GIGS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Gigs in Manchester
TINA - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre
Tue 25 Nov 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston
Pyramid and Parr Hall
Sun 1 Jun 2025 - Fri 26 Jun 2026
TINA - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre
Tue 25 Nov 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston
Pyramid and Parr Hall
Sun 1 Jun 2025 - Fri 26 Jun 2026
I Like It - The Ultimate Tribute To Gerry Marsden & The Swinging Sixties

St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Saturday 11 October 2025
The ultimate Swingin' 60s show featuring the greatest hits of Gerry & The Pacemakers, including Ferry Cross The Mersey, How Do You Do It, You'll Never Walk Alone and of course I Like It. Along with hit songs from The Beatles, Paul Mc...Simon & Oscar (Ocean Colour Scene)

RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 11 October 2025
In 2015 Ocean Colour Scene celebrated their 25th Anniversary with a sell-out acoustic tour of some of the most prestigious UK Concert Halls, it was not only their most successful for 15 years, but also their best received, with ecstatic aud...Grant-Lee Phillips

Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Saturday 11 October 2025
Veteran Californian folk rock singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips boasts a prolific output, a melodic prowess and an ear for lyric in everyday conversation. Offering a salve to a wounded world, struggling to regain equilibrium, Grant-Lee P...Grant-Lee Phillips

Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Saturday 11 October 2025
Veteran Californian folk rock singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips boasts a prolific output, a melodic prowess and an ear for lyric in everyday conversation. Offering a salve to a wounded world, struggling to regain equilibrium, Grant-Lee P...The Tumbling Paddies

Gorilla, Manchester
Saturday 11 October 2025
Famous for their hit "The Way I Am", The Tumbling Paddies are one of Ireland's most popular music acts. Their exuberant, energy-filled live shows see them perform a mix of original folk songs and classic Irish hits. ...Grant-Lee Phillips

Hall? At St Michael's, Manchester
Saturday 11 October 2025
Veteran Californian folk rock singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips boasts a prolific output, a melodic prowess and an ear for lyric in everyday conversation. Offering a salve to a wounded world, struggling to regain equilibrium, Grant-Lee P...Cloudbusting - The Music of Kate Bush

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 11 October 2025
'If you missed seeing Kate herself, Cloudbusting are the next best thing!' Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 2Cloudbusting have been championed by BBC ONE as one of the most authentic tributes in the world. Their passion for Kate's music has won over s...Moments of Pleasure - The Ultimate Tribute to Kate Bush

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 11 October 2025
Tribute band Moments Of Pleasure are considered by many to be the next best thing to listening to Kate Bush herself! This 5 piece band features the stunning vocals of Lisa-Marie Walters, as seen on BBC, ITV and heard on BBC 5 and various B...Francis Rossi (Status Quo)

RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 12 October 2025
Status Quo legend Francis Rossi is taking up his acoustic guitar to bring you a selection of well-known hits and some previously not-performed-live-before tunes. It'll be a unique evening in which Francis will reprise fan favourites from ...Nena

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 12 October 2025
The most successful German pop singer in chart history, with over 25 million records sold, NENA is playing her first UK shows in 15 years. Featuring a 10-piece band, fans can expect to hear the 1983 smash hit '99 Red Balloons' and other ico...The Greatest Star - Barbra Streisand Tribute Show

Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Sunday 12 October 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...Pyramid Concert Orchestra - Music From The Movies

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Sunday 12 October 2025
Stockport's own 45-piece light orchestra returns to the Plaza stage for a special afternoon of film music from the best musicals, dramas and sci-fi blockbusters. Did you know that Charlie Chaplin wrote some great film scores? And, of course...ONE OK ROCK

AO Arena, Manchester
Monday 13 October 2025
Japanese rockers One OK Rock bring their world tour to Europe. With numerous number 1 albums in their own country and success on the US Billboard Rock Charts, they play varied styles of music, with songs ranging from alternative rock and em...Robert Forster & His Swedish Band

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Monday 13 October 2025
We?re excited to be welcoming Robert Forster back ? this time, to Band on the Wall, with His Swedish Band. Robert Forster is a Brisbane based singer-songwriter and author. In 1978, with Queensland University friend Grant McLennan, he co-fou...Skating Polly

Yes, Manchester
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Fusing elements of '90s-inspired alt-rock and riot grrrl with classic D.I.Y. punk and indie pop, savvy Oklahoma siblings Kelli and Kurtis Mayo, with step-sister Peyton Bighorse found national exposure in the early 2010s, earning both critic...I Like It - The Ultimate Tribute To Gerry Marsden & The Swinging Sixties

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Wednesday 15 October 2025
The ultimate Swingin' 60s show featuring the greatest hits of Gerry & The Pacemakers, including Ferry Cross The Mersey, How Do You Do It, You'll Never Walk Alone and of course I Like It. Along with hit songs from The Beatles, Paul Mc...Nova Twins

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 15 October 2025
The London heavy rap rock renegades are the zeitgeist-capturing polymath pioneers that our times have been waiting for. Playing with genre and rich in different moods, textures, and layers, all the while retaining that purity and simplic...Pete Roth Trio Feat. Bill Bruford

Graham Nash

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 16 October 2025
Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy award winning Salford singer-songwriter Graham Nash returns to Europe to perform songs spanning his sixty-year career from The Hollies to Crosby, Stills and Nash, to CSNY and his be...BLACK POWER DESK

Lowry, Salford
Thursday 16 - Saturday 18 October 2025
Inspired by the historic Mangrove Nine Trial and brought to life by an original score performed by a live three-piece band, Black Power Desk is a musical soundtrack charting a fiercely emotive and politically charged era of often overlook...Cymande

Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 16 October 2025
The 1970's London Psychedelic funk legends return to form, bringing a fresh modern edge to their iconic sound, which remains foundational to early hip-hop and funk scenes in the United States and UK. A band that never fully got its due back...Re-Take That - The Ultimate Take That Party Night

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 16 October 2025
Join the UK's favourite tribute act for the ultimate Take That party night with a live and fully interactive sing-a-long experience. Jason Orange calls the show "brilliant," while Dec of Ant & Dec says it's "the best Take That tribute act ...John Lydon - I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right

Waterside, Manchester
Thursday 16 October 2025
He's a legend and an icon, a revolutionary and an immortal. John Lydon - aka Johnny Rotten - changed the face of music and sparked a cultural revolution. The frontman and lyricist of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd (PiL) caused a poli...Gaz Brookfield

The Strines Nightingale, Stockport
Thursday 16 October 2025
Following a two-year hiatus from live touring, the Bristol folk and rock musician returns to the road with his biggest tour to date, in celebration of the release of his 8th studio album, Idiomatic. Joined by the other two-thirds of The Ori...Reuben James Presents Big People Music

Yes, Manchester
Thursday 16 October 2025
intuitive jazz indebted to classic funk and soul, contemporary pop and R&B...Busted Vs McFly

AO Arena, Manchester
Friday 17 October - Wednesday 5 November 2025
Pop rock legends Busted and McFly have announced a joint UK tour. Speaking of the tour, McFly threw down the gauntlet and commented: "Busted gate-crashed our show and challenged us to a VS tour next year. They're old men now, and we are gon...Larkin Poe

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
Rebecca & Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe are singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist sisters creating their own brand of Roots Rock 'n' Roll: gritty, soulful, and flavoured by their southern heritage. Originally from Atlanta and currently livi...Bury Tomorrow

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
Forming in Hampshire in 2006, metalcore outfit Bury Tomorrow rapidly propelled the genre into the British mainstream. Now comprising co-vocalists Daniel Winter-Bates and Jason Cameron, bassist Davyd Winter-Bates, drummer Adam Jackson, ...Sleeper

Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
The Platinum-selling Manchester-formed Britpop band are back. Sleeper enjoyed huge critical and commercial success in the mid 90s: achieving 8 Top 40 singles across 3 Top 10 albums with well over 1,000,000 sales. They garnered front cove...Man In The Mirror - A Tribute To Michael Jackson

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 17 October 2025
Join us for a Thriller of an evening, as we celebrate the legendary music of the KING OF POP. This is the "Man in the Mirror" - The brand new must-see, electrifying tribute concert to Michael Jackson. Starring CJ, one of the world's greates...Barry Steele's The Roy Orbison Story

Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Friday 17 October 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...Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders

Uppermill Civic Hall, Uppermill
Friday 17 October 2025
Andy Fairweather Low shot to fame as Lead Singer in Amen Corner singing massive hits like 'Bend Me Shape Me', 'Hello Suzy' and 'If Paradise is Half As Nice'. A hugely successful Solo career followed with Wide Eyed And Legless being the b...Darren Alboni as Mick Hucknall - Simply Red Tribute

The Grand Bar, Warrington
Friday 17 October 2025
Quoted to be the No.1 Mick Hucknall impersonator by the Simply Red Fan Club, Darren Alboni has been performing as the legendary Manchester soul star since 1991 after appearing on, and winning, his heat in Granada Television's "Stars In Thei...The Camden Grunge Scene Presents: NeverUnder The Peer Hat

The Peer Hat, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
The Camden Grunge Scene finally arrives in Manchester with its main band, NeverUnder (+ supports TBA soon)....The Stranglers

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 18 October 2025
One of the UK's most exciting, credible and influential British groups, The Stranglers, are set for an extensive, full production tour - the last time they play together in this format! Covering tracks from their mighty, 45-year catalogue, ...Merry Hell

Mottram St Andrew Village Hall, Macclesfield
Saturday 18 October 2025
Join everyone's favourite folk rock band Merry Hell for a day of music and friendship. In this evening evening show, Merry Hell will be performing their trademark all-standing, all-dancing, roof-raising full band show. It's going to be a jo...Men I Trust

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 18 - Sunday 19 October 2025
The Quebecois electo-pop band's rise to indie fame is a bit more abnormal than most. The group initially started without their lead singer, as a duo with programmed robotic electronic drums alongside boisterous synthesizers heavily inspire...Celine - My Heart Will Go On

Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Saturday 18 October 2025
Experience the ultimate Celine Dion tribute concert with Carlton Entertainments' My Heart Will Go On, a stunning celebration of the music and life of one of the greatest singers of our time, the Queen of Power Ballads. Taking audiences o...Idlewild

New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 18 October 2025
Raucous cult Scottish Highlands curiosity turned chart bothering national treasures, Roddy Woomble, Rod Jones, and Colin Newton, plus Allan Stewart, Luciano Rossi and Andrew Mitchell return. Their form of alternative rock woven together...The Blow Monkeys + The Christians

RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 18 October 2025
British pop royalty, The Blow Monkeys and The Christians have announced a co-headline UK tour. Both bands continue to create great new music and are live acts to be reckoned with. The Blow Monkeys' new album Birdsong will be released ahea...PorkPie
