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
Save Face
Star and Garter, Manchester
Thursday 3 April 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Save FaceThursday 3rd AprilThe Star & Garter, Manchester (18-20 Fairfield Street, M1 2QF)...Goran Bregovic

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
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),...Skunk Anansie

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 4 April 2025
With an unparalleled influence, the iconic multi-racial Platinum-selling British Hard Rock band Skunk Anansie, fronted by female vocalist Skin, are famed for their incendiary live sets over the years, during a career that was kickstarted w...Kamasi Washington

Albert Hall, Manchester
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...Barry Steele's The Roy Orbison Story

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 4 April 2025
Barry Steele is widely recognised as one of the world's leading vocalists playing homage to legend Roy Orbison. He has stunned audiences across the globe with his uncanny similarity and ability to authentically revive the exquisite toe-tapp...Walk Like A Man - Music From Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Friday 4 April 2025
The only winner of the National Tribute Awards two years running, the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and Jersey Boys tribute take you back to 1962 - to four guys barely scraping a living, singing doowop beneath the streetlamps of the to...Ultimate 70s Show

Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Friday 4 April 2025
The Ultimate 70s Show is a totally live tribute to the rock and pop idols of the 1970s, featuring the music of Slade, T. Rex, The Sweet, David Bowie, Suzi Quatro, Alice Cooper, Mott the Hoople and Queen to name but a few. It was the decad...Jane Weaver

St Mary's In The Marketplace, Stockport
Friday 4 April 2025
Abusing, evading, and obliterating 20 years of whimsical pop trends, Jane Weaver's experience as a truly independent and resilient songwriter and sound-carrier commands respect and inspiration in equal measures. Complete with unpretentious ...Delights

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 4 April 2025
 Dubbed as "kaleidoscopic guitar janglers", Manchester-based 4-piece guitar band Delights formed in 2017 while at sixth form together. The band draw their inspirations from an eclectic catalogue of music, influenced both by what their par...Moving Pictures - A Tribute to the Music of Rush

The Met, Bury
Friday 4 April 2025
Scottish power trio Moving Pictures play for over two hours covering all the Rush classics such as Tom Sawyer, The Spirit of Radio and Xanadu (with doubleneck guitars) plus some deeper cuts such as By Tor and later belters such as Far Cry a...The Musicals Party

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 4 April 2025
If you got chills and they're multiplying there's only one place to be! A club night dedicated to all your favourite musicals where fancy dress is highly encouraged! DJs will be playing: Mamma Mia! / Grease / We Will Rock You / High Schoo...Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
The Hampshire punk and folk artist was initially a vocalist in the punk rock band Million Dead, before turning his focus towards a folkier, acoustic-based solo career. Since that time, he has reached international acclaim as a chart-topping...The Zutons

Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
Back together for their first album in 16 years, recorded with legendary songwriter and producer Nile Rodgers and the band's original producer, Ian Broudie, the multi-platinum selling Liverpool band scored nine UK Top 40 singles be,tween 2...Badly Drawn Boy

Aviva Studios, Manchester
Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 April 2025
Dunstable-born, Bolton-raised, Manchester-living Mercury-prize winning folk rocker Damon Gough has always been one to wear his heart on his sleeve, and his truly personal and heartfelt catalogue of glorious, colourful warming, honest pop so...The Blow Monkeys

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
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...House Gospel Choir

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
An electrifying House meets Gospel experience born out of a love for sound system culture, the healing power of house music and the London-based choir seeking to channel the magic of people working together to raise the vibrations. Working ...The Mersey Beatles

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Saturday 5 April 2025
Fans of The Beatles prepare to be wowed by the world's favourite Liverpool-born tribute to the Fab Four. The Mersey Beatles have been rocking sold-out shows around the globe since 1999 with their truly authentic and widely acclaimed celeb...The Lancashire Hotpots

The Met, Bury
Saturday 5 April 2025
There's only one thing more satisfying than a visit to the chippy and that's an evening with The Lancashire Hotpots. St. Helens' finest are the undisputed kings of the Northern "knees up" with banging comedy folk anthems such as "Chippy Te...Lordi

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
Although Rock/Heavy Metal monsters LORDI were founded in 1992 by lead singer, songwriter, and designer Mr. Lordi, it wasn't until 2006 that they celebrated their international breakthrough by winning the Eurovision Song Contest ("Hard Rock ...The George Harrison Project

The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
Enjoy the UK's leading live music tribute to George Harrison, performing his best-loved hits from The Beatles, his solo career, and The Traveling Wilburys. After the Liverpudlian four-piece called time on Beatlemania, George Harrison enjoye...Moving Pictures - A Tribute to the Music of Rush

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 5 April 2025
Scottish power trio Moving Pictures play for over two hours covering all the Rush classics such as Tom Sawyer, The Spirit of Radio and Xanadu (with doubleneck guitars) plus some deeper cuts such as By Tor and later belters such as Far Cry a...Spangled

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
The genre-spanning Manchester four-piece dance on the fringe between jangly guitars and yesterdays promises, offering an eclectic blend of witty, heartfelt lyrics, lively attitudes and punch the air riffs proving there is still decadence in...Dan Sealey (Ocean Colour Scene & Merrymouth)

Martin Harris Centre, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
Dan started his career with folk rock band Ocean Colour Scene and toured the world, played headline slots at major festivals for over a decade and co-founded the band Merrymouth with Simon Fowler.  Merrymouth featured award-winning musici...Phoebe Green

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
Sunkist-haired, Manchester-based artist Phoebe Green has been steadily accruing fans and buzz for her darkly witty and very danceable indie rock tunes about the cringe-worthy and often cold behavior at play in contemporary relationships. "O...Nathan Carter

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
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...Eddi Reader

The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Sunday 6 April 2025
The supremely talented, unique and charismatic triple BRIT award-winning Scottish folk pop singer delivers the most consistently beautiful, often deeply personal and intimate songs, including the charming acoustic pop of 1988 chart-topper P...BRIDEAR

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Sunday 6 April 2025
Formed in Fukuoka, Japan, every member of BRIDEAR contribute as songwriters to their meticulously arranged hard rock as well as catchy and glamorously melodic speed metal. ...Yasmin Coe

Lion's Den, Manchester
Sunday 6 April 2025
The Manchester-based Hull singer/songwriter takes inspiration from artists like Current Joys, Mazzy Star and the Pixies, with performances and music which bring together storytelling lyrics amongst jangly indie guitar sounds. Self-described...SOFY
John Lodge (The Moody Blues)

RNCM, Manchester
Tuesday 8 April 2025
John Lodge, legendary bass player, songwriter and vocalist of The Moody Blues, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, has been touring for the last two years in the USA with his critically acclaimed Performs Days of Future show. He is now delight...Mark Ambor

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Armenian-American folk singer-songwriter Mark Ambor is best known for his 2024 single "Belong Together", which reached no.11 in the UK. The upbeat guitar, drums, and bass set an impeccable road trip scene while the lyrics promote a deeper l...Mark Ambor
