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Michael Starring Ben - The Magic of Michael Jackson

St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Thursday 30 January 2025
Take a journey back in time to remember Michael Jackson - the man, the music and the magic. MichaelⓇ Starring Ben is a hit theatre production starring the UK's ultimate Michael Jackson tribute star, Ben Bowman. Not only does he look and...

The Magic of Motown

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 31 January 2025
Get ready for all the hits, glittering costumes, dazzling dance routines and outstanding musicianship in this breath-taking live concert spectacular. You will be going Loco down in Acapulco as we take you back down memory lane with all the ...

Kehlani

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Friday 31 January 2025
Without sugarcoating or softening a word, the Bay Area-born two-time GRAMMY Award-nominated multiplatinum R&B songstress will drop a hard truth in one breath and flip a middle finger in the next. She has contributed to the soundtracks for S...

The American Four Tops

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Friday 31 January 2025
It's the tribute show jam packed with sweet soul music and Motown magic that continues to leave audiences dancing and chanting for more following each outstanding performance. Featuring the voice of Mr William Hicks, high-stepping choreogra...

The Marvin Gaye Songbook

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 31 January 2025
Wake up and let's get down tonight as we celebrate the Prince of Motown. Brand new for 2024 from hit producers Entertainers - the team behind, The Magic of Motown, Lost in Music and Fastlove!Every magical hit is respectfully recreated, brou...

Lady Blackbird

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 4 February 2025
Named after one of Nina Simone's starkest tunes, Los Angeles-based singer Marley Munroe isn't the Nina Simone of the Black Lives Matter era (she certainly wouldn't call herself that). But she is the talent, and the force-of-nature, and the...

Ultimate RnB

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 7 February 2025
A brand new, high quality tribute to some of the greatest music ever made. Ultimate RnB are a full 7 piece live band featuring session musicians and vocalists that have played with and supported some stone cold Soul legends, such as Jocel...

Louie Vega & The Elements of Life

Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 8 February 2025
New York Puerto Rican DJ Louie Vega is one half of the Masters at Work musical production team. With his Elements of Life band he produces a live show of jazz, soul, house and so much more.   ...

Celebrating Celine - The Ultimate Celine Dion Tribute Concert

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 8 February 2025
The Ultimate Celine Dion tribute concert with an incredible full live band and starring the highly acclaimed vocalist, January Butler. With dazzling costumes, jaw dropping vocals and a sensational 'live concert' feel, this show will take yo...

Oh My God It's The Church

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 13 February 2025
The Lord may work in mysterious ways, but there is nothing mysterious about the rise of the phenomenon that is - Oh My God! It's The Church. Original, outrageous, irreverent, and endlessly entertaining, OMGITC have had a monumental few ye...

Craig David

Co-op Live, Manchester
Friday 14 February 2025
As one of the UK's most loved artists, Craig David has remained at the helm of his own unique, authentically British sound. A sound that made waves across the globe, making him the voice of one of the most pivotal eras in UK music, and in t...

Maverick Sabre

New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 14 February 2025
It's been seven years since Maverick Sabre first arrived on the UK scene as a fresh-faced Irish (but London born) rapper with a brassy singing voice. Championed by Plan B, his music drew a line between the Irish, American and UK rap scenes ...

Cory Wong

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 15 February 2025
The Grammy nominated Minneapolis funk-rock guitarist offers a mixture of finesse, funk and unstoppable passion. All music fans, not just jazz and funk fans, can have a slice of their listening habits on instrumental music, because it really...

Lost in Music

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Saturday 15 February 2025
Get ready to recreate the Magical 70's and let us take you on a musical journey straight to the heart of Disco!Relive some of the greatest songs of all time from artists such as Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sister Sledge...

Emilio Santoro as Elvis

Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Saturday 15 February 2025
Internationally acclaimed, 20-year-old Emilio Santoro brings his award-winning Elvis Presley theatre show to the UK. Emilio has won both European and World Championships as Elvis in the past year, and wowed America's Got Talent viewers with...

What's Love Got To Do With It - A Tribute to Tina Turner

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Sunday 16 February 2025
What's Love Got To Do With It? is the joyous new show celebrating the music of the incredible Tina Turner. Brought to you by the award-winning producers behind the hugely successful Whitney - Queen Of The Night, What's Love Got To Do With I...

Jazz Emu

Lowry, Salford
Monday 17 February 2025
For the first time ever musical supernova Jazz Emu (The Guardian's breakout comedy act of 2023 and The Telegraph's 26th Funniest Comedian of the 21st Century) will be touring his hotly anticipated brand-new show, Knight Fever, alongside hi...

Northern Live - Do I Love You

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Tuesday 18 February 2025
Keeping the faith to the original sounds of the underground movement that started on the dance floors in the North and eventually swept the nation including an 11-piece band with 4 lead vocalists performing over 30 original hits, expect to ...

Lawrence

Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 20 February 2025
Lawrence is an eight-piece soul-pop band comprised of musician friends from childhood and college, led by brother-sister duo Clyde and Gracie Lawrence. The New York band has gained a devoted following for its high-energy, keyboard-driven so...

Alison Moyet

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 21 February 2025
How time flies. It's been 40 years since Alison Moyet stepped out of Yazoo and fired up a solo career with her #1 debut album 'Alf' and Top 10 hits 'Love Resurrection' and 'All Cried Out'. That unmistakable voice - big enough to fill a stad...

Chris Connor - The World Famous Elvis Show

Middleton Arena, Manchester
Friday 21 - Friday 28 February 2025
Chris Connor is voted as The Greatest Elvis Tribute in the World by the first ever worldwide Elvis Presley fan poll and accepted the accolade in Memphis.  Joe Esposito, Elvis' best friend and tour manager, says, "Wow! That boy is good - he...

Biig Piig

New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 21 February 2025
London-based Irish neo soul singer and hip hop artist Biig Piig (aka Jessica Smyth) has scored millions of streams and collaborated with Metronomy, Maverick Sabre, Emotional Oranges, Bien Et Toi, and Blu DeTiger among others. ...

Disco Inferno

Middleton Arena, Manchester
Saturday 22 February 2025
A celebration of D.I.S.C.O. For all those who dreamed of going to New York's Studio 54, Disco Inferno is the spectacular all singing, all dancing celebration of everything D.I.S.C.O. From the smoking hot girls to the guys in platforms, this...

Lucky Daye

New Century Hall, Manchester
Sunday 23 February 2025
Lucky Daye projects a widescreen vision of R&B. His full-spectrum view encompasses everything from the explosive funky bombast to the soulful croon of seventies favorites and the turn-of-the-century swagger inherent in mid-to-late nineties ...

Bars & Melody

Lion's Den, Manchester
Sunday 23 February 2025
  Bars and Melody (often abbreviated as BAM) are a British R&B / Rap duo consisting of rapper Leondre Devries and singer Charlie Lenehan, who took part in the eighth series of Britain's Got Talent in 2014. During their audition, they were ...

Natty

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 28 February 2025
Dubbed a 'soul-reggae crossover sensation' by The Telegraph, Natty (San Francisco born, London raised) was 'found" playing the open mic circuit and signed by Atlantic Records. Following his BBC performance on Later with Jools, his UK top 20...

JJ Grey & Mofro: Olustee Tour

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 8 March 2025
Deeply moving, masterfully written, front porch Southern soul music....

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...

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...

Do I Love You?

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tuesday 11 - Saturday 15 March 2025
Why not join twenty somethings Sally, Nat and Kyle in this hilarious comedy written and directed by John Godber, the award-winning writer of "Bouncers", as they develop a love for, and the people involved with, Northern Soul. What started a...

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...

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...

JUST MY IMAGINATION - THE MUSIC OF THE TEMPTATIONS

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 14 March 2025
Fifty years ago, The Temptations were sitting proudly atop of the American charts with the single Papa Was a Rollin' Stone. The song was a notable change in direction for both The Temptations and the group's record label Motown Records. Th...

Nubiyan Twist

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 15 March 2025
Woven around soul searching, cautionary tales and parables for modern life, the Leeds / London collective effortlessly fuse different soul, jazz and global styles with great musicianship and lyrics. You can hear touches of broken beat, blun...

Elkie Brooks

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 16 March 2025
Having started her career in music in 1960, a remarkable 64 years of performing live, Salford blues legend Elkie Brooks will embark upon her Long Farewell Tour. A celebration of Elkie's illustrious award winning career in music performing s...

The Marvin Gaye Songbook

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Thursday 20 March 2025
Wake up and let's get down tonight as we celebrate the Prince of Motown. Brand new for 2024 from hit producers Entertainers - the team behind, The Magic of Motown, Lost in Music and Fastlove!Every magical hit is respectfully recreated, brou...

Miracle of Sound

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
Cork indie musician Gavin Dunne, better known by the name of his music project "Miracle of Sound", performs music inspired by video games, films, and TV shows. While not widely known in his home country of Ireland, his music is very popular...

Harriet

Waterside, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
  Sheffield singer Harriet Robert's sell-out show, Trying To Get The Feeling Again, sees her performing intimate interpretations of her favourite sounds of the 70s, including hits by The Carpenters, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Carole King,...

The Delines

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Wednesday 26 March 2025
Sometimes, fate's just a damned cruel thing. But when it nearly capsizes the career of an acclaimed band in the blink of an eye, the band's only prudent choice is to hang in there until the ship is ready to sail again. That's what The Delin...

Lost In Music

Middleton Arena, Manchester
Friday 4 April 2025
Get ready to recreate the Magical 70's and let us take you on a musical journey straight to the heart of Disco!Relive some of the greatest songs of all time from artists such as Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sister Sledge...

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...
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