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
Elephant Sessions
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 29 May 2025
Celebrating their 10th year as band in 2022, multi-award winning indie folk quintet Elephant Sessions have gone from humble beginnings in the Highlands of Scotland, to playing around the world and scooping prestigious awards for their true...The ELO Show - A Tribute to Jeff Lynne and ELO
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 30 May 2025
Internationally acclaimed musician Brian Cummins brings this stunning show celebrating the music of Jeff Lynne and E.L.O. with a band of amazing musicians including a female string section, this will be a fabulous night of hit after hit fro...Kesha
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 30 May 2025
After her breakthrough in 2009 appearing on Flo Rida's number 1 single, "Right Round." Los Angeles singer-songwriter and rapper Ke$ha's irreverent music and image propelled her to immediate commercial success, topping the charts around the...Don't Stop Believin’
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 30 May 2025
Jump aboard this midnight train for a crazy, crazy night as the boys and girls are back in town! So, walk this way and join us as we take you back to the edge of seventeen for the ultimate rock party show! It's the night out you have been ...Huey Morgan - The Fun Lovin' Criminal
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 30 May 2025
The King of New York, Huey Morgan - the original Fun Lovin Criminal - is back playing with his brand new band!All the hit's that you love, are going to be played including - The Fun Lovin Criminal, Scooby Snacks, Loco, Korean Bodega, Love U...Oasiz - A Tribute to Oasis
The Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham
Friday 30 May 2025
When a short clip of Oasiz front man Steve, performing as Liam, went viral on social media with over half a million views, many fans were convinced the clip was actually of Liam Gallagher himself which led to the story being covered in the ...
Tim Gallagher
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 30 May 2025
Tim Gallagher is a Manchester-based artist, renowned for his signature falsetto vocal tone, which has quickly earned him global appeal across social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram. His soulful style is likened melodically to mode...The Gerry Cinna-Man Experience - Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon
Fatbird, Wigan
Friday 30 May - Sunday 28 December 2025
Gary Digan Aka is the UKs Premier & Definitve Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon. With his Strong Scottish Accent, his infamous live shows are a mixture of up-beat acoustic guitars, soulful harmonica and heartfelt vocals. The anthemic sing along tra...Mechanical Animals - Industrial Goth Freakfest
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 30 May 2025
Killing Time Events presents Mechanial Animals, Industrial Goth Freakfast, featuring: Spouky Kids (Marilyn Manson Tribute) + Nin UK (Nine Inch Nails Tribute) + Korn Again (Korn Tribute) + Deaftones (Deftones Tribute). ...Desperados - Celebrating the Music & Legacy of The Eagles
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 30 May 2025
An ensemble of accomplished musicians delivers a rip roaring set from the outstanding back catalogue of one of the greatest band's in history!!Sit back & TAKE IT EASY with Desperados and celebrate the music of six time Grammy Award winners,...
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
Born to Blue Peter and Jigsaw presenter Janet Ellis and film producer and director Robin Bextor in April 1979, Sophie Ellis-Bextor first delved into the world of music in the mid-'90s as the lead singer of Britpop outfit Theaudience. The ba...
Nessa Barrett
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
New Jersey pop rocker Janesa "Nessa" Barrett rose to fame on TikTok and began uploading covers, which led her to sign a recording contract with Warner Records and scored an international hit with "I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead" in 2021....Iggy Pop
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
Iggy Pop is an avant-garde icon and a punk pioneer behind Stooges classics like 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' and 'T.V. Eye', 'The Passenger' and, of course, 'Lust for Life'. ...The Sherlocks
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
Sheffield alt-rock stalwarts The Sherlocks became the first unsigned act since fellow Sheffield rockers Arctic Monkeys to sell out the city's iconic Leadmill venue. Undergoing a rebirth with brothers Kiaran and Brandon Crook introducing two...The Ultimate Classic Rock Show
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
Dust off your air guitars for an evening of the very best classic rock anthems from legends past and present! Let The Ultimate Classic Rock Show take you on a roller coaster journey of classic rock nostalgia. Performing hit after hit live w...Discos for Grown Ups - 70s Disco, 80s Pop & 90s Dance Anthems
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
An incredible night of disco, the legendary pop-up 70s, 80s and 90s disco party is bringing the boogie to town. Get glittered up for a fun, fab and feel-good night of dancing with people your own age to all your favourite 70s disco, 80s po...AC/DC UK + Dizzy Lizzy - AC/DC & Thin Lizzy Tributes
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
A tribute to two classic rock giants. AC/DC UK are Europe's most explosive tribute to AC/DC and have established themselves as one of the globe's forerunners in the tribute scene, not only emulating the genuine article at their most succes...Transmission - The Sound of Joy Division
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 31 May 2025
Devoted to recreating the atmosphere of a live Joy Division gig, Transmission emulate the sound of one of the most inventive, evocative and influential groups of their era. Joy Division were formed in Manchester during the late 1970s and d...The Luke Combs Experience - Luke Combs Tribute
The Met, Bury
Saturday 31 May 2025
A Luke Combs tribute act who will bring you everything you need to have you foot-stomping and fist-pumping to all of the country superstar's hits. From 'The Kind of Love We Make', 'Beer Never Broke My Heart' to 'Beautiful Crazy' and 'Growin...Stop Making Sense (PG)
Gorilla, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
★★★★★ "This document of Talking Heads' innovative 1983-84 stage show is perhaps the greatest of all concert movies, as well as a unique cinema classic in its own right." ~ Radio Times. The greatest concert film of all time, Stop...
Eric Martin (Mr Big)
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Sunday 1 June 2025
Now unplugged and unleashed, New York rocker Eric Martin earned his most prominent success as the frontman for the hard rock band Mr. Big, which scored a big hit in the early 1990s with "To Be with You", a song that Martin wrote during his ...Nick Harper
The Strines Nightingale, Stockport
Sunday 1 June 2025
Phantastes inhabits an ethereal realm and explores the parallels of the seminal C19th fantasy novel of the same name by George MacDonald and the beginnings of Nick's own love story from 1982. The album was recorded, and is performed live o...Cat Power Sings Dylan - The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 2 June 2025
Last November in London, Atlanta indie rocker Cat Power took the stage at Royal Albert Hall and delivered a song-for-song recreation of one of the most fabled and transformative live sets of all time. Held at the Manchester Free Trade Ha...
Cat Power Sings Dylan - The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 2 June 2025
Last November in London, Atlanta indie rocker Cat Power took the stage at Royal Albert Hall and delivered a song-for-song recreation of one of the most fabled and transformative live sets of all time. Held at the Manchester Free Trade Ha...
Djo (Joe Keery)
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Djo - the neo-psychedelia musical project of actor Joe Keery, known for his work in blockbuster projects as Stranger Things and Fargo - is back on tour. With lush guitars and instrumentation reminiscent of late 60's and 70's pop, Keery's ...Djo (Joe Keery)
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Djo - the neo-psychedelia musical project of actor Joe Keery, known for his work in blockbuster projects as Stranger Things and Fargo - is back on tour. With lush guitars and instrumentation reminiscent of late 60's and 70's pop, Keery's ...MJ Lenderman & The Wind
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Tuesday 3 June 2025
MJ Lenderman is an alt-Country songwriter born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. The anatomy of an MJ record might go something like this: warped pedal steels and skuzzed out guitar; crackin' a cold one with some buds; a voice remini...MJ Lenderman & The Wind
Gorilla, Manchester
Tuesday 3 June 2025
MJ Lenderman is an alt-Country songwriter born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. The anatomy of an MJ record might go something like this: warped pedal steels and skuzzed out guitar; crackin' a cold one with some buds; a voice remini...The Living Tombstone
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Electronic rock band The Living Tombstone were formed in 2011 by Israeli music producer Yoav Landau and later joined by American singer Sam Haft as a musical duo. The group is notable for their songs and music videos based on video games an...Andrew Cushin
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Newcastle's Andrew Cushin possesses a nuanced, multifaceted talent for songwriting which has seen him signed by Libertines legend Pete Doherty's record label. The words that he conjures are both immensely personal and reflective of modern s...Mike Peters (The Alarm)
Waterside, Manchester
Tuesday 3 June 2025
It's been a remarkable career. Mike Peters, frontman of The Alarm, created one of Britain's best-loved rock bands at the turn of the 1980s. He filled arenas, enjoyed hits with Sixty Eight Guns Spirit Of '76, and Absolute Reality, and opened...Billy Ocean
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 4 June 2025
Billy Ocean is the biggest selling black recording star Britain has ever produced and has sold over 30 million records in his lifetime to date. Having achieved extraordinary success as both an artist and a songwriter, Billy has collected mu...Man in the Mirror - A Tribute to Michael Jackson
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Wednesday 4 June - Friday 4 July 2025
Join us for a Thriller of an evening, as we celebrate the legendary music of the KING OF POP. This is the "Man in the Mirror" - The brand new must-see, electrifying tribute concert to Michael Jackson. Starring CJ, one of the world's greates...Panda Bear
Gorilla, Manchester
Wednesday 4 June 2025
Now Wave presents Panda Bear at Band on the Wall on 4th June 2025...The Robert Cray Band
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 5 June 2025
Considered one of the greatest guitarists of his generation, Cray's soulful and creative guitar work has been a dominant force in blues for over forty years, widely recognized and acknowledged by peers and audiences alike. A five-time Gramm...Paris Paloma
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 5 June 2025
Derbyshire-born sensation Paris Paloma delivers evocative storytelling, ethereal vocal, and a hauntingly beautiful fusion of dark folk-pop. For "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" soundtrack, Paloma performed an original song...
Gary Numan
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 5 - Friday 6 June 2025
London-born Gary Anthony James Webb helped turn the UK's budding new wave scene on its head in the late '70s. He launched his music career by starting the band Tubeway Army, who released their eponymous debut in 1978. At the time, he adopte...Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) & Adrian Belew (King Crimson)
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 5 June 2025
Jerry Harrison is the keyboardist and guitar player for legendary band Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, and the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2021. He has multiple critically acclaimed solo albu...The Manfreds
Waterside, Manchester
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...Danny Bowes (Thunder) - Maximum Chat
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 5 June 2025
Thunder frontman and Planet Rock radio presenter Danny Bowes presents his highly anticipated one-man show, Maximum Chat. The tour marks a significant return to the stage for Bowes, following his recovery from a life-threatening accident in...The Coronas
