WHAT'S ON AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL, MANCHESTER
What's On at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
The Bridgewater Hall Manchester is an international concert venue that opened in 1996 and has a capacity of 2500. It hosts over 300 performances a year including classical, musical theatre, jazz, rock, pop, and world music.
Home to The Hallé and regular venue for the BBC Philharmonic and Manchester Camerata, it also hosts its own classical season – The International Concert Series. It has welcomed stars such as Sir Paul McCartney, Nick Cave, Alfie Boe, Michael Ball, Strictly Stars, and Lea Salonga.
The Bridgewater Hall boasts a £1.2 million pipe organ with 5500 pipes and was the largest instrument to be installed in a UK venue for over a century. A world class concert hall with many exciting shows, events, concerts and premieres to look forward to including Il Divo, Home Alone In Concert, Rat Pack At Christmas and The Drifters. See what's on at The Bridgewater Hall Manchester below and book tickets online.
The Bridgewater Hall Manchester is an international concert venue that opened in 1996 and has a capacity of 2500. It hosts over 300 performances a year including classical, musical theatre, jazz, rock, pop, and world music.
Home to The Hallé and regular venue for the BBC Philharmonic and Manchester Camerata, it also hosts its own classical season – The International Concert Series. It has welcomed stars such as Sir Paul McCartney, Nick Cave, Alfie Boe, Michael Ball, Strictly Stars, and Lea Salonga.
The Bridgewater Hall boasts a £1.2 million pipe organ with 5500 pipes and was the largest instrument to be installed in a UK venue for over a century. A world class concert hall with many exciting shows, events, concerts and premieres to look forward to including Il Divo, Home Alone In Concert, Rat Pack At Christmas and The Drifters. See what's on at The Bridgewater Hall Manchester below and book tickets online.
Most Popular Shows and Events at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
What's On at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
The Hallé - The Music of Star Wars
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
Feel the force of the Halle as we bring you John Williams' music from Star Wars to the stage of The Bridgewater Hall. Join conductor Stephen Bell, presenter Tom Redmond, the Halle and the Halle Choir as they bring to life John Williams' ico...Nathan Carter
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
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...TommyInnit
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 7 April 2025
One of the world's most popular YouTubers and Twitch Streamers, gamer, comedian and writer Tom Simons (aka TommyInnit) has announced returns with The Survival Tour. Not content with writing the definitive book on how to survive the worl...Katia & Marielle Labèque
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 8 April 2025
The magnificent Labeque sisters return with a typically enthralling two-piano programme. From Bayonne in France, in the Northern Basque Country, Katia and Marielle Labeque 'have transformed the piano duo', in the words of the New York Time...The Bridgewater Hall Building Tour
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 8 - Thursday 24 April 2025
Take a look behind the scenes at The Bridgewater Hall, and learn more about Manchester's iconic international concert venue. The entertaining and knowledgeable tour guides will lead you through the building's history, its acoustics and arch...Hallé - Shostakovich's Symphony No.5
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 10 - Sunday 13 April 2025
Kahchun Wong and the Halle first met in a thrilling performance of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony - see the magic that started their journey together. Much of Shostakovich's extraordinary output was profoundly marked by politics and the judg...Gabrielė Sutkutė
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 10 April 2025
Lithuanian pianist Gabriele Sutkute has already established herself as a musician of strong temperament and "excellent precision and musicality". She has given many concerts and performed in numerous festivals throughout Europe, and appeare...Gabriel?-- Sutkut?-- piano
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 10 April 2025
This concert is unreserved seating in the Stalls.?...BBC Philharmonic - Mahler Symphony No 9
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 12 April 2025
As Gustav Mahler began his Ninth Symphony, he was fully aware of its portent. Like Beethoven, Schubert and Bruckner before him, his Ninth was to be the last he finished. Mahler knew about his heart defect which would prove fatal. This most ...Be Hear Now
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 13 April - Sunday 6 July 2025
This session is a quiet, calmer sensory session, with a smaller group. It is particularly suited for young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their families....Music Makers
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 14 April - Monday 7 July 2025
Monthly music and sensory play sessions for babies and toddlers, with songs and musical activities. For parents with baby and toddler, babies are welcome to attend toddler sessions, but we would ask that toddlers not attend baby sessions, a...How To Train Your Dragon In Concert
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 15 April 2025
How To Train Your Dragon - In Concert features the acclaimed film presented in HD, with composer John Powell's Academy Award-nominated score performed live to picture by the International Film Orchestra in a thrilling experience for all age...Hallé Rush Hour - Beethoven's Fifth
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 17 April 2025
Beethoven?s thundering Fifth Symphony closes the programme. Also known as ?The Fate Symphony ? ?that instantly-recognisable opening motif was characterised by the composer himself as fate literally knocking at the door ? it is one of the mo...The National Youth Orchestra
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 18 April 2025
FREE FOR UNDER 19s. Feel the sound, free your spirit with this fearless performance by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain with conductor Andrew Gourlay, where hundreds of teenagers passionately share their love of music Hear ...The National Youth Orchestra: To the Beat
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 18 April 2025
Don?t miss a beat. Join the audience for a massive orchestral adventure with The National Youth Orchestra....
The Musical Box Performs Genesis
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 19 April 2025
The Musical Box are a French-Canadian tribute band formed in Montreal, Quebec in 1993 who recreate performances by the English rock band Genesis during the 1970s. Acclaimed for their historical re-enactment of early Genesis, The Musical ...Jonathan Scott
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 22 April - Monday 7 July 2025
Epic orchestral masterpieces as you've never heard them before! Jonathan Scott uses all the resources of the Bridgewater Hall concert organ to create the full sounds and expression of a symphony orchestra using 5,500 pipes, two hands and tw...Kantos Chamber Choir
Kantos Chamber Choir: Earth Song
Manchester Collective x Clark x Melanie Lane - Refractions
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 25 April 2025
What if everything that came from the past was influenced by the future? Enter a musical time warp where sound resonates across the ages. Manchester Collective team up with electronic musician Clark and choreographer Melanie Lane for a grou...Hallé St. Peter's Chamber Series - Hallé Youth Choir
The Hallé - From The New World
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 1 May 2025
The ?New World ?Symphony was one of the triumphs of Dvor?k?s musical career, and has been adored by audiences ever since. Aptly it accompanied Neil Armstrong on his first trip to the moon, and in a rather more down-to-earth context, the sym...Go West & The Southbank Sinfonia
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 2 May 2025
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of their self-titled debut album with a special orchestral performance, Go West, alongside the Southbank Sinfonia, will be joined by fellow 80s luminaries Johnny Hates Jazz. Peter Cox met Richard Drummie...Run Remedy
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 2 May 2025
A shoe-gaze violinist by trade, Robin?s particular flavour of indie is laced with equal parts grief and goof, playfully exploring themes of transatlantic struggle, familial rejection, and forbidden first kisses with ?genre bending brillianc...Andy Bell (Erasure)
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 3 May 2025
Erasure's Andy Bell has announced a tour to support his new solo album, Ten Crowns. The shows will feature songs from the new album and favourites from Andy's solo catalogue alongside plenty of Erasure hits, and will see Andy performing wit...Roger Daltrey (The Who)
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 4 May 2025
Roger first assembled the group that would become The Who in 1959 while at Acton County School, recruiting John Entwistle and subsequently agreeing to John's proposal that Pete Townshend should join. In those days Roger, whose daytime job w...The Australian Bee Gees Show
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 5 May 2025
It's Saturday Night Fever every night with The Australian Bee Gees Show - a tribute to the Bee Gees. One of the most successful and adored acts in musical history is recreated in a 120-minute multi-media concert event. You'll hear hits like...Chetham's School of Music
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 9 May 2025
Chetham?s School of Music, in the heart of Manchester, is the largest specialist music school in the UK, and the only one in the north of England. It is made up of 330 students aged between 8 and 18 and the campus is a melting pot of differ...The Hallé - An Alpine Symphony
Hawkwind
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 11 May 2025
Famed for their 1972 UK no.2 hit "Silver Machine", Hawkwind was formed in 1969 by Dave Brock, who still remains at the helm today. In 1970, the band played at the first-ever Glastonbury Festival, released their eponymously titled debut albu...
Intergenerational England: Access All Ages
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 12 May 2025
Join hundreds of people from diverse backgrounds to foster friendships, celebrate community, and experience the joy of singing as a collective. Don?t miss this unforgettable opportunity to connect, inspire, and create a more inclusive futur...The Waterboys
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 13 May 2025
Best known for songs including "How Long Will I Love You" and "The Whole of the Moon", The Waterboys have been led by Scottish singer and guitarist Mike Scott - their line-up otherwise ever-evolving - since the early 1980s, having won a ...Jesús Aguaje Ramos & the Buena Vista Orchestra
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 14 May 2025
The biggest-selling Cuban group in music history, led by the Buena Vista Social Club's founding member Jesus "Aguaje" Ramos, The Buena Vista Orchestra continues the legacy of the renowned Cuban musical ensemble into 2025. Jesus "Aguaje" Ram...Jesus Aguaje Ramos & Buena Vista Orchestra Manchester Tickets
Jess Gillam Trio
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 15 May 2025
Cumbrian Royal Northern College of Music-alumni Jess Gillam is celebrated as a leading figure of the saxophone. With her electrifying performances, vibrant stage presence and magnetic personality, the 'uniquely mercurial' (The Times) Jess ...The Hallé - Symphonie Fantastique
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 15 - Sunday 18 May 2025
This concert is sponsored? by PZ Cussons...Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 16 May 2025
New York City's pop-jazz sensation, Postmodern Jukebox, are returning to the UK. Bringing their innovative twist on classic sounds, performing 'today's hits yesterday', on an unforgettable tour. Famed "Pop music in a Time Machine" concert a...The Apple Sellers
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 16 May 2025
The duo consists of the popular musician and storyteller Martin Purdy ? frontman of the award-winning folk outfit Harp & a Monkey ? and gifted multi-instrumentalist Ian Mayer (#theblindbassman) from Chetham?s School of Music in Manchester. ...BBC Philharmonic - Let me tell you
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 17 May 2025
Beethoven?s symphonic canon is to the concert platform what Shakespeare?s plays are to the stage. We join the man taking Vienna by storm at the start of his journey with the ebullient First Symphony. (Exit, pursued by a bear)....Hallé St Peter's Chamber Series - Tom Borrow
Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 19 May 2025
One of the most exciting orchestras in Southeast Asia, the Philippine Philharmonic from Manila, who in recent years have been impressing audiences and critics across the world, come to Europe. This programme is a celebration of unforgetta...Buenos Aires Symphony Orchestra of Colón Opera
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 19 May 2025
But we?re also in for some European classics, including Wagner?s legendary Tristan and Isolde?Prelude and a suite of treats from Bizet?s Carmen. And to close both the concert and this International Concert Series, music from perhaps the gre...The Hallé - Honey Dijon
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 22 May 2025
She now brings her forward-thinking blends of style and genre to this unique performance with the full forces of the Hall?. Anticipate a night of thrilling House, anthemic celebration and unapologetic joy....Chelsea Handler
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 23 May 2025
Chelsea Handler is a comedian, television host, six-time New York Times best-selling author and advocate whose humour and candour have established her as one of the most celebrated voices in entertainment and pop culture. Now, she brings he...Lorena Paz Nieto & Helen Glaisher-Hernández
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 23 May - Friday 1 August 2025
The Instituto Cervantes Manchester, a public entity established by the Spanish government, is dedicated to the promotion and teaching of the Spanish language and Spain?s co-official languages, as well as the diffusion of the vibrant culture...
The Hallé - Summer Classics
Radio GaGa - The Ultimate Tribute to Queen
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 25 May 2025
The Ultimate Celebration of Queen Have your finest hour, or two! As we bring you Radio GaGa. Be part of a night like no other as we bring you the concert you've been dreaming of! The ultimate celebration of the biggest band to have ever gra...Sofiia Matviienko
Toot! A Magical Musical Adventure
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 29 May 2025
Perfect for kids ages 4-9, this action-packed concert brings the stage to life with creativity, imagination, and plenty of surprises. In this thrilling 40-minute family concert, originally devised by the 2023 MishMash Ensemble, five playful...The Hallé - Ode to Joy
The ELO Show - A Tribute to Jeff Lynne and ELO
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 30 May 2025
Internationally acclaimed musician Brian Cummins brings this stunning show celebrating the music of Jeff Lynne and E.L.O. with a band of amazing musicians including a female string section, this will be a fabulous night of hit after hit fro...How to get to The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Bridgewater Hall Frequently Asked Questions
Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3WS
There are number of car parks close to The Bridgwater Hall. The nearest car parks are Q-Park First Street, NCP Manchester Central, NCP Great Northern or NCP Oxford Street.
The nearest train stations are Deansgate (approximately a 6 minute walk) and Oxford Road (approximately a 9 minute walk).
The nearest tram stop is St Peter's Square (approximately a 4 minute walk) or Deansgate Castlefield (approximately a 6 minute walk).
The capacity of The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester is 2500. Click here for the seating plan.
Please contact The Bridgewater Hall directly. For further information, please visit their booking info page.
If you would like to buy a ticket in person from The Bridgewater Hall Box Office, they open:
Monday to Friday 10.00am—5.00pm
Saturday & Sunday (concert nights only) 2.00pm—5.00pm.
Counter service is available until 8pm concert nights.
Alternatively, you can see what's on and book online here.
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The Bridgewater Hall also update their show times nearer the event date.
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Most Popular Shows and Events at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
