WORLD MUSIC CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
WORLD MUSIC CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular World Music Concerts in Manchester
Thu 29 May - Sat 21 Jun 2025
Fri 25 Apr - Sat 17 May 2025
ATEEZ
Thursday 30 January 2025
Crowned a "K-Pop Powerhouse" by The Hollywood Reporter, million-selling global pop superstars ATEEZ have scored three UK Top 10 albums. The South Korean group that took the world by storm immediately after their debut in October 2018 are kn...
Reggaeton Party
Friday 31 January 2025
Come and celebrate all things Reggaeton with UK's best Reggaeton DJ's playing all your favourite hits. ...
La Fiesta
Friday 31 January 2025
A free-to-dance global music night featuring Afrobeat, Reggae, Latin, and Jazz with live band. Free entry, every Friday! ...
Tristwch Y Fenywod
Saturday 1 February 2025
Singing black-lit liturgies of bog bodies caked in mud, entranced by nocturnal landscapes flickering in the moon-glow and powered by queer enchantment, Tristwch y Fenywod are a Welsh-language gothic avant-rock power-coven. Exhumed from the ...
Rahgir
Sunday 2 February 2025
If you want a music that takes you through the beautiful streets of India, listen to Rahgir. From Sikar, Rajasthan, India, the musician, singer, songwriter, and author is known for his songs and albums like "Aadmi Bhutiya Hai", "Mere Gaon A...
Omar Rudberg
Monday 3 February 2025
Best known internationally for his starring role as Simon Eriksson in the Netflix series Young Royals, Omar Rudberg is the non-stop singer from Venezuela who moved to Sweden when he was seven years old and took every chance he got to perfor...
Darya Dadvar
Thursday 6 February 2025
An enchanting evening with the internationally renowned soprano, Darya Dadvar, as she graces the stage. Known for her captivating voice and unique fusion of classical, traditional Persian, and contemporary music, Darya takes her audience on...
CubaVida - Havana Música: A Celebration of Cuban Music
Thursday 6 February 2025
Take a trip to Havana for one night only with the romantic rhythms, inspiring percussion and rich and colourful sounds of Cuba. Featuring the best salsa, rumba, Latin jazz and more, Jesus Batallan - the beating heart of Manchester's Cuban ...
Manchester Spring Festival
Sunday 9 February 2025
A spectacular celebration of Chinese New Year and Lantern Festival. Hosted at the iconic Bridgewater Hall, this event will seamlessly blend the rich traditions and vibrant modernity of Chinese culture for an unforgettable evening. The progr...
The Hallé & Angélique Kidjo - Philip Glass's Ifé Songs
Thursday 13 February 2025
Over the course of three days, in collaboration with the RNCM, the Halle brings you a festival celebrating American composer Philip Glass's best-loved works. Angelique Kidjo - singer-songwriter, Grammy Award winner, activist - has a star-st...
Quatuor Danel & Juanjo Mosalini
Thursday 13 February 2025
A not to be missed opportunity to hear Argentinean Juanjo Mosalini on Bandoneon, both ensemble and solo. Each year, the Quatuor Danel brings to life new musical work by postgraduate composers, ranging from pithy etudes to expansive multi-mo...
RAMONA LIVE - Salsa De Cuba
Thursday 13 February - Thursday 10 April 2025
Salsa de Cuba Fronted by two old friends Juan Sanchez and Reinier Bazan, Salsa de Cuba bring high-energy and passion to the dance floor....
Mad Dog Mcrea
Saturday 15 February 2025
Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and "shake your ass" music. From self-penned songs of adventure, drinking, love and life, to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless pirates and black flie...
Nai Barghouti
Sunday 16 February 2025
Award-winning singer, composer and flautist, Nai Barghouti is one of the most distinguished vocalists of a new generation of Palestinian and Arab artists. With a layered ornamental technique, in which she uses her voice as a musical instrum...
Karunesh Talwar
Wednesday 19 February 2025
In "Karunesh Talwar Live", Indian stand-up comic and musician Karunesh Talwar takes you on a hilarious journey through the everyday quirks and absurdities of life. Show is in 80% Hindi and 20% English. ...
Tangram Collective
Thursday 20 February 2025
Join trailblazing artist London-based music collective, Tangram, on a journey navigating the fragile and destructive relationship between humans and our environment featuring performance artist Echo Morgan. Made up of researchers, composers...
Chuck Prophet
Friday 21 February 2025
For twelve long days, Chuck Prophet waited. A stage four lymphoma diagnosis had knocked the wind out of him, dragged him off the road and into surgery, and now here he was, a perpetual motion machine forced to sit still, confronting his mor...
Laibach
Sunday 23 February 2025
Laibach is a music and cross-media group from Slovenia established in 1980 in Trbovlje. The name of the band is the historic German version of the name Slovenia's capital Ljubljana. From the start Laibach has developed a "Gesamtkunstwerk" -...
The Apex Singers
Thursday 27 February 2025
The Apex Singers are an 8-part vocal ensemble known for their bespoke arrangements of traditional folk songs from around the world, performed a cappella. Their unique sound blends classical choral music, traditional folk, and contemporary a...
Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company - Art of Andalucia
Sunday 2 March 2025
The award-winning Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company presents its long-awaited 2nd production Andalucia, a stunning flamenco production accompanied by a chamber orchestra. This extra special concert is a musical representation of the eight r...
Sean Rowe
Thursday 6 March 2025
Though he grew up in the generally frozen landscape of Troy, New York, Sean Rowe spent many of his formative summers in DeLand, Florida where his father was a residential caretaker at a home for troubled youths. It was there, in a mercifull...
Susi Evans & Szilvia Csaranko
Thursday 13 March 2025
Clarinet and accordion folk and klezmer music duo from London & Hannover, Susi Evans and Szilvia Csaranko perform old Yiddish melodies from a remarkable archive of manuscripts collected in Jewish villages in Ukraine between 1912 to 1914. Su...
Cristina Aguilera - Emuná
Friday 14 March 2025
Emuna by flamenco dancer Cristina Aguilera, an enchanting and passionate performance from flamenco greats, with Miguel Lavi, David Caro. International flamenco star from Granada, Cristina Aguilera (bailaora) returns with her second show aft...
Steel Pulse
Saturday 15 March 2025
Bearing witness to the accelerating negativity of global affairs, Birmingham roots reggae legends, Steel Pulse, emerge with musical vengeance to halt the disarray of humanity, armed with compassion, encouraging all people to reject false i...
Taemin
Tuesday 18 March 2025
With his first world tour, South Korean K-Pop singer and actor Lee Tae-min, from the popular K-pop group SHINee, is now set to take the stage in Europe with a setlist that spans his impressive discography, Taemin fans (TAEMates) can lo...
Danny & the Champions of the World
Wednesday 19 March 2025
You Are Not A Stranger Here, the long-awaited new album by Danny & the Champions of the World, will be released through Loose Music on 18 October. Their seventh studio release and first since 2017?s Brilliant Light, You Are Not A Stranger H...
Manchester Folk Festival - Festival Pass
Thursday 20 - Saturday 22 March 2025
Manchester Folk Festival is an urban multi-venue festival based in Manchester's Northern Quarter. The festival takes place in March and brings together a diverse range of artists who represent the broad definition of contemporary folk mu...
Cara Dillon
Thursday 20 March 2025
Cara Dillon, the multi-award winning Northern Irish singer, returns to perform some of her favourite and most popular songs. Cara has been celebrated as one of the finest exponents of traditional Irish song anywhere in the world and continu...
Esprit D'Air
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...
Michael Kahan Kapelye
Monday 24 March 2025
The fourteenth generation of the university's resident klezmer ensemble returns to perform a vibrant programme of arrangements of music originating in Eastern European Yiddish cultures. Named after Michael Kahan, a Manchester-based music...
Bloodywood
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Bloodywood is a metal band from New Delhi, India. ...
Marina Satti
Tuesday 1 April 2025
Greece's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "ZARI", singer, songwriter and music producer Marina Satti was born in Athens, Greece to a Sudanese father and Cretan mother. Marina graduated in classical piano, advanced mu...
Ichiko Aoba
Wednesday 2 April 2025
To listen to Ichiko Aoba is to be drawn into a world as intimate as a warmly lit home but cosmic in scale. The Japanese singer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist has successfully brought a dedicated online fanbase to intern...
Goran Bregovic
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),...
Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Sunday 6 April 2025
Popular legendary Qawwal & Playback singer, Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan returns to the UK. The Pakistani maestro quotes, "UK is my second home and the love I get from my audiences is very special". This time I have prepared for a unique sho...
Bollywood Time Machine
Friday 11 April 2025
Embark on a journey through the dynamic decades with Bollywood Time Machine! From the groovy 60s to the contemporary hits of today, immerse yourself in an evening filled with laughter, dance, and timeless melodies from enchanting voices of ...
Blick Bassy
Monday 14 April 2025
Indie-pop and afro-soul sounds...
