JAZZ & BLUES IN MANCHESTER
JAZZ & BLUES IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Jazz & Blues in Manchester
Sat 23 Nov 2024 - Sat 13 Sep 2025
Fri 31 Jan - Thu 5 Jun 2025
Alabaster dePlume
Monday 3 March - Saturday 3 May 2025
Mancunian jazz poet-performer Alabaster DePlume (a.k.a. Gus Fairbairn), who plays the saxophone out of the side of his mouth, is now known across the globe as the saxophonist who creates wonderful, wordless music, however back home he's mos...
Toro y Moi
Tuesday 4 March 2025
An unmistakably Toro y Moi experience, South Carolina chillwave musical mastermind Chaz Bear spans genre and sound, taking listeners on an auditory expedition, as if they're riding in the back of Bear's Filipino jeepney. Undoubtedly one of ...
Bill Laurance & Michael League (Snarky Puppy)
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Southern California-born bassist/multi-instrumentalist Michael League founded the globally acclaimed, four-time GRAMMY award-winning collective Snarky Puppy in. As for keyboardist Bill Laurance, originally from London, he has been a part of...
Soft Machine
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Soft Machine is one of the greatest UK avant/jazz-rock bands of all time. Their work, from their earliest performances as a psychedelic band, who were contemporaries of, and shared stages with Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd and the Jimi Hendrix E...
White Denim
Thursday 6 March 2025
Texan Southern rockers White Denim are one of the very best rock bands to emerge this millennium with a rootsy swing and uplifting way with melody. It's always been hard to keep pace with James Petralli's group, ever since they first expl...
Laurence Jones
Friday 7 March 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...
WILLE & THE BANDITS
Friday 7 March 2025
Cornwall's Wille and the Bandits have been praised by critics for being one of the most dynamic bands around the globe, as they move from riff-tastic rock and roll to more acoustic sensibilities that only few bands manage. The use of strin...
The Pyramid Players - Stockport's Light Orchestra
Sunday 9 March 2025
A new 40-piece full orchestra dedicated to performing the best in tuneful light music from yesteryear. The programme will include - Calling All Workers ('Music While You Work'), Sailing By (Shipping Forecast theme), Puffin' Billy, Three Dan...
Sharon Van Etten
Tuesday 11 March 2025
New Jersey indie singer-songwriter and actress Sharon Van Etten has always been the kind of artist who helps people make sense of the world around them. With curling low vocals and brave intimacy, she creates a stunning meditation on how ...
Michael Kiwanuka
Thursday 13 March 2025
Michael Kiwanuka is a British singer-songwriter (indie rock/folk rock/soul) and record producer who is signed with Polydor Records. His 2012 debut album, Home Again, went gold in the United Kingdom and his second album, Love & Hate, debuted...
Beans on Toast
Thursday 13 March 2025
The foolhardy cult folk legend and accomplished songwriter offers some hope and light relief from this bizarre world in which we find ourselves, singing simple songs about complicated subjects. Joined by a brand new live band, Beans will be...
Martin Kohlstedt
Thursday 13 March 2025
Martin Kohlstedt is among the outstanding composers, pianists and producers for instrumental music and electronica. The German composer, movie soundtrack composer, pianist, and record producer has a contemporary approach of mixing classical...
Animals As Leaders
Friday 14 March 2025
When unknown virtuoso guitarist Tosin Abasi released his debut solo album under the moniker ANIMALS AS LEADERS in 2009, few would have predicted the now ground-breaking, critically-acclaimed, genre defying instrumental Washington D.C. trio'...
Nubiyan Twist
Saturday 15 March 2025
Woven around soul searching, cautionary tales and parables for modern life, the Leeds / London collective effortlessly fuse different soul, jazz and global styles with great musicianship and lyrics. You can hear touches of broken beat, blun...
Elkie Brooks
Sunday 16 March 2025
Having started her career in music in 1960, a remarkable 64 years of performing live, Salford blues legend Elkie Brooks will embark upon her Long Farewell Tour. A celebration of Elkie's illustrious award winning career in music performing s...
Clairo
Wednesday 19 - Thursday 20 March 2025
Claire Elizabeth Cottrill, known professionally as Clairo, is an American lo-fi folk pop singer-songwriter. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Carlisle, Massachusetts, she began posting music on the internet at age 13, rising to pro...
The Picturebooks
Wednesday 19 March 2025
German energetic rock duo Fynn Claus Grabke and Philipp Mirtschink deliver Uptempo songs alongside their trademark midtempo burners. Their genuine sound includes instruments such as piano and tubular bells. They even handcraft some of their...
Danny & the Champions of the World
Wednesday 19 March 2025
You Are Not A Stranger Here, the long-awaited new album by Danny & the Champions of the World, will be released through Loose Music on 18 October. Their seventh studio release and first since 2017?s Brilliant Light, You Are Not A Stranger H...
MEUTE
Thursday 20 March 2025
The impetuous passion of a freaked out marching band finds its new order in the intricacy of electronic music production. Coming from Hamburg's Schulterblatt street the self-styled techno marching band MEUTE have been catapulted to the top ...
Hot 8 Brass Band
Thursday 20 March 2025
New Orleans' Grammy-nominated Hot 8 Brass Band return to honour their late co-founder and sousaphone player Bennie Pete. As much a hip hop act as a brass one, many styles and musical inspirations of Hot 8 shine though as they tell their ...
The Greatest Star - Barbra Streisand Tribute Show
Thursday 20 March 2025
Starring Kearra Bethany, as seen on ITV's Starstruck, The Greatest Star takes you on a magical musical journey through time as you sit back and relax enjoy the sounds of this fabulous concert style production. Barbra Streisand is, by far, o...
Miracle of Sound
Friday 21 March 2025
Cork indie musician Gavin Dunne, better known by the name of his music project "Miracle of Sound", performs music inspired by video games, films, and TV shows. While not widely known in his home country of Ireland, his music is very popular...
Harriet
Friday 21 March 2025
Sheffield singer Harriet Robert's sell-out show, Trying To Get The Feeling Again, sees her performing intimate interpretations of her favourite sounds of the 70s, including hits by The Carpenters, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Carole King,...
The John Martyn Project
Friday 21 March 2025
A special project where six artists come together to celebrate the music of John Martyn. Each brings their own story and connection to John's music which adds to the fabric of the overall experience of the project and take you on a musical ...
The Horne Section
Wednesday 26 March 2025
They have two series of their own Channel 4 TV show, an iTunes-chart-topping podcast and now they're tuning up their instruments once more to tour the country: it's the Horne Section's Hit Show! "Britain's Funniest Band" (The Guardian) have...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Magic of Motown
Friday 25 April 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 ...
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 ...
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...
