Most Popular Gigs in Manchester
Thu 20 Mar - Sun 1 Jun 2025
Sun 16 Feb - Wed 3 Sep 2025
Tue 28 Jan - Sat 1 Feb 2025
Mon 24 Feb - Sat 8 Mar 2025
Very Santana - The Ultimate Celebration of Carlos Santana
Saturday 11 January 2025
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the most beautiful guitar melodies and the amazingly creative, unique, diverse, and very challenging songs of Carlos Santana. All of which are played skilfully by this band of top-quality and musically highly ed...
Manchester Music Tours - Tour Special
Saturday 11 January - Saturday 15 March 2025
You've heard the songs, now see the sights and hear the stories behind Manchester's greatest artists on the Manchester Music Tour. Founded by Inspiral Carpets drummer Craig Gill, the Manchester Music Tour offers a fascinating first-hand ins...
The Blockheads
Saturday 11 January 2025
Performing a large selection of their classic songs spanning over 5 decades. Formed in 1977 to promote Ian Dury's album New Boots and Panties on the first Stiff Records tour of the UK. The Blockheads are now fronted by one of Ian's best fri...
Ghosts In Space
Saturday 11 January 2025
Forest Fawn presents Ghosts In Space - A series of gigs featuring independent artists from Manchester in goth, darkwave, rock and adjacent genres....
Raspberry Glam (glam Rock Tribute)
Saturday 11 January 2025
THE ULTIMATE 70S GLAM ROCK TRIBUTE BANDHailing from the vibrant Northwest UK music scene. With outrageous makeup, flamboyant costumes and infectious energy. Raspberry Glam pay homage to the iconic era of glitter, glam and rock n roll!?8 adv...
The Monarchs Blues Band
Saturday 11 January 2025
The band of the year 'The Monarchs return to The Brickhouse to play Blues Soul R&B & Good Ole' Rock N Roll...
RNCM Young Strings
Sunday 12 January 2025
Young Strings is one of RNCM's Junior Programmes. String players aged 6 to 13 years attend weekly classes to develop their string playing, musicianship and creativity. Two of their ensembles are delighted to be showcasing some of their lear...
Domonkos Csabay
Monday 13 January 2025
Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society present Domonkos Csabay, a UK-based Hungarian concert pianist, chamber musician and accompanist. He is currently a collaborative piano fellow at the Royal College of Music, London, studied with Andras Kem...
RNCM Monday Lunchtime Showcase
Monday 13 January - Monday 31 March 2025
With tickets from just £1.50, you can witness the next generation of musicians in this intimate lunchtime solo and chamber music series, as RNCM students select and perform pieces that showcase their unique artistic identity. Click on tic...
Pagrav Dance Company - ROOH: Within Her
Tuesday 14 January 2025
Join us for this compelling solo piece from renowned choreographer and performer Urja Desai Thakore. In ROOH: Within Her, Urja Desai Thakore explores narratives in quiet, everyday, heroism across two millennia. She stages the turmoil of a m...
Open Mic @ Old Abbey Taphouse
Tuesday 14 January - Tuesday 11 February 2025
Third Summer Music host our Open Mic night at Old Abbey Taphouse, all genres and abilities welcome...
BrassWerk - A 10-Piece Brass Band Perform Arctic Monkeys
Wednesday 15 January 2025
Celebrating the Arctic Monkeys' anthemic album 'AM', a 10-piece brass band perform it cover to cover alongside some other Arctic Monkeys favourites. From the foot-stomping 'Do I Wanna Know?' and 'R U Mine?' to the clever lyricism of 'Arabe...
That Old Quiet Lighthouse Headline Show
Wednesday 15 January 2025
Come join your favourite unheard of, unsigned indie-emo-folk band at the legendary Band on the Wall bar stage, with special guests galore...
Shen Yun
Thursday 16 - Sunday 19 January 2025
Shen Yun takes you on an extraordinary journey through China's 5,000 years of divinely inspired culture. Exquisite beauty from the heavens, profound wisdom from dynasties past, timeless legends, and ethnic traditions all spring to life thro...
The Hallé - Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
Thursday 16 January 2025
Dame Sarah Connolly DBE and Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, 2021's BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, lend their voices to this performance of Mahler's 'Resurrection' Symphony. Mahler's Second Symphony was one of his most successful works durin...
The Simon & Garfunkel Story
Thursday 16 January 2025
Direct from a week long run in London's West End at the Vaudeville Theatre, a sold out Worldwide tour and standing ovations at every performance, The Simon & Garfunkel Story is back!Using huge projection photos and original film footage, th...
Joshua Bassett
Thursday 16 January 2025
The Californian actor and pop rock singer-songwriter is best known for his starring role as Ricky Bowen in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. As a solo musician, he has scored the international hit "Lie Lie Lie" and collaborated...
Elephunk in the Room
Thursday 16 January - Thursday 1 May 2025
Showcasing some of the finest local bands, melding disco, funk and jazz together and ending the night with disco classics. Come dance with the Elephunk in the Room, a Rebel Riot Record event. ...
Good Looks
Thursday 16 January 2025
Good Looks at YES BASEMENT on 16th January 2025....
80's Live
Friday 17 January 2025
Feel shiny and new as yout travel back in time to one of the most iconic eras of music for the night - put your hands together and get into the groove as the live band, Electric Dreams, perform over two dozen chart topping anthems from arti...
German National Youth Orchestra & Wayne Marshall
Friday 17 January 2025
Germany's brightest young orchestra, Bundesjugendorchesters, joins the Mancunian conductor, pianist and all-round phenomenon Wayne Marshall in in the work that invented American classical music: George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. From th...
Art Battle Manchester
Friday 17 January 2025
Ten fearless artists will go head-to-head in a live painting competition. Each will be given a blank canvas and 30 minutes to create a masterpiece. Circulate the action and watch the art evolve, YOU decide which artist should progress to...
Daft Funk - Daft Punk Tribute
Friday 17 January 2025
Dedicated to recreating the sound and atmosphere of a Daft Punk live experience, Daft Funk's meticulously crafted stage productions feature authentic costumes and synchronised custom light shows, with over 1500 LEDs and a three-metre pyrami...
Martin Kemp - Back To The 80s DJ Set
Friday 17 January 2025
The hottest 80s club night is coming to town as actor, TV personality and star of Spandau Ballet Martin Kemp will be spinning the biggest and best hits of that decade for what promises to be a pure 'Gold' night! ...
IST IST
Friday 17 January 2025
Regularly condemned as too 'out there' to be successful; through sheer determination, hard work and a bulging catalogue of songs, Ist Ist continue to silence the doubters and move from strength to strength. Displaying an arrogance akin to t...
Skylerr
Friday 17 January 2025
Kiev pop star SKYLERR is a recognised in Ukraine for her infectious tunes and moving lyrics, incorporating both modern pop sounds and traditional Ukrainian folk music. ...
Martyn Joseph
Friday 17 January 2025
A unique talent driven by passion, social awareness and love for his trade, the jaw dropping guitar player has developed a unique percussive style with a powerful show stopping voice, which has seen him dubbed "The Welsh Springsteen". Take ...
The Belair Lip Bombs
Friday 17 January 2025
Now Wave presents The Belair Lip Bombs at YES Basement, Manchester on 17th January 2025...
Greg Mendez
Friday 17 January 2025
Now Wave presents Greg Mendez at The Castle Hotel, Manchester on 17th January 2025...
Until We Sleep
Saturday 18 January 2025
Lowry Partner company Far From the Norm Presents Botis Seva's latest Hip Hop theatre production, Until We Sleep, is a journey underlined with a resistance to change. Amidst the oppression of leadership, a lone warrior yearns for faith as th...
The Drifters
Saturday 18 January 2025
Continuing the legacy of George and Faye Treadwell, the latest line-up of The Drifters are back on tour in the UK with a brand-new show, performing all the classic hits of the soul legends from the last six decades, such as 'Saturday Night...
Candlelight - A Tribute to Celine Dion
Saturday 18 January 2025
Discover the music of Celine Dion at Manchester Cathedral performed by a string quartet under the gentle glow of candlelight at this awe-inspiring location. ...