performs both Substance albums live. The Mancunian bass player, musician, singer, DJ, nightclub owner, record company boss and author was a co-founder of the seminal post-punk band Joy Divis...
John Grant
Thursday 31 October 2024
John Grant is an American singer-songwriter from Colorado originally known as the lead singer of alternative rock band The Czars. Called "one of the most gifted singer-songwriters of his generation," by The New York Times, singer-songwriter...
Nia Archives - Up Ya Archives
Friday 1 November 2024
London based, Nia Archives is one of the most exciting and compelling new artists in the UK making cutting edge lo-fi jungle music. Following an unforgettable and era defining "Summer of Jungle" that saw her sell out a Secret Summer Rave an...
China Crisis
Saturday 2 November 2024
Eddie Lundon and Gary Daly are the founder members of the band which started in Kirkby, Merseyside back in 1979. China Crisis found major success in the UK with five Top 40 singles, ten Top 50 singles and three Top 40 albums and hits across...
Lindsey Stirling
Monday 4 November 2024
For over a decade, Lindsey Stirling has enchanted audiences across the globe by performing a certain spellbinding magic with her electronic violin, dreaming up an exquisitely composed yet boldly inventive sound entirely her own. The classic...
Crystal Fighters
Monday 4 November 2024
The purveyors of boundary shattering Electro, London/Spanish alt-folk outfit Crystal Fighters' music melds Animal Collective toned delicacy with Soulwax inspired rave through the use of both electric and acoustic guitars, synths, drums, an...
Beak>
Wednesday 6 November 2024
Forging their own path through their own genre of oddness, Bristol experimental electronic rock music band BEAK> consist of Portishead's Geoff Barrow, Robert Plant's Sensational Space Shifters' Billy Fuller and Moon Gangs' Will Young. ...
Warmduscher
Thursday 7 November - Saturday 7 December 2024
The salaciously groovy and expertly grimey Warmduscher have never taken to the term "supergroup", but it's safe to say that their unique, potent blend of raw musicianship, down 'n' dirty rock riffs and devil-may-care party attitude was birt...
Gorgon City + Dom Dolla
Friday 8 November 2024
Gorgon City & Dom Dolla takeover all three rooms of Depot Mayfield for a special showcase. ...
The Orb + Ozric Tentacles
Friday 8 November 2024
Two giants of underground psych-dance culture come together for an evening of audio-visual sensory overload. Get ready to here the ambient soundscapes and pulsing rhythms of The Orb and Ozric Tentacles' blend of instrumental psychedelic ro...
Space
Friday 8 November 2024
Liverpool indie band Space shot to fame in 1996 with with with hit single "Female of the Species", which was also the theme song to the TV series Cold Feet. They followed it up with UK Top 20 singles "The Ballad of Tom Jones" (with Cerys ...
Kelly Lee Owens
Monday 11 November 2024
Welsh electronic music producer Kelly Lee Owens emerged onto the Manchester music scene while working as a 19 year old auxiliary nurse in the city, swapping the cancer ward to pursue her music career. There's an incredible feeling of freed...
London Grammar
Tuesday 12 November 2024
The chart-topping Nottingham trip hop, indie pop trio return. Drawing comparisons to Florence Welch and Judie Tzuke for her throaty, brooding vocals, singer Hanna Reid is a commanding presence, delivering her emotionally affecting lyrics...