ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Rock Concerts in Manchester
Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston
Pyramid and Parr Hall
Thu 20 Mar 2025 - Thu 29 Jan 2026
What's Love Got To Do With It - A Tribute to Tina Turner
Manchester Opera House
Sun 16 Feb - Wed 3 Sep 2025
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre
Tue 25 Nov 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Candlelight - A Tribute to Coldplay on Strings
Manchester Cathedral
Sat 8 Feb - Thu 6 Mar 2025
Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
Manchester Academy
Sat 29 Mar - Sat 13 Sep 2025
An Audience with Mark & Lard
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 23 January 2025
The 24th March 2004 saw the world heritage radio site of the 'Mark and Lard Show' come to an end with a resounding: 'STOP...!' Now fully twenty-one years later we can finally complete that catchphrase with an equally resounding: '... CARRY ...A Complete Unknown (15)
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 23 - Thursday 30 January 2025
★★★ Timothee Chalamet is brilliant and believable in James Mangold's conventional Dylan biopic. ~ BBC. --- Timothee Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan in the ballad of a true original. A Film by James Mangold. Co-starring Edward Norton, El...Genesis Songbook - The ultimate Phil Collins-era Genesis Show
The Met, Bury
Thursday 23 January 2025
Formed by former Genesis Visible Touch singer Chris O'Connell, Genesis Songbook do exactly what they say - take you through the Songbook of Phil Collins fronted Genesis! Their acoustic show sees them stripped down to keys and vocals, taking...Pet Needs
The Salty Dog, Northwich
Thursday 23 January 2025
Colchester's PET NEEDS play fractured party music. With explosive live performances of singalong anti-anthems, they began smashing sets on stages throughout the UK, screaming stories of disastrous job interviews, self-destruction and headi...Whip Round
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Thursday 23 January - Thursday 26 June 2025
Your favourite weekly Alt club night is back with three rooms of Indie classics, post punk, new wave, and Kowgirl Karaoke ...Lloyd Cole
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 24 January 2025
Through both his work being the front man of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, between 1984 to 1989, and his subsequent solo career, Chapel-en-le-Frith singer Lloyd Cole has established himself as one of the most articulate and acute songwr...Say Anything
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 24 January 2025
Marvel comic book writer Max Bemis's Los Angeles emo pop-punk band Say Anything return. Famed for their sardonic, literary sense of humour balanced out with a sense of intense catharsis, they scored five Top 40 albums in the USA between 200...Totally Tina - Tina Turner Spectacular
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Friday 24 January 2025
Shake a tail feather with the UK's favourite Tina Turner spectacular.... aka Justine Riddoch and her talented cast. Supported by her super-talented band and dazzling dancing girls in sequins, feathers and diamonds, Justine is the supreme Ti...The Halo Effect
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 24 January 2025
Formed by five former members of In Flames, Swedish melodic death metal all-star sensation The Halo Effect are back with their trademark Gothenburg sound that pioneered the melodic death metal genre. ...Ohasis - Tribute to Oasis
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 24 January 2025
Ohsais play the songs in the most current live arrangements, with amazing accuracy. Nailing the Oasis look was very important, as image is everything; and was everything to Oasis. The band take the stage show very seriously, meticulously re...The Meffs
Gorilla, Manchester
Friday 24 January 2025
Frantic female fronted Frank Turner-produced Britpunk duo from Colchester, louder than a four piece. ...The Meffs
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 24 January 2025
Frantic female fronted Frank Turner-produced Britpunk duo from Colchester, louder than a four piece. ...The Rainband
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Friday 24 January 2025
Manchester's The Rainband are back! Founded in 2010 by lead singer Martin Finnigan and guitarist Phil Rainey - who made his name with Peter Hook's cult combo Monaco - their single "Rise Again", a tribute to legendary MotoGP rider Marco Simo...La Fiesta
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 24 January 2025
A free-to-dance global music night featuring Afrobeat, Reggae, Latin, and Jazz with live band. Free entry, every Friday! ...Live Forever
The Venue Nightclub, Manchester
Friday 24 January 2025
Live Forever is your weekly Friday of Indie Floorfillers old and new, all night long. Expect to hear: Oasis / Stone Roses / The Smiths / James / Courteeners / Arctic Monkeys / Sam fender / DMAs / Blossoms / The Beatles / Vaccines / Idles ...
Felix Ross
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 24 January 2025
Felix Ross is an emerging talent in the indie rock scene, known for his emotionally charged lyrics and powerful live performances. Drawing on personal experiences, Felix infuses his music with raw energy and heartfelt storytelling, making h...
Brothers Osborne
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
Described by Rolling Stone as performing "party-friendly tunes that are equal parts outlaw attitude, disco groove and ZZ Top-style boogie", the Grammy nominated Maryland brothers serve up raw, honest and uniquely homemade Country rock. Thei...Neck Deep
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
The "biggest band you've never heard of" has stepped onto the world stage, but it won't be long before that adage is a distant memory. The Wrexham underground heroes turned breakout stars with three UK Top 10 albums continue carving out the...Candlelight - A Tribute to Queen
Concorde Conference Centre, Altrincham
Saturday 25 January 2025
Enjoy a beautifully unique classical music performance with a twist. Walk into emblematic surroundings where the walls will be flickering with candlelight to create a magical atmosphere. The best local musicians will be playing a tribute to...Destroy Boys
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
Californian punk rockers Destroy Boys embrace everything from garage punk to 90's college indie rock. ...Candlelight - A Tribute to Coldplay and Ed Sheeran
Concorde Conference Centre, Altrincham
Saturday 25 January 2025
Discover the music of Coldplay and Ed Sheeran performed by a string quartet at this awe-inspiring location under the gentle glow of candlelight. ...Silent Planet
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
Californian progressive metal act Silent Planet fuse glitchy electronics with guttural distortion and ethereal guitar melodies. ...Secret Affair + Purple Hearts
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
Secret Affair will be celebrating the 45th anniversary of their seminal debut LP 'Glory Boys' with a limited run of UK tour dates. 'Glory Boys' was released in November 1979 on the band's own I-Spy Records label (via Arista Records). It pea...Nearly Dan - The Spirit & Sound of Steely Dan
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 25 January 2025
Less tribute and more homage, Nearly Dan is saviour to the growing legions of Dan fans, desperate to hear the meticulously crafted grooves and allusive lyrical style of Donald Fagen & Walter Becker. Nearly Dan's approach is faithful, thou...High Fade
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 January 2025
Discover the electrifying, intoxicating High Fade: the most exciting thing to happen to funk since the '70s. Get your funk on. ...Beatles Complete - Tribute to The Beatles
The Grand, Clitheroe
Saturday 25 January 2025
Direct from the world famous Cavern Club, Liverpool, Beatles Complete present a night of Beatlemania packed with massive hits from the most influential band of all time. This Liverpool based 'beat combo' are the youngest ever Beatles band...ABBA Believe In Angels Brunch - ABBA Tribute
Area, Manchester
Saturday 25 January - Saturday 13 December 2025
Live your best dancing queen life, all afternoon, to your favourite ABBA and pop hits with this ABBA tribute show and delicious brunch. Get ready for the biggest ABBA-TASTIC bottomless brunch show the city has ever seen! Featuring a fully...Manchester Music Tours - The Smiths Tour
Vinyl Revival, Manchester
Saturday 25 January - Saturday 8 March 2025
The Smiths fans from across the globe will have the opportunity to experience once again how this iconic band made their mark in Manchester and the world. Iconic places that will be visited on the tour include; Strangeways prison, which bec...
Top Vibe for 25: Gurriers + more TBA
Yes, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
NOW WAVE PRESENTS MOOD SWINGS - TOP VIBE FOR 25GURRIERS plus More to be announced...Loose Articles
The Stockport Music Story In Conversation with Peter Tattersall
Stockport Museum, Stockport
Sunday 26 January 2025
The founder of the iconic Strawberry Recording Studios in Stockport talks to Dr Peter Wadsworth about creating 'the Abbey Road of the North'. This is a rare opportunity to be part of the audience in an intimate chat between Peter Tattersall...John Craigie
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Sunday 26 January 2025
John Craigie has mastered the art of creating live shows that feel more like intimate conversations than performances. Infusing humour, wit, and poignant storytelling, his shows are a space where audience members feel like old friends. Whet...
Soul Asylum
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 28 January 2025
One of the most successful American Alternative Rock bands of the 1990s, Minneapolis's Soul Asylum's folk-influenced grunge beared the roots of the Country-Rock revival with their triple-Platinum certified Grave Dancers Union album, whi...Lake Street Dive
New Century Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 28 January 2025
Since forming in 2004, Lake Street Dive have matched their sophisticated musicianship with a fearless refusal to limit their sound, creating joyously soulful rock & roll with equal parts ingenuity, intelligence, and irresistible abandon. F...
Doves - In Conversation with Chris Hawkins
Gorilla, Manchester
Wednesday 29 January 2025
To celebrate the release of their upcoming new album, Jez & Andy from Doves will take part in an intimate Q and A Session hosted by Chris Hawkins. There will be no live music at this event. ...The DSM IV
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Wednesday 29 January 2025
Formed by Guy McKnight of cult favourites The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, The DSM IV are one of the most electrifying live bands of the moment, having supported both Sleaford Mods and The Libertines across Europe, which offered them ...ATEEZ
AO Arena, Manchester
Thursday 30 January 2025
Crowned a "K-Pop Powerhouse" by The Hollywood Reporter, million-selling global pop superstars ATEEZ have scored three UK Top 10 albums. The South Korean group that took the world by storm immediately after their debut in October 2018 are kn...Bullet For My Valentine + Trivium
Co-op Live, Manchester
Thursday 30 January 2025
A co-headline tour from Welsh quartet Bullet For My Valentine, who straddle metal, punk and emo, with Florida quartet Trivium, whose inimitable masterful melody, hypnotic hook-craft, tight thrash, metal scope, and cinematic extremity has m...
London Symphonic Rock Orchestra
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 30 January 2025
Boundary breaking pioneers fusing the omnipotent power of the orchestra with innovative technology the raucous rebellion of rock, London Symphonic Rock Orchestra deliver iconic rock hits in the most spectacular way.A collective of 12 ...Julian Taylor
Gullivers, Manchester
Thursday 30 January 2025
After 25 years in music, building an unimpeachable reputation as a truly independent artist and entrepreneur, Julian Taylor now owns his legacy. It's rare in this era to see an artist build slowly and reach a new level of widespread acclaim...Aswad
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Thursday 30 January 2025
Known for their groundbreaking blend of reggae, dub, and soul, Aswad are one of the most influential British reggae bands of all time. With hits like "Don't Turn Around," "Shine," and "Give a Little Love," Aswad has earned their place in mu...Michael Starring Ben - The Magic of Michael Jackson
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Thursday 30 January 2025
Take a journey back in time to remember Michael Jackson - the man, the music and the magic. MichaelⓇ Starring Ben is a hit theatre production starring the UK's ultimate Michael Jackson tribute star, Ben Bowman. Not only does he look and...Keith James - The Songs of Nick Drake
The Met, Bury
Thursday 30 January 2025
Keith James performs a haunting and immaculately crafted concert of the songs of Nick Drake, one of the most revered and loved of all this country's Singer/Songwriters. Two decades have now passed since singer/guitarist Keith James became t...Joshua Radin
