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
Katherine Priddy

Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Saturday 22 March 2025
Since emerging with her debut EP 'Wolf' in 2018, the Birmingham-based folk artist has quickly become one of the most exciting names on the British scene. Declared 'The best thing I've heard all year' by Richard Thompson, who later invited h...The Cortinas - Tribute to Courteeners

Icons, Manchester
Saturday 22 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 Smiths Utd - A Tribute to The Smiths

Bask, Wigan
Saturday 22 March 2025
Lincoln-based tribute band The Smiths Utd play all the hits from The Smiths and Morrissey solo. ...The Smiths Utd - A Tribute to The Smiths

Bask Wigan, Wigan
Saturday 22 March 2025
Lincoln-based tribute band The Smiths Utd play all the hits from The Smiths and Morrissey solo. ...ABBA Believe In Angels Brunch - ABBA Tribute

Area, Manchester
Saturday 22 March - 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...Ry X

Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 23 March - Friday 23 May 2025
Australian transcendental folk artist RY X, born Ry Cuming, showcases a boundless ability to create thought-provoking atmospheric pop music, engulfed with his distinctively ethereal vocal lines, cloudy orchestral arrangements and accomanyi...Kyle Falconer (The View)

The Irish Club, Warrington
Sunday 23 March 2025
Fans of The View can look forward to an extraordinary evening of soul-stirring songs as lead singer Kyle Falconer takes to the stage. A Scottish musician who has captivated audiences for years with his soulful voice and undeniable talent...Esprit D'Air

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 23 March 2025
The London-based Japanese electronicore, gothic metal, power metal, and industrial metal rock band became a solo project for guitarist Kai in 2016 and have since enjoyed chart success in the UK and scooped the Independent Music Award's 'Be...Thank You For The Music - The Ultimate Tribute to ABBA

Lowry, Salford
Monday 24 March 2025
Calling all Dancing Queens, this is your night to say, Thank you for the Music! This international smash-hit tribute show brings all ABBA's number one hits to the stage. The hugely popular show, now in its 20th year, with a brand-new show f...Spiritualized

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 24 March 2025
Fresh from their thirteenth album release, "Everything Was Beautiful" - their third to reach the UK Top 5, in April 2022 - Jason Pierce (a.k.a. J. Spaceman) and his Warwickshire space rock band Spiritualized return with their beautiful w...Lauren Mayberry (Chvrches)

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Monday 24 March 2025
A solo tour from Glasgow singer, musician, songwriter multiple philanthropist and leading feminist Lauren Mayberry, the vocalist and percussionist of Scottish pop band Chvrches. ...Mother's Cake

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Monday 24 March 2025
Disorder makes Austria's Mother's Cake feel comfortable. Lunacy is their fuel. Psychedelia is their ecstasy. Join them on an edgy journey off the beaten tracks. Six years of constant touring, writing, using - and abusing, made them who t...David Gray

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Multi-platinum Mancunian singer-songwriter David Gray is hitting the road in 2020 to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of White Ladder, his fourth studio album which sold seven million copies. Not only did it propel him into the mainstre...Bloodywood

Tom Walker by Candlelight

New Century Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Scottish-Mancunian singer-songwriter Tom Walker is one of the most successful breakthrough stars. His song, Leave a Light On, has been a hit in various countries worldwide. Walker has enjoyed a phenomenal start to 2019. He released his debu...Simon McBride

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Simon is the Guitarist in Deep purple and guitarist / co-writer on Don Airey's albums. Simon recently signed to Europe's leading rock label, Ear Music, home of Alice Cooper, Al Di Meola, Deep Purple and a host of other leading names. Simon ...Morgan Wade

Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 26 March 2025
When Arista Nashville breakout artist Morgan Wade made her first full-length album Reckless , it was a fistful of songs torn from the life of a girl not afraid of pushing life to the edge. Bold and startling, the guitars pushed forward and ...Dayglow

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 26 March 2025
Texan indie pop singer Sloan Struble, aka Dayglow, embraces an elevated sonic maturity. Inspired by the danceable feel and melancholy of 80's pop duets, he draws heavily on some unlikely influences such as Whitney Houston, Patti Labelle, Mi...The Hoosiers

Gorilla, Manchester
Wednesday 26 March 2025
The Hoosiers are an English pop rock band formed in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The band consists of members Irwin Sparkes (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Alan Sharland (drums, percussion, vocals). Their first single "Worried...The Highstool Prophets

BBC Radio 6 Music Festival - BBC Introducing

Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 26 March 2025
BBC Introducing will be kicking off the live music from the BBC Radio 6 Music Festival with a special line up of artists supported by BBC Introducing in Manchester and BBC Introducing in Leeds & Sheffield. It will be co-hosted by Introducin...BBC Radio 6 Music Festival - Ezra Collective + Fat Dog

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Thursday 27 March 2025
BBC Radio 6 Music Festival will take place again in Greater Manchester. The station's flagship event - which will see global premieres of brand new live shows, new music debuts, unique collaborations and surprise guests - returns to the reg...Louis Dunford

Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 27 March 2025
Louis Dunford is a story teller, with stories which need to be told. Born, raised and founded in North London, Louis' acoustic songs are chapters straight out of his lived experiences, sometimes raw, sometimes funny, and always honest, all ...Sungazer

The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
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...Nemo

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 27 March 2025
The winner of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in 2024, Swiss singer/songwriter Nemo Mettler heads out across the continent to say hi to their hoards of new fans. The Biel/Bienne singer-rapper, who also plays the violin, piano and drums,...Chesney Hawkes

The Met, Bury
Thursday 27 March 2025
With his era-defining smash hit The One and Only, film star good looks and boy next door charm, Chesney Hawkes was one of the UK's biggest pop stars of the '90s. Three decades on, and now certifiably the kind of bloke you'd love to have a p...Dilettante

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Thursday 27 March 2025
Dilettante is the brainchild of longtime BC Camplight member Francesca Pidgeon. The Manchester-based art-rock collective serves up a live genre-phobic loop-fest, featuring everything from fuzzy guitar licks to five-part saxophone harmonies....Elephunk in the Room

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 27 March - Thursday 1 May 2025
Showcasing some of the finest local bands, melding disco, funk and jazz together and ending the night with disco classics. Come dance with the Elephunk in the Room, a Rebel Riot Record event. ...You Me At Six

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 28 - Saturday 29 March 2025
Rising out of the British alternative underground, Surrey rockers You Me At Six released their debut full-length album Take Off Your Colours in 2008 through Slam Dunk Records and Epitaph Records. Celebrating early chart success, it was 2010...BBC Radio 6 Music Festival - Mogwai + English Teacher

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Friday 28 March 2025
BBC Radio 6 Music Festival will take place again in Greater Manchester. The station's flagship event - which will see global premieres of brand new live shows, new music debuts, unique collaborations and surprise guests - returns to the reg...Candlelight - A Tribute to ABBA

Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Friday 28 March 2025
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations never before used for this purpose in Manchester. Buy your tickets now to discover the music of ABBA at Manchester Cathedral under t...Women in Rock

Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Friday 28 March 2025
Dance and sing along to this spectacular show celebrating 5 decades of the world's greatest female rock legends. From Quatro to Joplin, Cher to Turner, Pink to Blondie, Heart to Benatar, the set list is endless with one classic after anothe...Panchiko

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 28 March 2025
The Nottingham indie band formed in 1998 but, unsigned, soon disbanded. It was only after a 4chan user found one of just 30 self-produced copies of their emo/industrial/dream pop single D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L in an Oxfam charity store in...BBC Radio 6 Music Festival - Indie Forever

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 28 March 2025
Get on your dancing shoes' for a night of indie bangers with DJ sets from: Sports TeamLava La RueSteve LamacqViagra Boys Nathan Shepherd...Live/Wire - The AC/DC Show

The Met, Bury
Friday 28 March 2025
Live/Wire is the AC/DC Show. The hugely successful and unique six-man tribute to rock music's greatest band, AC/DC - complete with cannons, a wall of Marshalls and over two hours of High Voltage Rock 'n' Roll, in a show critically acclaimed...Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons

Rebellion, Manchester
Friday 28 March 2025
A hard-hitting, old-school rock outfit led by Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell, Phil Campbell & the Bastard Sons were formed after the death of Motorhead frontman Lemmy in 2015. Following the inevitable disbandment of Motorhead, Cam...Apollo Junction

Lion's Den, Manchester
Friday 28 March 2025
Apollo Junction are a Yorkishire indie band on the rise with a passionate, growing fanbase that call themselves the 'AJFamily' - there's been engagements on stage, lifetime friendships formed, coaches to gigs hired and an online community t...Nemzzz

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 28 March 2025
Hailing from one of Manchester's most deprived areas rapper and singer Nemzzz is determined to stand out through his lyrics and distinct musical sound. Naturally introverted, Nemzzz is someone who keeps his thoughts to himself but through h...Wait And Bleed - Nu Metal Party
