WHAT'S ON AT MANCHESTER ACADEMY, MANCHESTER
What's On at Manchester Academy, Manchester
Manchester Academy is four independent venues all (almost) under one roof, located on campus at The University Of Manchester. The venues are Academy 1,2,3 and Club Academy. The original student union building was built in 1957, the Academy in 1990, with Buzzcocks being the first band to play there. Following a refurb, capacity grew to around 2600 for Academy 1, 950 for Academy 2, 450 for Academy 3, and 650 for Club Academy.
Manchester Academy attracts a varied wealth of local and worldwide artists, including Adele, Nirvana, Blur, Oasis, David Bowie, Bruno Mars, Inspiral Carpets, Stevie Wonder and Lady Gaga. It is often referred to as one of the UK’s greenest venues, making substantial steps towards minimising environmental impact and improving sustainability.
Enjoy exciting shows, events, concerts and premieres at these four live music venues. See what's on at Manchester Academy below and book tickets online.
Manchester Academy is four independent venues all (almost) under one roof, located on campus at The University Of Manchester. The venues are Academy 1,2,3 and Club Academy. The original student union building was built in 1957, the Academy in 1990, with Buzzcocks being the first band to play there. Following a refurb, capacity grew to around 2600 for Academy 1, 950 for Academy 2, 450 for Academy 3, and 650 for Club Academy.
Manchester Academy attracts a varied wealth of local and worldwide artists, including Adele, Nirvana, Blur, Oasis, David Bowie, Bruno Mars, Inspiral Carpets, Stevie Wonder and Lady Gaga. It is often referred to as one of the UK’s greenest venues, making substantial steps towards minimising environmental impact and improving sustainability.
Enjoy exciting shows, events, concerts and premieres at these four live music venues. See what's on at Manchester Academy below and book tickets online.
Most Popular Shows and Events at Manchester Academy, Manchester
What's On at Manchester Academy, Manchester
Delights
Academy 2
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...
Alessi Rose Manchester Tickets
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
Academy 1
Saturday 5 April 2025
The Hampshire punk and folk artist was initially a vocalist in the punk rock band Million Dead, before turning his focus towards a folkier, acoustic-based solo career. Since that time, he has reached international acclaim as a chart-topping...Lordi
Academy 2
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 ...An Evening with Phil Rosenthal - Somebody Feed Phil
Academy 1
Wednesday 9 April 2025
"Everybody Loves Raymond" creator Phil Rosenthal is the award-winning creator, executive producer, writer, and host of "Somebody Feel Phil," Netflix's most popular food and travel show, which premiered its fifth season in May 2022. This Emm...Siobhan Winifred
Academy 3
Wednesday 9 April 2025
Carving out a unique space of her own, Siobhan Winifred has cultivated a passionate following for her deftly pop-tinged, rousing indie-rock. Born & raised in Dorset, UK and of Irish lineage, Siobhan was influenced at a young age by the lyri...Peach Pit
Academy 1
Thursday 10 April 2025
 If friendship had a sound, it would be Peach Pit. The wistful grooves, glassy guitars, and sun-kissed melodies feel like they could only be made by musicians who have spent close to a lifetime (or at least half of their lives) together. ...The Man From Delmonte
Academy 2
Saturday 12 April 2025
After a 34 year hiatus, 1980s Manchester indie art pop favourites The Man from Delmonte return. Between 1988 and 1991 they shone brightly creating some of the most memorable pop songs of the "Madchester" era. Water in My Eyes, My Love is Li...Chasing Mumford - Tribute to Mumford & Sons
Academy 3
Saturday 12 April 2025
Europes No.1 Mumford and Sons Tribute have supported big names such as Scouting for Girls, The Hoosiers, Sigala, Pixie Lott, Mungo Jerry, and many more. Their show continues to remain fresh and exciting as the awesome 5-piece fully live b...
Dressed to Kill - Tribute to Kiss
Erasured - The Ultimate Erasure Tribute
Academy 3
Saturday 19 April 2025
In 1995 Mark Rodway appeared on ITV's "Stars In Their Eyes" (and again for the 1995 Christmas Special) as Erasure's Andy Bell, to universal acclaim. He met Pete Faint in 1996 and the pair began writing original material together and at th...Cochise
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 20 April 2025
Cochise is entering a new era. The 26-year-old Florida rapper has already proven to be an eclectic artist, injecting the slick adlibs of peak 2010s SoundCloud rap, with a sugar rush flow that sounds like FL Studio overloading. That sound br...
Elliot Minor
Academy 2
Wednesday 23 April 2025
York symphonic rockers Elliot Minor had a string of Top 40 singles in the UK chart, including "Jessica", "The White One Is Evil", "Still Figuring Out" and their biggest hit "Parallel Worlds". Classically trained musicians, they play a wide...thrown
Academy 2
Friday 25 April 2025
Since forming in 2021, Swedish heavy weights Thrown have been mesmerising the metal world with their signature blend of aural violence, live intensity and enigmatic performances. thrown are undoubtedly the most listened to new metal artist ...The Redroom
Academy 3
Friday 25 April 2025
Formed in 2019, Manchester band The Redroom saw early success with their debut single Nostalgia and have since amassed over 150,000 Spotify streams, attracting interest from the likes of BBC 6 Music, Radio X, ThisFeeling, and Crack Magazine...Valery Meladze
Academy 1
Saturday 26 April 2025
  Georgian-born Russian art rock star Valery Meladze, a Meritorious Artist of Russia, and People's Artist of the Chechen Republic, celebrates 30 years in the industry. With his brother Konstantin Meladze, he founded the Russian-Ukrainian...Sheppard
Club Academy
Saturday 26 April 2025
It's the stuff of teenage dreams: one minute you're writing songs in your parents' front room, the next you're knocking Pharrell Williams' 'Happy' off the No.1 slot and going 7 x Platinum. Sheppard's 2014 international hit single Geronimo w...Skegss
Academy 2
Saturday 26 April 2025
Australian duo of Ben Reed (vocals, guitar) and Jonny Lani (drums) have enjoyed #1 albums on their homeland Australia ARIA Albums Chart. They bring a newly heightened creative energy to every aspect of their explosive yet introspective form...Pearl Scam + Angry Hair - Pearl Jam & Alice In Chains Tributes
Academy 3
Saturday 26 April 2025
Pearl Scam is the UK's finest Pearl Jam experience. The band's musicians have come together with one common goal - recreating Pearl Jam's high energy live shows. Hear classic songs like Jeremy, Betterman, Elderly Woman and Given To Fly and...Airbag
Club Academy
Sunday 27 April 2025
For fans of Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Marillion, Astra, and Ozric Tentacles, Argentine hard rock sibling trio Airbag boast magnificent singing and prog atmospheres which compete for the lion's share with dark and captivating guitars, and...IAMX
Academy 3
Monday 28 April 2025
IAMX is the solo musical project of Middlesbrough-born Chris Corner after the hiatus of his former band Sneaker Pimps. With a focus on the experimentation of visual art, musically, IAMX spans across multiple genres ranging from electronic r...bbno$
Academy 1
Wednesday 30 April 2025
bbno$ (pronounced as "baby no money"), is a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known for his collaborations with rapper Yung Gravy as well as his 2019 single, "Lalala" with producer Y2K, whi...Amber Run
Academy 2
Saturday 3 May 2025
The Nottingham indie rock trio have amassed a dedicated fanbase with over 800million streams, which helped their 2014 single "I Found" awarded with a platinum status in the US and a gargantuan 330 million Spotify plays. It's been adopted by...Decapitated
Club Academy
Thursday 8 May 2025
Raw, vital and crushing, Polish Tech Death masters DECAPITATED have built a reputation as one of the international leaders of their genre and they are considered to be among the genre's most influential artists. The band cross-breed various...Make Them Suffer
Academy 2
Saturday 10 May 2025
Dynamic Aussie extreme metal outfit, Make Them Suffer employ a punishing blend of deathcore and blackened symphonic death metal. Some bands are bred through major labels and are handed their success, Make Them Suffer are a prime example of ...Special Kinda Madness - Tribute to The Specials & Madness
Academy 3
Saturday 10 May 2025
2 Bands... 2-Tone... 1 Fantastic Night! A Specials Tribute Band and a Madness Tribute Band, all on one stage. That's Special Kinda Madness. Special Kinda Madness perform a truly authentic set from each band, combining the phenomenally energ...
Throwing Muses
Academy 2
Saturday 24 May 2025
A very rare opportunity to witness one of the great cult American rock bands, Kristin Hersh brings the Throwing Muses live show to Europe in Spring 2025. Their first tour since 2011, the Muses will embark on a 2025 European tour as a three-...Nessa Barrett
Academy 1
Saturday 31 May 2025
New Jersey pop rocker Janesa "Nessa" Barrett rose to fame on TikTok and began uploading covers, which led her to sign a recording contract with Warner Records and scored an international hit with "I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead" in 2021....AC/DC UK + Dizzy Lizzy - AC/DC & Thin Lizzy Tributes
Club Academy
Saturday 31 May 2025
A tribute to two classic rock giants. AC/DC UK are Europe's most explosive tribute to AC/DC and have established themselves as one of the globe's forerunners in the tribute scene, not only emulating the genuine article at their most succes...Grace Petrie
Academy 2
Saturday 31 May 2025
Folk singer, lesbian and checked-shirt-collector Grace Petrie has been incorrectly called Sir every day of her adult life, and, having finally run out of things to write whiny songs about, she's putting down the guitar to try and work out w...Andrew Cushin
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Newcastle's Andrew Cushin possesses a nuanced, multifaceted talent for songwriting which has seen him signed by Libertines legend Pete Doherty's record label. The words that he conjures are both immensely personal and reflective of modern s...Djo
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Djo -Â the musical project of actor / producer / songwriter Joe Keery known for his work in blockbuster projects as Stranger Things and Fargo - announces his highly anticipated new album The Crux. The follow-up to Djo's 2022 album DECIDE, ...DEKAYTAH
Academy 3
Saturday 7 June 2025
Hailing from the North West of England, Manchester-based Dekaytah are a hard hitting, electrifying heavy metal band that are starting to make their mark on the UK metal scene. With their inspirations from the likes of Slipknot, Gojira, Lam...JD McPherson
Academy 2
Saturday 14 June 2025
Oklahoma's JD McPherson has created something unique and amazing, taking the inspiration from multiple decades and styles and incorporating them into his own sound. He describes it as "It's like if The late-60s Ventures were the session ban...Bootleg Blondie - Blondie Tribute Band
Academy 3
Saturday 14 June 2025
The world's No. 1 official Debbie Harry and Blondie tribute band. Established in 2001 this band are the only Blondie tribute to play the legendary CBGB in New York City before it's demise in 2006 and unique in that not only have they had th...
North West Calling
Academy 1
Saturday 21 June 2025
 All-day punk festival, North West Calling, is back and features another riotous line-up: Cockney Rejects + Special guests TBA + UK SUBS + Anti-Nowhere League + Steve Ignorant + The Bar Stool Preachers + Random Hand + Riskee and the Ridic...Japanese Breakfast
Academy 1
Sunday 29 June 2025
South Korean born, American raised indie pop artist Michelle Zauner, frontwoman of Japanese Breakfast, has garnered acclaim for the way she pours her own life into the universe of each song to tell real stories, and allowing those universes...King Diamond
Academy 1
Monday 30 June 2025
With an incomparable stage presence and theatrical production, influential Danish heavy proto-power-metal act King Diamond returns with a blistering metal 'horror-opera" concept that draws from themes from the occult and both his personal ...Faye Webster
Academy 1
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Emotional and musical alchemy, Atlanta, Georgia, Faye Webster's indie folk sound draws as much from the lap-steel singer-songwriter pop of the 1970s and teardrop country tunes as it does from the audacious personalities of her city's rap an...
Kerry King (Slayer)
Academy 2
Tuesday 12 August 2025
The legendary co-lead guitarist and songwriter of thrash metal band Slayer, Kerry King, embarked on a new chapter after the band's final show in 2019, with his debut solo album From Hell I Rise, released in May 2024. Featuring 13 powerful t...InFest
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 15 August 2025
After 24 great live (+1 hybrid) years in Bradford, InFest moves to Manchester for 2025 ...Manchester Psych Fest 2025
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 30 August 2025
Crocodiles | Pins Play Wild Nights | Kit Sebastian | La S?curit? | Deary | Famous | Bubble Tea and Cigarettes | Helicon | Goblyns | Mojo & the Kitchen Brothers | Karma Sheen | Ghost Car | Yuuf | Adore | Rabbitfoot | Adult DVD | Blind Yeo | ...Goldie Lookin' Chain
Academy 2
Friday 5 September 2025
The Newport comedy rap troupe claim influences through their modifications of songs from artists such as So Solid Crew, the Streets and... Paul Gascoigne. Tracks, such as the UK no.3 hit "Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do", tackle topics su...
The Luke Combs Experience - Luke Combs Tribute
