HARD ROCK & METAL CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
HARD ROCK & METAL CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Hard Rock & Metal Concerts in Manchester
Limehouse Lizzy - The Greatest Hits of Thin Lizzy
The Met
Fri 31 Jan - Fri 21 Mar 2025
Moving Pictures - A Tribute to the Music of Rush
The Met
Fri 4 - Sat 5 Apr 2025
The Bohemians - A Night of Queen
The Met, Bury
Saturday 25 October 2025
The Show Must Go On' - and there's certainly no stopping this comprehensive re-enactment of Queens greatest hits! Internationally renowned Queen tribute band The Bohemians take you on a high energy roller coaster ride of a concert, featurin...From Fall to Spring
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Nu-metal fans can no longer ignore From Fall to Spring! Only narrowly eliminated in the ESC preliminary round, the combo from Germany has played their way straight into the hearts of fans. The sold-out headline shows on their tours speak fo...Reef
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 30 October 2025
UK Album Chart-topping Glastonbury hard blues rockers REEF return with their thrilling blast of unadulterated funky rock'n'roll joy. Their energetic shows serve up nineties Top 10 classics such as "Place Your Hands", and "Come Back Brigh...Arch Enemy
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 31 October 2025
Sweden's extreme metal titans Arch Enemy return with more guttural force, powerful signature guitar riffs and clean vocal surprises. ...Lord of The Lost
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 31 October 2025
Not only the sound is massive, but the German genrefluid visionaries deliver a sophisticated offering, with the Hamburg gothic metal five-piece cementing their position as exceptional artists that can't be pigeonholed and have undeniably re...Emofest
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 1 November 2025
Put on your eyeliner, lace up your high-tops and get ready to rock to all your favourite nostalgic emo anthems as the Emo Festival is the greatest tribute night to the music that was never just a phase... Teenage Nostalgia featuring all ...Saxon
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 7 November 2025
1979 was a momentous year for British Hard Rock, with the birth of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal and the subsequent rise of future giants of the genre. After 40 years and 22 studio album releases, Saxon remain as one of those giants o...Rushed - A Tribute to Rush
The Irish Club, Warrington
Friday 7 November 2025
Rushed are a three piece authentic tribute act performing the music of Canada's finest progressive Rock trio - Rush. ...Focus
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 11 November 2025
With their unique brand of progressive rock, Focus manifested themselves at the start of the '70s as the most successful and appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports. Fronted by founding member Thijs Van Leer, and best known for their ...The Rasmus
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Monday 1 December 2025
One of the greatest rock bands ever to come out of Finland, The Rasmus, with their new line-up - female guitarist Emilia "Emppu" Suhonen replacing Pauli Rantasalmi in 2022 - embark on a European tour. Having topped the charts in Germany, A...Sabaton
Co-op Live, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025
Swedish Heavy metal act, Sabaton embark on a groundbreaking tour that will be bigger and better than anything they have ever embarked on before. The band has put together a show unlike anything you've experienced. Throw traditional thinki...Clutch
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 19 December 2025
While musical trends have come and gone since Clutch originally formed in Maryland, USA in 1991, they've always thrived by just sitting back and doing their own thing. Coming from American punk and hardcore influenced roots, they moved more...Beyond The Black
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 15 January 2026
German Symphonic Metal shooting stars Beyond the Black are a stratospheric success story. Already their 2015 debut album hit like a bomb in their home country. 'Songs of Love and Death' besieged the German Top 15 for weeks and led up to the...The Classic Rock Show
