JAZZ & BLUES IN MANCHESTER
JAZZ & BLUES IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Jazz & Blues in Manchester
Sat 23 Nov 2024 - Sat 13 Sep 2025
Fri 31 Jan - Thu 5 Jun 2025
Palace
Saturday 23 November 2024
Heartfelt melodic alt-rockers known for their poetic lyricism, London-based Palace was formed in 2012 by four friends who also happened to be gifted and creative musicians inspired by artists like Jeff Buckley, Radiohead and The Smashing P...
The Last Days of Disco
Saturday 23 November 2024
Featuring So Diva, famously championed by Sir Tom Jones on ITV's The Voice UK with their amazing band present the greatest disco show on earth; a complete history of the genre from the 70s into The Last Days of Disco, the 80s. A set list l...
Stax of Soul & The Soul Review
Saturday 23 November 2024
The original. A reputation that needs no introduction. Born in Manchester in 1983, 9-piece 100% live band STAX of SOUL celebrate their 40th Anniversary. Featuring incredible musicians (including a powerful brass section) meticulously & ene...
Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
Saturday 23 November 2024
Fleetwood Bac are the world's first and best Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band, endorsed by Mick Fleetwood himself, the only Mac tribute to authentically replicate the classic 'Rumours' line-up. The show focuses on the 'Rumours' era of the band ...
Greg Howe
Saturday 23 November 2024
New York guitar virtuoso Greg Howe is set to embark on his highly anticipated 2024 European tour, Lost and Found. Promising an electrifying blend of new tracks from his upcoming studio album with the same title alongside fan-favorites. Join...
Manchester Got Soul
Saturday 23 November - Saturday 28 December 2024
With live music + DJs across both floors of Blues Kitchen from 10pm - 3am, the house band take to the stage for three live sets. Expect to hear the hits of Aretha Franklin, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder & The Rolling Stones. ...
Christmas Crooners: Baby It's Cold Outside
Sunday 24 November 2024
Staged in the warm and delightful style of the famous Andy Williams Christmas Shows, this brilliant production comes complete with Christmas Trees, a Rocking Chair and of course a lovely warm fireplace; just right for roasting those chestnu...
Pokey LaFarge
Sunday 24 November 2024
Pokey LaFarge is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, recording artist, poet and actor living in Los Angeles. Raised on a healthy diet of blues, bluegrass, ragtime, Western swing and old- time country, the Illinois native writes timeless, multi...
Kokoroko
Monday 25 November 2024
London has long been a hotbed for experimentation for music from West Africa, and it's into this global-local story that we can situate afrobeat innovators: Kokoroko. Sonically living up to their name, Kokoroko are an all star band featurin...
Kezia Gill
Monday 25 November 2024
Derby-based multi-award-winning artist Kezia Gill has the song-writing ability of a country artist, the stage energy of a rock star, and the voice of the blues. With an impressive vocal range, multi instrumental talent and pulling influence...
The Blow Monkeys
Tuesday 26 November 2024
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...
Jazz Is Happening
Tuesday 26 November 2024
The jazziest and classiest student night in Manchester...
SHABAKA
Wednesday 27 November 2024
Former Sons of Kemet star Shabaka Hutchings is a pioneering voice in the renaissance of British Jazz. Transcending conventional genres and drawing on a vast pallet of cultural influences the Brimingham-raised musician, composer and bandlea...
Amahla
Wednesday 27 November 2024
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Ben Ottewell (Gomez)
Thursday 28 November 2024
As a singer and lead guitarist in rock band Gomez, Ben Ottewell is well known for his unmistakable voice and talent for blistering and inspired guitar solos. Rolling Stone declared, "Gomez's not-so-secret weapon is Ben Ottewell." And as GQ ...
90s Baby Classical
Friday 29 November 2024
This unique spectacular nostalgic 90s show includes a full 17-piece elemental orchestra performing era-defining 90s tracks live alongside some of the best artists and vocalists from the era. British vocalist, Alison Limerick, joins us at...
Darren Alboni as Mick Hucknall - Simply Red Tribute
Friday 29 November 2024
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 Quireboys
Saturday 30 November 2024
Just as future U.S. glam superstars Motley Crue were cementing their bad-boy reputation stateside on their party-as-you-go Shout at the Devil tour, on the other side of the pond, four young upstarts by the name of the Queerboys were takin...
The Blue Cat Band
Saturday 30 November 2024
The Cool Cats are back these guys are one of our in house bands & played The Brickhouse more than anyone, must see local band...
The Sheepdogs
Sunday 1 December 2024
Built on the solid, classic rock foundation of three-part harmonies and dual guitar leads, Canada's the Sheepdogs blend Southern boogie rock, groove-based psychedelia, and bluesy barroom swagger into a modern rock & roll revival. Based out ...
The Easy Rollers
Tuesday 3 December 2024
A roaring seven-piece jazz outfit - ready to transport you back to the golden age of jazz - deliver their sensational cabaret-style show Drop Me Off in Harlem, featuring hits from The Jazz Age (1920-1933) through to The Swing Era (1933-194...
Wes Banderson - the Music of Wes Anderson
Tuesday 3 December 2024
Performing a selection of the original score music and deep-cut needle-drops from the films of Wes Anderson. The five-piece ensemble effortlessly switches between instruments as they navigate the soundtracks of Rushmore, The Grand Budapest...
Wes Banderson - The Music of Wes Anderson
Tuesday 3 December 2024
Performing a selection of the original score music and deep-cut needle-drops from the films of Wes Anderson. The five-piece ensemble effortlessly switches between instruments as they navigate the soundtracks of Rushmore, The Grand Budapest...
Svaneborg Kardyb
Thursday 5 December 2024
Hail from Aalborg, in Jutland, in the north of Denmark, Svaneborg Kardyb are Nikolaj Svaneborg - Wurlitzer, Juno, piano and Jonas Kardyb - drums, percussion a multi-award winning duo from Denmark, where they won two "Grammys" at the Danish ...
Alabama 3
Saturday 7 December 2024
South London's beloved roots-futurists Alabama 3 are adored the world over for 1997's inaugural smash 'Woke Up This Morning', whose marriage of Howlin' Wolf samples and trip hop beats provided the theme music for long-running HBO series 'Th...
M&P's Big Band Brunch
Saturday 7 December 2024
17-piece Big Band DG Kollective play all-time classic Jazz, Swing, Film Tunes, and Christmas songs KIDS GO FREE *PLEASE READ FULL INFO*...
Jacob Collier
Sunday 8 December 2024
The history-making multi-Grammy winning London singer and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier announces his biggest world tour to date, exploring the limitlessness of orchestral and choral music, taking the audience on a journey through ev...
Yannis & The Yaw (Foals)
Monday 9 December 2024
In 2016, Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis was offered the opportunity of a lifetime: a two-day session working with the great drummer Tony Allen, who he admired intensely for his influential, multi-genre work with the likes of Fela Kuti, S...
Ben Ottewell (Gomez)
Monday 9 December 2024
As a singer and lead guitarist in rock band Gomez, Ben Ottewell is well known for his unmistakable voice and talent for blistering and inspired guitar solos. Rolling Stone declared, "Gomez's not-so-secret weapon is Ben Ottewell." And as GQ ...
Fat Freddy's Drop
Tuesday 10 December 2024
Fat Freddy's Drop is a New Zealand seven-piece band from Wellington, whose musical style has been characterised as any combination of dub, reggae, soul, jazz, rhythm and blues, and techno. Originally a jam band formed in the late 1990s by m...
The Definitive Rat Pack - The Rat Pack at Christmas
Wednesday 11 December 2024
Featuring Dean Martin's sensational Golddiggers and the internationally-renowned Manhattan Swing Orchestra, with Stephen Triffitt as Frank Sinatra, Mark Adams as Dean Martin, and George Daniel Long as Sammy Davis Jr, The Definitive R...
NQ Jazz Orchestra
Monday 16 December 2024
The 18-piece NQ Jazz Orchestra - a collection of some of the North's most exciting musicians - perform music from some of the greatest jazz composers of recent years, some rare outings for celebrated British composers, and some hot off the ...
Mica Millar
Wednesday 18 December 2024
The Mancunian soulstress released her debut album 'Heaven Knows' to critical acclaim in 2022 and has quickly become one of the UK's brightest new Soul stars, picking up Jazz FM's prestigious 'Soul Act of The Year 2022' award. Featured on...
Bad Manners
Thursday 19 December 2024
Buster Bloodvessel, one of the biggest characters in Ska, has stayed loyal to the music and has become as influential as he is entertaining with his band Bad Manners, who are best known for their biggest hits, "Lip Up Fatty" (UK No.15 in 19...
Bad Manners
Thursday 19 December 2024
Buster Bloodvessel, one of the biggest characters in Ska, has stayed loyal to the music and has become as influential as he is entertaining with his band Bad Manners, who are best known for their biggest hits, "Lip Up Fatty" (UK No.15 in 19...
Jembaa Groove
Thursday 19 December 2024
Main Stage - International soul-jazz sensations...
Michael Bublé Tribute Night
Thursday 19 December 2024
Join us for a Michael Buble tribute evening at Total Fitness Enjoy live performance by an international vocalist Josh Hindle, food, and drink stalls....