GIGS IN MANCHESTER
GIGS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Gigs in Manchester
Here You Come Again - The New Dolly Parton Musical
Manchester Opera House
Tue 4 - Sat 8 Feb 2025
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
Pyramid and Parr Hall
Sun 16 Feb - Wed 3 Sep 2025
NOW That's What I Call A Musical
Manchester Opera House
Tue 28 Jan - Sat 1 Feb 2025
The Waeve
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 18 March 2025
The WAEVE is a coming together of two musicians, Graham Coxon (Blur) and Rose Elinor Dougall (The Pipettes), who have formed a new, singular, sonic identity, a powerful elixir of cinematic British folk-rock, post-punk, organic song-writing ...Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball (Gomez)
Gorilla, Manchester
Tuesday 18 March 2025
Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball are best known as members of Gomez, the Southport rock act whose debut album, Bring It On, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998. As Gomez never had a designated frontman, Ottewell, Ball, and Tom Gray all sang, and t...
Clairo
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 19 - Thursday 20 March 2025
Claire Elizabeth Cottrill, known professionally as Clairo, is an American lo-fi folk pop singer-songwriter. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Carlisle, Massachusetts, she began posting music on the internet at age 13, rising to pro...Rizzle Kicks
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 19 March 2025
Multi-Platinum selling Brighton hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks, Jordan "Rizzle" Stephens and Harley "Sylvester" Alexander-Sule have sold over 1 million singles and over 600,000 albums in the UK. Their Top 10 hits include "Mama Do the Hump", "Do...The Dare
New Century Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 19 March 2025
Los Angeles dance punk star Harrison Patrick Smith (aka The Dare) is best known for his single "Girls", and for producing the song "Guess" by Charli XCX. ...The Picturebooks
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 19 March 2025
German energetic rock duo Fynn Claus Grabke and Philipp Mirtschink deliver Uptempo songs alongside their trademark midtempo burners. Their genuine sound includes instruments such as piano and tubular bells. They even handcraft some of their...Nadia Reid
Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 19 March 2025
New Zealand folk artist Nadia Reid has praised the world over for her intimate, complex songwriting. She is described by The Guardian as "an understated, wise guide through uncertain territory", while her lyrics are called "allegorical... b...
Slowly Slowly
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Wednesday 19 March 2025
What has always distinguished Slowly Slowly from their peers is the band's unique mix of introspective life reflections, heartfelt narratives, and sensitive sadness blended with clever wordplay that is as thoughtful as it is bold. Leaning e...Danny & the Champions of the World
Gullivers, Manchester
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
Various Venues, Manchester
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...Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 20 March 2025
After selling 100,000 tickets last year with its theatre tour, including sold-out shows at the Royal Albert Hall, The London Palladium and other UK venues, Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston is back bigger than ever with th...
MEUTE
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 20 March 2025
The impetuous passion of a freaked out marching band finds its new order in the intricacy of electronic music production. Coming from Hamburg's Schulterblatt street the self-styled techno marching band MEUTE have been catapulted to the top ...Hot 8 Brass Band
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 20 March 2025
New Orleans' Grammy-nominated Hot 8 Brass Band return to honour their late co-founder and sousaphone player Bennie Pete. As much a hip hop act as a brass one, many styles and musical inspirations of Hot 8 shine though as they tell their ...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...Cara Dillon
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
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...The Greatest Star - Barbra Streisand Tribute Show
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Thursday 20 March 2025
Starring Kearra Bethany, as seen on ITV's Starstruck, The Greatest Star takes you on a magical musical journey through time as you sit back and relax enjoy the sounds of this fabulous concert style production. Barbra Streisand is, by far, o...The Temperance Movement
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 20 March 2025
The Temperance Movement are one of Britain's finest blues rock bands, bearing echoes of the great rock 'n' roll icons of the '60s and '70s like The Faces and Led Zeppelin, Free and The Rolling Stones. Formed in London but with a Glaswegian...Scala & Kolacny Brothers
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Thursday 20 March 2025
In recent years, recordings of Belgian women's choir Scala have been used repeatedly in various Hollywood productions. Their unique sound always reinforces the emotions shown on the big screen, in an unparalleled way. Conducted by Stijn K...Peter's Field
Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Thursday 20 March 2025
A new Rochdale made musical marking one of the most momentous days in working class history enjoyed a remarkable debut at FolkEast on the 205th anniversary of Peterloo. Written by award-winning songwriter and member of The Young'uns, Sean C...Hockey Dad
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 20 March 2025
Heavily influenced by 1960s garage, Australian indie duo Hockey Dad have scored Top 5 albums in their homeland. ...
The Tubs
Gullivers, Manchester
Thursday 20 March 2025
Now Wave presents The Tubs at Gullivers, Manchester on 20th March 2025...Carrie Martin
The Old Monkey, Manchester
Thursday 20 March 2025
Appearing in Manchester City Centre is the wonderfully talented singer-songwriter and guitarist Carrie Martin....The Dead South
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
A rock band without a drummer, a bluegrass band without a fiddler. To the gentlemen of The Dead South, a self-styled 4-piece string band from Saskatchewan, Canada, it's about how, not what, you play. The two-time JUNO Award winning, Canadia...Alex Warren
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 21 - Saturday 29 March 2025
One of the most followed Gen Z celebrities on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, Californian singer-songwriter and comedic video creator Alex Warren is known for his vulnerable pop melodies, passionate vocals, and lyrical candor. From being ...Antony Szmierek
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
Manchester spoken word and indie hip-hop artist Antony Szmierek has a distinctive way of mixing introspective and poetic lyrics with cool nostalgic beats which have seen him compared to Mike Skinner and The Streets. "He is being lauded as o...The Game
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
Best known for representing West Coast hip hop to the fullest and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable proteges, California rap superstar The Game is one of the true superstars of the music business, and has sold over 20 million albums w...Manchester Camerata & RNCM Musicians - Dvorak's Cello Concerto
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
Manchester Camerata, with its Music Director Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Principal Cellist, Hannah Roberts, and students from the RNCM breathe life into an evening of extraordinary works. Dvorak wrote his Cello Concerto in 1894 during his final acad...From The Jam
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Friday 21 March 2025
Bruce Foxton is a part of the English Rock and Roll establishment. A musician who is most commonly recognised as the bass player and vocalist in legendary bands Stiff Little Fingers and, more famously, mod-revivalists The Jam, with Paul Wel...Rebecca Black
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
In 2011, a then 13-year-old Rebecca Black's song "Friday" was viewed by over 150 million people worldwide and became the fastest-growing viral song and video in 2011, ranking No. 1 on YouTube, Billboard's Heatseekers chart, and the Googl...The King's Voice - Gordon Hendricks as Elvis
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Friday 21 - Saturday 22 March 2025
The King's Voice transports you through time from the '68 special to the Vegas era, breathing soul into ballads and those iconic jumpsuit numbers that set the stage on fire. Crowned the Worlds Ultimate Elvis Tribute by Elvis Presley Enterpr...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,...Josienne Clarke
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
Indie-folk singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer Josienne Clarke is often said to draw on traditional British folk inspirations, but is a thoroughly modern, multifaceted artist who follows her own compass. Blessed with a voice of cryst...Bernard Butler (Suede)
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
Bernard Butler is a Brit and Grammy Award winning musician who first found fame in 1992 as the guitarist with Suede, forging a songwriting partnership with Brett Anderson. He co-wrote and played guitars or piano on every recording unt...Holly Clarke
Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
Holly Clarke, a folk singer from the Lake District who draws from the old ballads and stories, conjures a performance that immediately captivates any listener. As a performer, Holly transports the listener into the heart of ballads, immersi...Limehouse Lizzy - The Greatest Hits of Thin Lizzy
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 21 March 2025
Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of celtic rock icon Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive, well and dominating stages worldwide. The band have also added a tribute into their show to ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist (and world reno...The John Martyn Project
