ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Rock Concerts in Manchester
Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston
The Bridgewater Hall
Thu 20 Mar - Sun 1 Jun 2025
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
Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
Manchester Academy
Sat 29 Mar - Sat 13 Sep 2025
NAO
New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 7 March 2025
Critically acclaimed, Mercury Prize and Grammy-nominated Nottingham singer-songwriter Nao describes her music as "wonky funk", combining soul with electronic music, funk and R&B. ...Alan Sparhawk (Low)
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 7 March 2025
Thirty years into a career of music making, 2024 finds Alan Sparhawk entering uncharted territory. Sparhawk co-founded the band Low alongside vocalist and drummer Mimi Parker. Low's music fearlessly explored the elementals and their thirtee...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...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! ...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 ...
The Rubens
Yes, Manchester
Friday 7 March 2025
The Rubens are a five-piece alternative rock band from Menangle, New South Wales, Australia. The Rubens are the three Margin brothers, Zaac, Sam and Elliott, and long term friends Scott Baldwin and William Zeglis. With tremendous backing fr...The Reytons
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Saturday 8 March 2025
Like the Arctic Monkeys, who they are often compared, the South Yorkshire four-piece are born under a Sheffield sky with a penchant for pubs, pints and pandemonium, and are bursting with working class grit and tales from the local boozer to...Vukovi
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 8 March 2025
Scottish rock outfit Vukovi demand your attention with songs taking in themes of individuality, drug abuse, depression and suicide. ...Nieve Ella
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 8 March 2025
Albrighton indie pop singer Nieve Ella Pickering has supported Dylan, Inhaler, and the Courteeners. ...Oh What A Night! - Celebration of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Saturday 8 March 2025
Go back in time on a musical journey through the incredible career of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - now immortalised in the multi-award winning show Jersey Boys, which has been packing theatres worldwide since its debut in 2005. Valli'...
The Smiths Ltd + Clint Boon (DJ Set)
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 8 March 2025
Formed in 2009, the ONLY Smiths tribute band from and based in Manchester have a unique selling point and an authenticity that is hard to beat. Committed to getting the same energy that Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce h...Fionn Regan
Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Saturday 8 March 2025
Irish folk musician Fionn Regan has fine-tuned a sensibility of his own since the acoustic poetry of his debut album, 2006's Mercury Prize-shortlisted The End of History. Since then, he has travelled between band-based detours and the glea...The Smiths Ltd - The Smiths Tribute Band
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 8 March 2025
The Smiths Ltd was formed in Manchester, UK the hometown of The Smiths. After an extensive search to find the perfect Morrissey, the band played their first gig in Manchester to an audience of avid Smiths fans. The response was spectacular...Bootleg Blondie - Blondie Tribute Band
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 8 March 2025
The world's No. 1 official Debbie Harry and Blondie tribute band. Established in 2001 this band are the only Blondie tribute to play the legendary CBGB in New York City before it's demise in 2006 and unique in that not only have they had th...Go Gaga Bottomless Brunch
Area 50 Sackville Street Manchester M1 3wf, Manchester
Saturday 8 March - Saturday 25 October 2025
Drag queens, brunch, bottomless bubbles & all the Gaga hits you you handle?... Look no further for a pop-tastic brunch party you'll never forget. A full show from Lady Gaga Impersonator Donna Marie & her backing dancers ...
Mike + The Mechanics
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 9 March 2025
Genesis founding member Mike Rutherford's supergroup Mike and The Mechanics, who have sold over ten million records worldwide, perform all the hits and a drop of Genesis. Following the death of former Sad Cafe frontman Paul Young and depar...Jalen Ngonda
Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 9 March 2025
With shades of Marvin Gaye, Liverpool-based US singer Jalen Ngonda is one of the most captivating performers on today's soul scene. His voice, equal parts raw feeling and elegance, exudes confidence and charm. Despite still being in his twe...The Wildhearts
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 9 March 2025
For 3 decades The Wildhearts have remained at the forefront of the British rock scene. From their classic debut album 'Earth Vs' (voted number one album of the year in Kerrang! back in 1993, and number 20 in the best rock albums of all time...La Femme
New Century Hall, Manchester
Sunday 9 March 2025
La Femme are a French psych-punk rock band established by guitarist Sacha Got and keyboard player Marlon Magnee in 2010 in Biarritz. The band's music has been described as synthetic and hypnotic. It mixes elements of cold wave, punk, and ye...Mark Morriss (The Bluetones)
The Green Room, Altrincham
Sunday 9 March 2025
One of Britain's finest songwriters, the phenomenal frontman of UK chart-topping indie stalwarts The Bluetones performs an intimate solo show. Combining his impressive solo material with the bands hits - such as Top 10 singles Slight Retu...
Machine Girl
Gorilla, Manchester
Sunday 9 March 2025
Now Wave presents Machine Girl at Gorilla Manchester on 9th March 2025...Pom Poko
Yes, Manchester
Sunday 9 March 2025
"If you have a vacancy for Favourite New Band, Pom Poko would like to apply for the role," tweeted Tim Burgess in April, as Norway's finest punk-pop anti-conformists revisited their joyous debut album, Birthday, for one of Tim's mood-liftin...
Teddy Swims
Co-op Live, Manchester
Monday 10 - Sunday 16 March 2025
Born and raised in Atlanta as a pastor's grandson, Jaten Dimsdale played American football and was involved in musical theatre while in high school. In addition, he joined bands of different genres, performing everything from hip hop, so...David Kushner
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Monday 10 March 2025
Compared to Bon Iver and Hozier, Chicago singer-songwriter went viral on TikTok in 2022 with his song "Miserable Man", which peaked at number 11 on the charts in Norway and number 19 in Ireland, additionally reaching the top 40 in Austral...Rory
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Monday 10 March 2025
Roxanne Emery, a.k.a. RORY, is a Southampton-born pop singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer went viral with her single "Late" and a performance of Enrique Iglesias' "Hero" in 2011. Since 2019, she has been writing and produc...Bear's Den
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 11 March 2025
British folk rock duo from London, formed in 2012, who have released three studio albums: Islands (UK no.49), Red Earth & Pouring Rain (UK no.6) and So That You Might Hear Me (no.13). The band has been nominated for several music awards thr...Alec Benjamin
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Critically acclaimed Arizona-born, New York-raised and University of Southern California enrolled folk pop singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin breakthrough in 2018 when his single "Let Me Down Slowly" reached the top 40 in over 25 countries, i...Sharon Van Etten
Albert Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 11 March 2025
New Jersey indie singer-songwriter and actress Sharon Van Etten has always been the kind of artist who helps people make sense of the world around them. With curling low vocals and brave intimacy, she creates a stunning meditation on how ...Bdrmm
Gorilla, Manchester
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Leeds based Hull proto-shoegaze and krautrock five-piece bdrmm, musically, give nods to The Cure's Disintegration, Deerhunter and DIIV, while the band reference RIDE and Radiohead. There are also echoes of krautrock and post-punk, from The ...The Weather Station
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Tuesday 11 March 2025
The critically acclaimed Canadian folk band, fronted by Toronto songwriter Tamara Lindeman, with her gentle, conversational, intoning voice, deliver jagged music, with stabbing strings, saxophone, and several layers of percussion. Emergi...Sounds of the 60's Live with Tony Blackburn
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 12 March 2025
Join Tony as he presents an evening of 60s classics performed live by the Sounds Of The 60s All Star Band & Singers. Featuring the hits of The Everly Brothers, Dusty Springfield, The Kinks, Elvis, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Otis Reddin...FLO
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 12 March 2025
Receiving love from global superstars including Missy Elliot, SZA, Victoria Monet, Kelly Rowland and JoJo, with one tweet stating "the uk girl groups are coming hard," leading to over 4.5M views, 140k likes and 20k retweets, London R&B tr...IDER
Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 12 March 2025
North London-based "cross-genre" electropop duo IDER are back. Formed after meeting at Falmouth Univeristy, Megan Markwick and Lily Somerville have cited Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Buckley, Beyonce, ...Florentenes
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Wednesday 12 March 2025
Manchester indie band Florentenes was born from two bedroom musicians with a passion for creating music and showing off to others. Vocalist Will Smith and lead guitarist Luke Holding spent a long time trying to hone their craft of songwriti...
Sabrina Carpenter
Co-op Live, Manchester
Thursday 13 - Friday 14 March 2025
Singer, songwriter and actress Sabrina Carpenter has undergone a series of creative and personal transformations since first appearing in the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World, going on to generate mega fandom across TV and film inc...Michael Kiwanuka
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 13 March 2025
Michael Kiwanuka is a British singer-songwriter (indie rock/folk rock/soul) and record producer who is signed with Polydor Records. His 2012 debut album, Home Again, went gold in the United Kingdom and his second album, Love & Hate, debuted...Martin Kohlstedt
Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Thursday 13 March 2025
Martin Kohlstedt is among the outstanding composers, pianists and producers for instrumental music and electronica. The German composer, movie soundtrack composer, pianist, and record producer has a contemporary approach of mixing classical...Chris Difford (Squeeze)
The Met, Bury
Thursday 13 March 2025
The Squeeze songwriter is a Grammy nominated and double Ivor Novello Award winning lyricist who has brought us characters and sketches from everyday life, and has successfully turned the mundane into the beautiful, the urbane into the exqu...South Arcade
