Most Popular Gigs in Manchester
Thu 20 Mar - Sun 1 Jun 2025
Tue 28 Jan - Sat 1 Feb 2025
André Rieu and His Johann Strauss Orchestra
Thursday 3 April 2025 - Friday 3 April 2026
Andre Rieu is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra. He and his orchestra have turned classical and waltz music into a worldwide concert touring act, as successful as some of the ...
Ryan Adams
Thursday 3 April 2025
The 7 time Grammy nominated North Carolina indie folk rock star, famed for being one of music's most talented songwriters and charismatic stars, has sold millions of records, produced albums for some of the industry's most influential artis...
Aled Jones
Thursday 3 April 2025
Prepare to hear the original, classical crossover star as you've never heard him before. He was the boy treble who captivated the world with his angelic voice, selling over seven million albums. His recording of Walking in the Air, from ...
Laurence Jones
Thursday 3 April 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...
Vinny Peculiar
Thursday 3 April 2025
Described as 'The Tony Hancock of pop' by UNCUT magazine, Salford-based singer-songwriter and poet Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes) grew up in Worcestershire and trained as a nurse before signing to Manchester cult label Ugly Man records. V...
Divorce
Thursday 3 April 2025
Now Wave presents Divorce at Gorilla, Manchester on 3rd April 2025...
Oracle Sisters
Thursday 3 April 2025
The Oracle Sisters come to Band on The Wall in April 2025...
Michael Ball & Alfie Boe
Friday 4 April 2025
Actor and singer Michael Ball and tenor Alfie Boe met, somewhat appropriately, in a production of Kismet at the London Coliseum in 2007. The duo's instant camaraderie and professional mutual admiration proved to be the start of a long-stand...
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),...
Skunk Anansie
Friday 4 April 2025
With an unparalleled influence, the iconic multi-racial Platinum-selling British Hard Rock band Skunk Anansie, fronted by female vocalist Skin, are famed for their incendiary live sets over the years, during a career that was kickstarted w...
Lost In Music
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
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...
Olly Alexander (Years & Years)
Friday 4 April 2025
Critically acclaimed singer and actor Olly Alexander rose to fame as the frontman of Years & Years - the wildly successful, chart-topping pop band who formed in 2010. In 2021, he received a string of nominations for his stunning perform...
Barry Steele's The Roy Orbison Story
Friday 4 April 2025
Barry Steele is widely recognised as one of the world's leading vocalists playing homage to legend Roy Orbison. He has stunned audiences across the globe with his uncanny similarity and ability to authentically revive the exquisite toe-tapp...
Martin Kemp - Back To The 80s DJ Set
Friday 4 April 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! ...
Walk Like A Man - Music From Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Friday 4 April 2025
The only winner of the National Tribute Awards two years running, the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and Jersey Boys tribute take you back to 1962 - to four guys barely scraping a living, singing doowop beneath the streetlamps of the to...
Jane Weaver
Friday 4 April 2025
Abusing, evading, and obliterating 20 years of whimsical pop trends, Jane Weaver's experience as a truly independent and resilient songwriter and sound-carrier commands respect and inspiration in equal measures. Complete with unpretentious ...
Delights
Friday 4 April 2025
 Dubbed as "kaleidoscopic guitar janglers", Manchester-based 4-piece guitar band Delights formed in 2017 while at sixth form together. The band draw their inspirations from an eclectic catalogue of music, influenced both by what their par...
Moving Pictures - A Tribute to the Music of Rush
Friday 4 April 2025
Scottish power trio Moving Pictures play for over two hours covering all the Rush classics such as Tom Sawyer, The Spirit of Radio and Xanadu (with doubleneck guitars) plus some deeper cuts such as By Tor and later belters such as Far Cry a...
The Zutons
Saturday 5 April 2025
Back together for their first album in 16 years, recorded with legendary songwriter and producer Nile Rodgers and the band's original producer, Ian Broudie, the multi-platinum selling Liverpool band scored nine UK Top 40 singles be,tween 2...
Badly Drawn Boy
Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 April 2025
Dunstable-born, Bolton-raised, Manchester-living Mercury-prize winning folk rocker Damon Gough has always been one to wear his heart on his sleeve, and his truly personal and heartfelt catalogue of glorious, colourful warming, honest pop so...
House Gospel Choir
Saturday 5 April 2025
An electrifying House meets Gospel experience born out of a love for sound system culture, the healing power of house music and the London-based choir seeking to channel the magic of people working together to raise the vibrations. Working ...
The Blow Monkeys
Saturday 5 April 2025
With hits like 'Digging Your Scene' and 'It Doesn't Have To Be This Way', The Blow Monkeys epitomised the glamour of mid-80s pop at its most graceful and sophisticated. In the London band's frontman Robert Howard (aka Dr. Robert), they poss...
The Mersey Beatles
Saturday 5 April 2025
Fans of The Beatles prepare to be wowed by the world's favourite Liverpool-born tribute to the Fab Four. The Mersey Beatles have been rocking sold-out shows around the globe since 1999 with their truly authentic and widely acclaimed celeb...
The Lancashire Hotpots
Saturday 5 April 2025
There's only one thing more satisfying than a visit to the chippy and that's an evening with The Lancashire Hotpots. St. Helens' finest are the undisputed kings of the Northern "knees up" with banging comedy folk anthems such as "Chippy Te...
Lordi
Saturday 5 April 2025
Although Rock/Heavy Metal monsters LORDI were founded in 1992 by lead singer, songwriter, and designer Mr. Lordi, it wasn't until 2006 that they celebrated their international breakthrough by winning the Eurovision Song Contest ("Hard Rock ...
The George Harrison Project
Saturday 5 April 2025
Enjoy the UK's leading live music tribute to George Harrison, performing his best-loved hits from The Beatles, his solo career, and The Traveling Wilburys. After the Liverpudlian four-piece called time on Beatlemania, George Harrison enjoye...
Moving Pictures - A Tribute to the Music of Rush
Saturday 5 April 2025
Scottish power trio Moving Pictures play for over two hours covering all the Rush classics such as Tom Sawyer, The Spirit of Radio and Xanadu (with doubleneck guitars) plus some deeper cuts such as By Tor and later belters such as Far Cry a...
Spangled
Saturday 5 April 2025
The genre-spanning Manchester four-piece dance on the fringe between jangly guitars and yesterdays promises, offering an eclectic blend of witty, heartfelt lyrics, lively attitudes and punch the air riffs proving there is still decadence in...
Dan Sealey (Ocean Colour Scene & Merrymouth)
Saturday 5 April 2025
Dan started his career with folk rock band Ocean Colour Scene and toured the world, played headline slots at major festivals for over a decade and co-founded the band Merrymouth with Simon Fowler.  Merrymouth featured award-winning musici...
Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds
Sunday 6 April 2025
Based on HG Wells' dark Victorian tale, the production remains a favourite to millions around the world, exciting audiences of all ages. In 2006, TWOTW was already considered a cutting-edge production with six trucks filled to the brim. By ...
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...
Nathan Carter
Sunday 6 April 2025
Quickly becoming one of the UK's most prolific touring artists, wowing crowds with his sensational live show, Liverpudlian Irish country pop star Nathan Carter returns. One of the UK's most exciting live performers, his energetic showmanshi...
Legend - The Music Of Bob Marley
Sunday 6 April 2025
Legend - the Music of Bob Marley is an unforgettable evening celebrating the musical icon, the reggae legend that was Bob Marley, in one fantastic stage show extravaganza. Combining his superb, distinctive vocals with flawless musicianship...
Taylormania - Taylor Swift Tribute Show
Sunday 6 April 2025
An award winning extravaganza that plays tribute to one of the leading contemporary recording artists of our time. Katy Ellis is a self-confessed 'Swiftie' with an incredible live band and dancers, and promises to deliver the most authentic...
MC Hammersmith
Sunday 6 April 2025
 The multi-award winning freestyle rap comedian is the world's leading gangsta rapper to ever emerge from the ghetto of middle class west London. He presents his latest show "The MC Stands for Middle Class" - an evening of improvised com...
Eddi Reader
Sunday 6 April 2025
The supremely talented, unique and charismatic triple BRIT award-winning Scottish folk pop singer delivers the most consistently beautiful, often deeply personal and intimate songs, including the charming acoustic pop of 1988 chart-topper P...
BRIDEAR
Sunday 6 April 2025
Formed in Fukuoka, Japan, every member of BRIDEAR contribute as songwriters to their meticulously arranged hard rock as well as catchy and glamorously melodic speed metal. ...
Slaughter and the Dogs
Sunday 6 April 2025
BACK TO WHERE WE LEFT OFFThe return of Original Founding Members of Slaughter and the Dogs Mick Rossi/ Howard Bates/ Brian Grantham....
Mark Ambor
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Armenian-American folk singer-songwriter Mark Ambor is best known for his 2024 single "Belong Together", which reached no.11 in the UK. The upbeat guitar, drums, and bass set an impeccable road trip scene while the lyrics promote a deeper l...
Mark Ambor
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Armenian-American folk singer-songwriter Mark Ambor is best known for his 2024 single "Belong Together", which reached no.11 in the UK. The upbeat guitar, drums, and bass set an impeccable road trip scene while the lyrics promote a deeper l...