JAZZ CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
JAZZ CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Jazz Concerts in Manchester
Sat 29 Mar - Sat 13 Sep 2025
Fri 31 Jan - Thu 5 Jun 2025
RNCM Brass Band
Thursday 27 March 2025
Established during the 1990s by brass innovator Howard Snell, the RNCM Brass Band has always been a flagship ensemble of the institution. Geographically the RNCM is ideally placed in Manchester for brass band students and it boasts a teachi...
Sungazer
Thursday 27 March 2025
Originally formed in Brooklyn, Sungazer is an international electrojazz duo featuring bassist Adam Neely and drummer Shawn Crowder, with touring members Jared Yee, Christian Li and Shubh Saran. Their unique blend of hard-hitting Jazz Fusion...
Geordie Greep (Black Midi)
Saturday 29 March 2025
Frontman and lead guitarist of London math rock band Black Midi, Geordie Greep has long been considered part of the emerging wave of British rock music known as the Windmill scene. Influenced by Frank Zappa and classical music, his debut so...
Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
Saturday 29 March 2025
Fleetwood Bac are the world's first and best Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band, endorsed by Mick Fleetwood himself, the only Mac tribute to authentically replicate the classic 'Rumours' line-up. The show focuses on the 'Rumours' era of the band ...
Ichiko Aoba
Wednesday 2 April 2025
To listen to Ichiko Aoba is to be drawn into a world as intimate as a warmly lit home but cosmic in scale. The Japanese singer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist has successfully brought a dedicated online fanbase to intern...
The Manfreds
Thursday 3 April 2025
The '60s group Manfred Mann is now considered, more than ever, one of the finest and most respected bands from that era. Their numerous hits were R&B based with an undercurrent of jazz - a very unusual but winning combination of playing sty...
Laurence Jones
Thursday 3 April 2025
Laurence Jones has developed a virtuoso pedigree as one the UK's hottest guitar players. With passionate riffs, soloing and catchy songs, his cross over sound inducted him into the British Blues Hall Of Fame, which lead him to support the l...
Goran Bregovic
Friday 4 April 2025
The maestro of the Balkans performs his intoxicating blend of ethno-pop-rock, gypsy rhythms, and heart-warming anthems. Celebrated for global hits like Kalashnikov, In the Death Car, and Bella Ciao (feat. The Wedding and Funeral Orchestra),...
Kamasi Washington
Friday 4 April 2025
Famed jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader born and raised in Los Angeles and a founding member of the jazz collective West Coast Get Down. His bodies of work are among the most acclaimed ja...
The Blow Monkeys
Saturday 5 April 2025
With hits like 'Digging Your Scene' and 'It Doesn't Have To Be This Way', The Blow Monkeys epitomised the glamour of mid-80s pop at its most graceful and sophisticated. In the London band's frontman Robert Howard (aka Dr. Robert), they poss...
Nathan Carter
Sunday 6 April 2025
Quickly becoming one of the UK's most prolific touring artists, wowing crowds with his sensational live show, Liverpudlian Irish country pop star Nathan Carter returns. One of the UK's most exciting live performers, his energetic showmanshi...
Proud Mary
Thursday 10 April 2025
Celebrating 20 years of their classic album "The Same Old Blues", Manchester band Proud Mary are very pleased to announce a series of special anniversary gigs, including an unmissable homecoming set on 24th September. The five-piece will be...
Gabrielle
Saturday 12 April 2025
One of the UK's most successful singer-songwriters, Gabrielle returned to the top of her game with her 2018 album 'Under My Skin'. The album debuted at #7 on the Official Album Chart and represented her highest-charting studio set since 'Ri...
Imelda May
Monday 14 April 2025
Exploring blues, soul, gospel, folk, rock, acoustic, cinematic drama and explosive balladry, globally revered Irish superstar singer and songwriter Imelda May brims with sensuality, emotional intelligence, spirituality and intuition. Del...
Mary Coughlan
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Since she rose to international fame in 1985 with her seminal Irish jazz album Tired and Emotional, Mary Coughlan has been one wild Irish girl determined to live a life less ordinary. A prolific artist by anyone's standards, Coughlan is ce...
Tommy Blaize - The Voice of Strictly Come Dancing
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Toxteth, Liverpool, vocalist Tommy Blaize has one of the most recognisable voices in the UK. As the lead singer on Strictly Come Dancing for 20 glorious years, he's sung live each week to up to 12 million people. And in a remarkable caree...
Matt Goss (Bros)
Wednesday 23 April 2025
The legendary Bros frontman, Matt Goss, performs an unmissable night of his biggest hits. With his twin brother Luke, Bros achieved chart success and a large teenage fanbase in 1988 with Top 10 singles such as "When Will I Be Famous", "...
Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
Friday 25 April 2025
Fleetwood Bac are the world's first and best Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band, endorsed by Mick Fleetwood himself, the only Mac tribute to authentically replicate the classic 'Rumours' line-up. The show focuses on the 'Rumours' era of the band ...
Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart
Friday 25 April 2025
Combining global music, reggae, fusion and punk influences, Jah Wobble has entranced the world with his hypnotic bass riffs for over four decades and has become one of Britain's most influential and distinct bass players. Accompanied by h...
Toots and The Maytals Featuring Leba Hibbert
Saturday 26 April 2025
Jamaican ska and rocksteady legends The Maytals, were not only key figures in popularising reggae music with their frontman Toots Hibbert, who died in 2020, considered a reggae pioneer on par with Bob Marley, but they also coined the name...
Dean Friedman
Tuesday 29 April 2025
Hailed by critics and fans alike as a one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Dean Friedman has achieved legendary, pop-icon status for chart-topping hits, 'Ariel', 'Lucky Stars', 'Lydia', 'McDonald's Girl' and more. Following his ...
Charlie Cunningham
Wednesday 30 April 2025
Charlie Cunningham has emerged as a truly under-the-radar success story. He has headlined London's iconic Queen Elizabeth Hall and has become a regular fixture in Europe's most prestigious concert halls. Splitting his time between piano and...
Kruder & Dorfmeister
Friday 2 May 2025
Austrian electronic duo, Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister, are known for their trip hop/downtempo remixes of rock, pop, hip hop and drum and bass songs. In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of their renowned compilation album, they wi...
Gary Barlow
Thursday 8 - Friday 9 May 2025
One of Britain's most successful songwriters and record producers, as part of the Manchester group Take That, Frodsham's Gary Barlow has won eight BRIT Awards and sold over 45 million records. Aside from his achievements with Take That, he ...
Federico Albanese
Thursday 8 May 2025
Between before and now; between reality and imagination; between memory and remembering. Berlin-based Italian composer and pianist Federico Albanese captures and inhabits these moments and passages of time. Each exquisitely rendered fusion...
High Fade
Friday 9 May 2025
Discover the electrifying, intoxicating High Fade: the most exciting thing to happen to funk since the '70s. Get your funk on. ...
Gregory Porter
Saturday 10 May 2025
Gregory Porter, international best selling artist and two time Grammy Award-winning jazz/soul singing sensation, is honoured to announce a thirteen date UK tour. With his irresitable warm baritone vocals, Porter continues to perform to ...
Special Kinda Madness - Tribute to The Specials & Madness
Saturday 10 May 2025
2 Bands... 2-Tone... 1 Fantastic Night! A Specials Tribute Band and a Madness Tribute Band, all on one stage. That's Special Kinda Madness. Special Kinda Madness perform a truly authentic set from each band, combining the phenomenally energ...
The Necks
Tuesday 13 May 2025
The Necks are one of the great cult bands of Australia. The deceptive simplicity of their music throws forth new charms on each hearing. Not entirely avant-garde, nor minimalist, nor ambient, nor jazz, the music of The Necks is possibly un...
Jesús Aguaje Ramos & the Buena Vista Orchestra
Wednesday 14 May 2025
The biggest-selling Cuban group in music history, led by the Buena Vista Social Club's founding member Jesus "Aguaje" Ramos, The Buena Vista Orchestra continues the legacy of the renowned Cuban musical ensemble into 2025. Jesus "Aguaje" Ram...
Jess Gillam Trio
Thursday 15 May 2025
Cumbrian Royal Northern College of Music-alumni Jess Gillam is celebrated as a leading figure of the saxophone. With her electrifying performances, vibrant stage presence and magnetic personality, the 'uniquely mercurial' (The Times) Jess ...
Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
Friday 16 May 2025
New York City's pop-jazz sensation, Postmodern Jukebox, are returning to the UK. Bringing their innovative twist on classic sounds, performing 'today's hits yesterday', on an unforgettable tour. Famed "Pop music in a Time Machine" concert a...
Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart
Saturday 17 May 2025
Combining global music, reggae, fusion and punk influences, Jah Wobble has entranced the world with his hypnotic bass riffs for over four decades and has become one of Britain's most influential and distinct bass players. Accompanied by h...
Crooners
Thursday 22 May 2025
Packed with personality and humour, Crooners have been wowing audiences with their witty and exhilarating show full of hilarious one liners, laugh out loud silliness and superb musical numbers with the outstanding 9-piece The Mini Big Band ...
Chantel McGregor
Thursday 29 May 2025
A female guitar prodigy, at fourteen Chantel was told by major labels that she had a "great voice, but girls don't play guitar like that!" Wisely ignoring the comments, she enrolled at the Leeds College of Music and became the first stude...
The Magic Of Motown
Thursday 5 June 2025
Get ready for all the hits, glittering costumes, dazzling dance routines and outstanding musicianship in this breath-taking live concert spectacular. You will be going Loco down in Acapulco as we take you back down memory lane with all the ...
The Manfreds
Thursday 5 June 2025
The '60s group Manfred Mann is now considered, more than ever, one of the finest and most respected bands from that era. Their numerous hits were R&B based with an undercurrent of jazz - a very unusual but winning combination of playing sty...
