ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Rock Concerts in Manchester
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre
Tue 25 Nov 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
Manchester Academy
Sat 29 Mar - Sat 13 Sep 2025
The Luke Combs Experience - Luke Combs Tribute
Manchester Academy
Sat 31 May - Sat 6 Sep 2025
Bat Out Of Hell
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Monday 3 - Saturday 8 March 2025
Bat Out of Hell makes a triumphant return, with a thrilling spectacle of a show where the timeless music of Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf reigns supreme! Get ready for an electrifying experience that will ignite your passion for rock 'n' roll....Zakk Sabbath - Zakk Wylde's All-Star Black Sabbath Cover Band
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Monday 3 - Tuesday 4 March 2025
The all-star Black Sabbath cover band from Zakk Wylde, best known as the lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and as the founder, lead guitarist, lead singer, and songwriter of the heavy metal band Black Label Society. The current Zakk Sabbath ...A Complete Unknown (15)
HOME, Manchester
Monday 3 - Thursday 6 March 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...The Hillbilly Moon Explosion
Yes, Manchester
Monday 3 March 2025
The highly anticipated return of Swiss rockabilly phenoms and one of the most exciting bands on the planet, The Hillbilly Moon Explosion! From Zurich, Switzerland, they are known for a versatile mix of rock and roll, jump blues, swing, cou...Toro y Moi
New Century Hall, Manchester
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 ...Soft Machine
Band On The Wall, Manchester
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...Orion Sun
Gorilla, Manchester
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Orion Sun's music has a profound gravitational pull - Since the mid-2010s, the New Jersey singer/songwriter/producer has released transformative, intimate soul and jazz that sounds atmospheric, yet grounded. By creating a listening experien...
Laura Marling
Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 5 - Thursday 6 March 2025
Hampshire folk snger/songwriter. Laura Marling is known for her distinctive and musically compelling collection of songs, run through with her fierce intelligence which have won her multiple Mercury Music Prize nominations. Her father, S...Biohazard + Life of Agony
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Celebrating their 35th anniversary as a band, Brooklyn based hardcore metal legends Biohazard have returned, reuniting their original lineup of Billy Graziadel, Bobby Hambel, Danny Schuler and Evan Seinfeld. Biohazard pioneered a genre, wi...Self Deception
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Stockholm rockers Self Deception are known for their dynamic sound that combines classic rock elements with a fresh, anthemic modern metal flair. The band has released two studio albums, with chart hits such as "Fight Fire With Gasoline" an...The Ocelots
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Twins from Wexford, Ireland, Brandon and Ashley have crafted their songwriting and musical experience together to produce a forceful blend of rich harmonies and bare, raw acoustic folk. The Ocelots started originally through busking around ...
Doves
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Thursday 6 - Friday 7 March 2025
Doves had something of an usual genesis in '90s Madchester. Founding members Jimi Goodwin, Jez Williams and Andy Williams were all members of Sub Sub, best remembered for their 1993 hit single Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use). After a fire at ...Candlelight - A Tribute to Coldplay on Strings
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Thursday 6 March 2025
A magical night of candlelit violin music paying tribute to one of the most successful and popular bands of all time: Coldplay. Since their formation in 1996, this British rock group reached the top of the rock/pop music world in the early ...Candlelight - A Tribute to Taylor Swift
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Thursday 6 March - Saturday 5 April 2025
Enjoy some of the best Taylor Swift songs of all time like never before! Surrounded by the gentle glow of candlelight, you'll listen to a string quartet's rendition of top hits by Taylor Swift. Be ready to rediscover Taylor's catalogue of h...White Denim
O2 Ritz, Manchester
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...Heaven Can Wait - A Tribute to the Music of Meat Loaf
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Thursday 6 March 2025
Carlton Entertainment brings you their brand-new production featuring Meat Loaf's greatest hits. Following a Sold Out tour of Spain in 2024, This showstopping concert launches across Europe in 2025. Featuring the incredible vocals of Lee Br...Kelly Lee Owens
New Century Hall, Manchester
Thursday 6 March 2025
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...The Boxer Rebellion
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 6 March 2025
London indie rockers The Boxer Rebellion are a rare breed of band. Known for their soaring melodies, deeply emotive songwriting, wide-screen sonics, and world-class live performances, their music will continue to last in the hearts and mind...Chris Helme (The Seahorses)
Bask Live Wigan, Wigan
Thursday 6 March 2025
Rising to fame in the 1990s as frontman of indie band The Seahorses York singer-songwriter Chris Helme is now producing acclaimed folk-infused tracks as a solo artist. His enviable back catalogue includes Britpop classics such as 'Love is t...Swim Deep
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Thursday 6 March 2025
Bitmingham indie pop act Swim Deep were initially billed as an indie hype, but there was always a lot more to the band than that. Intrigued by electronics, the band are eager to experiment, even fusing Motown-influenced gospel tinged vocals...The Pale White
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Thursday 6 March 2025
In a musical landscape that continues to proudly proclaim the death of modern rock music, The Pale White have consistently proved that this couldn't be further from the truth. Hailing from Newcastle, the three piece containing brothers A...Thursday Lunchtimes - RNCM Guitars
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 6 March 2025
Drop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free with the RNCM's Monday and Thursday Lunchtime concerts. ...Whip Round
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Thursday 6 March - 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 ...Sean Rowe
Yes, Manchester
Thursday 6 March 2025
Though he grew up in the generally frozen landscape of Troy, New York, Sean Rowe spent many of his formative summers in DeLand, Florida where his father was a residential caretaker at a home for troubled youths. It was there, in a mercifull...
Alan Sparhawk (Low)
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 7 March 2025
Thirty years into a career of music making, Alan Sparhawk enters uncharted territory. Sparhawk co-founded the Minnesota indie rock band Low alongside vocalist and drummer Mimi Parker in 1993. Low's music fearlessly explored the elementals a...Laurence Jones
FAC251, Manchester
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...Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders
The Met, Bury
Friday 7 March 2025
Andy Fairweather Low shot to fame as Lead Singer in Amen Corner singing massive hits like 'Bend Me Shape Me', 'Hello Suzy' and 'If Paradise is Half As Nice'. A hugely successful Solo career followed with Wide Eyed And Legless being the b...The Cortinas - Tribute to Courteeners
Empire Rochdale, Rochdale
Friday 7 March 2025
A night dedicated to nothing but Courteeners anthems. The Corinas bring the energy, the attitude, and the songs that we know and love....The Bracknall
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 7 March 2025
With a sound that wrestles Brit Pop nostalgia into gritty modern-day Indie Rock, the Bracknall are a grass roots guitar band from the unlikely London suburb of Collier Row: steadily emerging in the last three years as one of British Rock & ...WILLE & THE BANDITS
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
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 Doors Rising - The Music of The Doors
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Friday 7 March 2025
The Doors Rising are an authentic Doors and Jim Morrison tribute band from Liverpool capturing the sound, feel and experience of the psychedelic 60s. Playing all the classics! ...A Band Called Malice - Tribute to The Jam
The Roundhouse, Bolton
Friday 7 March 2025
The Definitive Tribute to The Jam.A Band Called Malice has quickly taken the tribute world by storm in their quest to become the number one choice tribute-act to The Jam. The talented trio are the real deal and guarantee to take you back to...La Fiesta
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 7 March - Friday 6 June 2025
A free-to-dance global music night featuring Afrobeat, Reggae, Latin, and Jazz with live band. Free entry, every Friday! ...YAANG + Formal Sppeedwear + Autocamper
Yes, Manchester
Friday 7 - Saturday 8 March 2025
Hot Take is a brand new monthly night from promoters Now Wave, bringing you the freshest new sounds from Manchester. Manchester punk trio YAANG + FORMAL SPPEEDWEAR + AUTOCAMPER....Fakermaker - The Definitive Tribute to Oasis
Elton Liberal Club, Bolton
Friday 7 March 2025
Fakermaker are five West Yorkshire lads with a mutual love of all things Oasis, recreating the songs that propelled the Gallagher brothers and their band to mega stardom in the mid-90s. A proper five-piece like Oasis themselves, Fakermaker ...Mat Walklate & Alex Haynes
Spring Bank Arts Centre, New Mills
Friday 7 March 2025
This pairing is a convergence of talent from two highly distinctive British blues artists. Having already built individual reputations, Manchester-based Mat Walklate and Leeds musician Alex Haynes have come together, drawing on the deepest ...Live Forever
The Venue Nightclub, Manchester
Friday 7 - Friday 28 March 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 ...
SWIM
The Rubens
