WHAT'S ON AT THE O2 APOLLO, MANCHESTER
What's On at the O2 Apollo, Manchester
The O2 Apollo Manchester is a Grade II concert venue in Manchester with a capacity of 3’500 (2514 standing, 986 seats). It opened in 1938, originally as a cinema and variety hall and began to host music concerts 1960’s. It is one of Manchester premiere concert venues.
The O2 Apollo, formerly known as The Manchester Apollo, covers all music, including rock, pop, jazz, musical theatre, and comedy acts. It’s hosted The Beatles, David Bowie, The Jacksons, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John (Freddie Mercury joined him), Tina Turner, Michael Buble, Michael Ball, Peter Kay, and was featured in the film 24 hour party people.
The art deco designed O2 Apollo Manchester has been central to the music touring circuit for decades and has many exciting shows, events and concerts coming up including Mo Gilligan, Paul Weller, Jason Manford, Jimmy Carr, Jools Holland, and Anastacia. See what's on at the O2 Apollo Manchester below and book tickets online.
The O2 Apollo Manchester is a Grade II concert venue in Manchester with a capacity of 3’500 (2514 standing, 986 seats). It opened in 1938, originally as a cinema and variety hall and began to host music concerts 1960’s. It is one of Manchester premiere concert venues.
The O2 Apollo, formerly known as The Manchester Apollo, covers all music, including rock, pop, jazz, musical theatre, and comedy acts. It’s hosted The Beatles, David Bowie, The Jacksons, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John (Freddie Mercury joined him), Tina Turner, Michael Buble, Michael Ball, Peter Kay, and was featured in the film 24 hour party people.
The art deco designed O2 Apollo Manchester has been central to the music touring circuit for decades and has many exciting shows, events and concerts coming up including Mo Gilligan, Paul Weller, Jason Manford, Jimmy Carr, Jools Holland, and Anastacia. See what's on at the O2 Apollo Manchester below and book tickets online.
Most Popular Shows and Events at O2 Apollo, Manchester
What's On at the O2 Apollo, Manchester
Roy Chubby Brown
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 17 January 2025
Roy Chubby Brown's rude, crude and rip-roaring brand of comedy is world renowned. Performing his own unique style of stand-up since the 190s, Chubby's belly-busting banter has never held back from sharing his outlandish views on news, wome...Ricky Gervais
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 20 - Tuesday 21 January 2025
Ricky Gervais has today announced the highly-anticipated first set of official UK dates for his brand-new stand-up show 'Mortality'. Â Fresh from his most recent stand-up special 'Armageddon' winning a Golden Globe, hitting Number 1 on Netf...Brothers Osborne
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
Described by Rolling Stone as performing "party-friendly tunes that are equal parts outlaw attitude, disco groove and ZZ Top-style boogie", the Grammy nominated Maryland brothers serve up raw, honest and uniquely homemade Country rock. Thei...Dan and Phil
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 29 - Thursday 30 January 2025
YouTubers Dan and Phil are back to heal your inner child and take back what the internet took from them. In their new screamingly hilarious live stage show, Terrible Influence, it's a new era. They're older, gayer, Phil's gone blonde, and n...James Bay
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 7 February 2025
Big dreams are often born in small towns, and James Bay is one such dreamer who dared to make his come true. The three-time GRAMMY Award-nominated and BRIT Award-winning multi-platinum Hitchin-born folk pop troubadour is on course to captiv...Inhaler
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 8 - Friday 21 February 2025
The UK album chart-topping Dublin band serve up music teeming with expansive indie-rock grooves, soaring anthems, and swooping, epic singalongs. ...Cage the Elephant
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 14 February 2025
Platinum-selling London-based Kentucky alt-rockers Cage The Elephant are influenced by classic rock, '90s alternative, blues, punk rock, and funk music. They are best know for the hit singles "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked", "Cigarette Day...Queen Extravaganza - The Official Queen Tribute Band
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 15 February 2025
The official Queen tribute band produced by Roger Taylor and Brian May. The band, who began touring all over the globe back in 2012, are made up of a rolling cast of gifted musicians who have been hand picked by Roger Taylor and Brian May. ...You Me At Six
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 22 February - Saturday 29 March 2025
Rising out of the British alternative underground, Surrey rockers You Me At Six released their debut full-length album Take Off Your Colours in 2008 through Slam Dunk Records and Epitaph Records. Celebrating early chart success, it was 2010...Greg Davies
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 26 February - Saturday 1 March 2025
Star of shows such as Taskmaster, The Inbetweeners, The Cleaner, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Man Down and Cuckoo, comedian Greg Davies is heading back out on tour for the first time in 7 years with his brand-new 2025 stand-up show Full Fat Le...Michael Kiwanuka
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 13 March 2025
Michael Kiwanuka is a British singer-songwriter (indie rock/folk rock/soul) and record producer who is signed with Polydor Records. His 2012 debut album, Home Again, went gold in the United Kingdom and his second album, Love & Hate, debuted...The Mary Wallopers
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 14 March 2025
Described by The Guardian as "invoking the raucous ghosts of The Dubliners and The Pogues to startling effect", The Mary Wallopers are a folk group from Dundalk, Ireland, breathing new life into both well known & rare ballads. Travelling th...Katherine Ryan
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 15 March - Saturday 5 April 2025
Star of UKTV's hugely popular new series Parental Guidance as well as Comedy Central's upcoming Out of Order with Rosie Jones and Judi Love, TV's beloved Katherine Ryan makes a hugely welcome return to the stage with her brand-new live stan...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...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...
The Darkness
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 22 March 2025
Delivering immeasurable rock and roll extravagance, Lowestoft's favourite rock icons (consisting of brothers Justin and Dan Hawkins, and Queen legend Roger Taylor's equally brilliant drumming son Rufus Tiger Taylor) first shot to fame in 20...Spiritualized
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 24 March 2025
Fresh from their thirteenth album release, "Everything Was Beautiful" - their third to reach the UK Top 5, in April 2022 - Jason Pierce (a.k.a. J. Spaceman) and his Warwickshire space rock band Spiritualized return with their beautiful wave...David Gray
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Multi-platinum British singer-songwriter David Gray is hitting the road in 2020 to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of White Ladder, his fourth studio album which sold seven million copies. Not only did it propel him into the mainstream, b...Ryan Adams
O2 Apollo, Manchester
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...Skunk Anansie
O2 Apollo, Manchester
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...The Lathums
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 10 - Friday 11 April 2025
UK album chart-topping Wigan trio The Lathums cite the melodic worlds and street hymns of The Smiths, The Beatles, Stone Roses and The Ramones amongst their influences. Singer-songwriter Alex Moore simply believes in 'making positive change...Ocean Colour Scene
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 12 April 2025
In their 30 years together, multi-Platinum selling Birmingham indie legends OCS have enjoyed five Top 10 albums, six Top 10 singles and a mantelpiece full of awards. But behind all the swagger and the style there are great songs, with words...Father John Misty
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 13 April 2025
Internationally acclaimed, UK Top 10 charting indie folk star Father John Misty, aka Josh Tillman, sounds and acts a bit like solo-era John Lennon, Scott Walker, Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, and Dory Previn, while taking more than a few cue...Nate Bargatze
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Tuesday 15 April 2025
Hailed as "The Nicest Man in Stand-Up," by The Atlantic Magazine and "One of the Funniest People," by CBS Morning, GRAMMY nominated comedian, podcaster, director and producer Nate Bargatze is selling out shows and breaking venue attendance ...FINNEAS
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 18 April 2025
Following the release of his sister Billie Eilish's third studio album "Hiit Me Hard and Soft", which has further cemented him as one of the most critically acclaimed, award-winning producers and songwriters of his generation, multiple GRAM...Heilung
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 21 April 2025
The enigmatic world music collective, made up of members from Denmark, Norway, and Germany, return with their signature amplified folk based on texts and runic inscriptions from Germanic peoples of the Iron Age, and Viking Age. The mysterio...Matt Goss (Bros)
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 23 April 2025
 The legendary Bros frontman, Matt Goss, performs an unmissable night of his biggest hits. With his twin brother Luke, Bros achieved chart success and a large teenage fanbase in 1988 with Top 10 singles such as "When Will I Be Famous", "...Mo Gilligan
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 24 April 2025
Mo Gilligan is a British stand-up comedian known for his observational comedy. After several years of uploading comedy clips to social media, he found global success in 2017. He hosted The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan, which debuted in 201...Anastacia
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 30 April 2025
The mega voice behind massive hits including multi-platinum 'I'm Outta Love' and 'Left Outside Alone', Anastacia is one of the most recognisable voices of our time. The tour is Anastacia's first since 2018 in support of her seventh studio a...Manic Street Preachers
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 2 - Saturday 3 May 2025
If ever a band seemed unlikely to become respected elder statesmen of alt rock, it's the Manics. When the Welsh quartet surfaced in the late '80s, they seemed more likely to quickly implode, especially with their promise to split up after o...
The Flaming Lips
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 4 May 2025
Celebrating the 20th anniverary of their tenth studio album the Oklahoma psychedelic rockers perform their UK Platinum-selling Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots in full. Featuring the hit singles 'Do You Realize??', 'Yoshimi Battles the Pink...The Pogues
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 7 May 2025
Following the death of Kent frontman Shane MacGowan in 2023, Celtic punk legends The Pogues return in 2025 for their first UK Tour since 2012 to celebrate 40 years of 'Rum Sodomy & the Lash'. Featuring original members, Mancunian accordian ...Gary Barlow
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 8 - Friday 9 May 2025
One of Britain's most successful songwriters and record producers, as part of the Manchester group Take That, Frodsham's Gary Barlow has won eight BRIT Awards and sold over 45 million records. Aside from his achievements with Take That, he ...The Wiggles
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 15 May 2025
Children and parents are in for a big treat as The Wiggles hop into their Big Red Car and embark on one of their biggest global tours ever. An incredible musical adventure awaits as they take their new show on tour, based on the smash hit s...Paul Chowdhry
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 16 - Saturday 17 May 2025
Renowned as the most successful British Indian stand-up comedian in British history, Paul Chowdhry's career is marked by numerous accolades and groundbreaking achievements. He returns with his biggest tour to date, Englandia. In a remarka...Russell Peters
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 18 May 2025
 Comedy hero Russell Peters says "Relax* It's Not That Serious World" Recently named as one of Rolling Stone's 50 Best Comics of All Time, he started doing stand-up at the age of nineteen at open mics in his native Toronto, and spent the ...Pixies
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 24 May 2025
With elements of indie rock and surf rock, 1980's Boston alternative rockers The Pixies have been cited by avowed fan Kurt Cobain as a heavy influence on Nirvana with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" a conscious attempt to co-opt the Pixies' sty...Jorja Smith
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 29 - Friday 30 May 2025
The BRIT Award-winning Walsall R&B star is officially back. Her playfully infectious pop spirit intertwines with her youthful charisma, idiosyncratic storytelling, and informed opinions - attributes that have set her apart from her peers an...Sophie Ellis-Bextor
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
Born to Blue Peter and Jigsaw presenter Janet Ellis and film producer and director Robin Bextor in April 1979, Sophie Ellis-Bextor first delved into the world of music in the mid-'90s as the lead singer of Britpop outfit Theaudience. The ba...Billy Ocean
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 4 June 2025
Billy Ocean is the biggest selling black recording star Britain has ever produced and has sold over 30 million records in his lifetime to date. Having achieved extraordinary success as both an artist and a songwriter, Billy has collected mu...Morgan Jay
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 6 June 2025
A musician and comedian based in Los Angeles, Morgan Jay has made appearances on MTV's Wild'N'Out, NBC, and Comedy Central. He has carved out his own genre of performance art and comedy creating a show built on imperfection, authenticity, r...Bonnie Raitt
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 7 June 2025
Californian GRAMMY Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend Bonnie Raitt is back with her unique brand of folky-blues Americana. 50 years after the release of her debut album, Raitt continues to personify what it means to stay creati...Kip Moore
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 8 June 2025
Multi-platinum Nashville singer/songwriter Kip Moore embraces a weathered heartland-rock sound which explores his own experiences of growing up in a small Georgia town and working diligently for years to achieve his musical dreams, poetica...SatchVai Band - Joe Satriani & Steve Vai
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 19 June 2025
Guitar legends Joe Satriani and Steve Vai announce they are touring together for the very first time in the same band, the SatchVai Band. ...DJ Spoony - Garage Classical
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 10 July 2025
The "Godfather of Garage", DJ Spoony, is back with his high-octane Garage Classical show and some very special guests. Get ready for a show like no other as the legendary garage DJ and BBC Radio & TV presenter transports you back to one o...
Saving Grace
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 11 September 2025
 Tik Tok's GKBarry (aka Grace Keeling) is taking her wildly popular podcast, Saving Grace, on the road once more! Fresh out of the I'm A Celeb! Jungle, Grace is ready to bring her signature chaos, comedy, and charisma to a stage near you...Elis James & John Robins & Dave Masterman
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 12 September 2025
Comedians Elis James and John Robins. together with Stockport's finest radio producer Dave Masterman, from BBC Sound's popular The Elis & John Show, are hitting the road! How does that feel?! I'll tell you how it feels... SIGNIFICANT! Yes! ...Belinda Carlisle
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 13 September 2025
Singer-songwriter Belinda Carlisle possesses one of the most recognisable voices of the '80s. Since making her mark as the frontwoman of The Go-Go's, the first all-female rock band to top the Billboard charts, she's gone on to have a long a...Aunty Donna
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 10 - Saturday 11 October 2025
 Australian YouTube, podcast and Netflix surrealist comedy superstars - Broden Kelly, Zachary Ruane and Mark Bonanno - bring their wonderfully riotous sketch comedy show Drem to Europe. Featuring a 75ish minute live show, with all new ...Jalen Ngonda
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
With shades of Marvin Gaye, Liverpool-based US singer Jalen Ngonda is one of the most captivating performers on today's soul scene. His voice, equal parts raw feeling and elegance, exudes confidence and charm. Despite still being in his twe...Arch Enemy
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 31 October 2025
Sweden's extreme metal titans Arch Enemy return with more guttural force, powerful signature guitar riffs and clean vocal surprises. ...How to get to the O2 Apollo, Manchester
Most Popular Shows and Events at O2 Apollo, Manchester
