Most Popular R&B & Soul in Manchester
Sun 9 Jun 2024 - Sun 16 Feb 2025
Sat 8 Jun 2024 - Fri 25 Apr 2025
Fri 2 Aug 2024 - Fri 4 Apr 2025
Fri 10 May - Sat 28 Sep 2024
Fri 17 May 2024 - Sat 18 Jan 2025
Sun 26 May - Fri 1 Nov 2024
Wed 15 May - Sat 1 Jun 2024
Sat 1 Jun - Fri 11 Oct 2024
Legends - The Divas
Sunday 28 April 2024
Three icons of music. Six decades of hits. One amazing concert. Celebrate the soundtrack of your life with this brand-new show featuring tributes to three of the most acclaimed and beloved divas of modern times - Diana Ross, Whitney Houston...
Cem Adrian
Sunday 28 April 2024
Turkish singer-songwriter Cem Adrian makes a rare UK appearance. Famed for his incredible vocal range and for mixing a wide variety of genres into his music, he'll be performing songs from his new album Gokyuzumun Yildizlari. ...
Manchester Got Soul
Sunday 28 April - Sunday 30 June 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. ...
Akon
Tuesday 30 April 2024
The son of Senegalese percussionist Mor Thiam, chart-topping New Jersey R&B star AKON is best known for the 2005 international smash hits "Lonely", and "Smack That (featuring Eminem). He has enjoyed great success in the UK with other P...
Jess Glynne
Wednesday 1 May 2024
Grammy award-winning, chart-topping London pop singer-songwriter Jess Glynne boasts a repertoire of over ten billion global streams and is the only British female solo artist to score seven number ones on the UK Singles Chart. Her Platinum-...
The Untold Orchestra - The Music of Lauryn Hill
Friday 3 May 2024
Celebrating 25 years of Lauryn Hill's seminal album with a 13-piece orchestra. One of the greatest mysteries in modern music, Lauryn Hill released the straight-to-classic "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" back in 1998, before disappearing ...
Ledisi
Saturday 4 May 2024
Grammy Award-winning New Orleans artist and actor Ledisi brings her signature R&B and jazz vibe to the UK! This acclaimed recording artist, songwriter, music producer, author and actress is a powerhouse vocalist with a career spanning almos...
Tommy Blaize - The Voice of Strictly Come Dancing
Sunday 5 May 2024
Toxteth, Liverpool, vocalist Tommy Blaize has one of the most recognisable voices in the UK. As the lead singer on Strictly Come Dancing for 20 glorious years, he's sung live each week to up to 12 million people. And in a remarkable caree...
Crazy P (DJ Set)
Sunday 5 May 2024
Nobody embodies the vintage boogie disco spirit like the Manchester/Nottingham electronic wonder-band Crazy P. The lush vocals of ebullient Bury frontwoman Danielle Moore glide over swung house beats and funky synth-work bringing pure eup...
Tokio Myers
Tuesday 7 May 2024
Britain's Got Talent winner TOKIO M¥ERS announces his debut solo classical piano tour, performing his new solo classical album featuring an array of beautiful and reflective pieces of original music inspired by the birth of his first...
Bryson Tiller
Wednesday 8 May 2024
Hip-hop-drenched Kentucky "trap soul" star Bryson Tiller's smooth vocals seamlessly move between rap and breezy R&B crooning. With two UK Top 20 albums to his name, he has scored chart hits with "Outta Time" (featuring Drake), "What Woul...
Northern Live - Do I Love you
Friday 10 May 2024
Keeping the faith to the original sounds of the underground movement that started on the dance floors in the North and eventually swept the nation including an 11-piece band with 4 lead vocalists performing over 30 original hits, expect to ...
Rat Pack - Swingin' at the Sands
Friday 10 May 2024
Take three great West End Singers, add a dash of comedy and rousing camaraderie with a pinch of the greatest songs ever written and what do you get? A perfect day's entertainment with The Rat Pack tribute show, "Swingin' At The Sands!" rec...
NinaRosa
Friday 10 May 2024
NinaRosa is an English/Portuguese Artist from Jersey, Channel Islands now based in Manchester, where she studies at the Royal Northern College of Music. She takes inspiration from the likes of artists such as Jill Scott, Amber Mark, Espera...
Blue
Saturday 11 May 2024
Mainstays of the UK pop scene for more than 20 years, 2024 will see BRIT Award winners Blue embark on their Greatest Hits Tour, stopping off at some of the country's most stunning theatre spaces, performing their best-loved songs and sharin...
Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
Saturday 11 May 2024
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...
Brutus Gold's Love Train
Saturday 11 May 2024
Lock up your daughters.... your mothers.... your self-tan spray and your cheap cologne! Brutus Gold and his Love Train are steaming into town for a night thick and heavy with 70s grooves. Self-proclaimed Puerto Rican Love God, Brutus Gold ...
Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over
Sunday 12 May 2024
In person and in Her Own Words Meet the real Dionne Warwick, the artist behind timeless hits such as What the World Needs Now, Say A Little Prayer, and Don't Make Me Over. What few people know is that behind the iconic music is a strong wom...
Teddy Swims
Wednesday 15 May - Saturday 1 June 2024
Born and raised in Atlanta as a pastor's grandson, Jaten Dimsdale played American football and was involved in musical theatre while in high school. In addition, he joined bands of different genres, performing everything from hip hop, soul ...
BBC Concert Orchestra - Northern Soul Orchestrated
Wednesday 15 May 2024
Following the sold-out night at the Royal Albert Hall's BBC Proms, the BBC Concert Orchestra take their dedicated to northern soul, curated by Wigan's Stuart Maconie and Manchester's Joe Duddell, on the road. A celebration of raw, rare Amer...
Rebecca Ferguson
Friday 17 May 2024
Rebecca Ferguson returns, celebrating the release of her fifth and final album, Heaven Part II. Due for release on 5 December - 12 years to the day since the release of her debut album, Heaven - Rebecca says of the record: "This new album i...
The Drifters
Friday 17 - Saturday 18 May 2024
Continuing the legacy of George and Faye Treadwell, the latest line-up of The Drifters are back on tour in the UK with a brand-new show, performing all the classic hits of the soul legends from the last six decades, such as 'Saturday Night...
Hue and Cry
Friday 17 May 2024
Alongside Wet Wet Wet, Texas, and Deacon Blue, blue-eyed soul pop siblings Pat and Greg Kane, aka Hue & Cry, were one of the most successful acts to emerge from the Scottish music scene that dominated the charts in the late '80s. The duo fr...
Iyamah
Friday 17 May 2024
Over 18s only. A max of 6 tickets per person and per household applies. Tickets in excess of 6 will be cancelled....
Sleeping Ducks + special guests
Friday 17 May 2024
Manchester's 'ska renegades' return for their first live show in nearly three years, alongside guest performers and DJs....
The Real Thing
Saturday 18 May 2024
The Real Thing, with original vocalists Chris Amoo and Dave Smith and their live five piece band, will perform A Brand New Day, their first new album of original material in 44 years. Their new soulful single 'Hang On Never Let Go' will...
Deptford Northern Soul Club
Saturday 18 May - Saturday 8 June 2024
Deptford Northern Soul Club are childhood friends, Will Foot and Lewis Henderson, whose early love of soul developed after discovering Lewis' Dad's record collection. After finally bringing their musical heritage to the forefront with their...
Leee John (Imagination)
Sunday 19 May 2024
After emerging from the underground scene on the UK's pirate jazz-funk and soul stations, Imagination, with their charismatic lead singer, Leee John, burst onto the scene in 1981, when their debut single "Body Talk" peaked at no.4 in the...
Nubiyan Twist
Thursday 23 May 2024
Woven around soul searching, cautionary tales and parables for modern life, the Leeds / London collective effortlessly fuse different soul, jazz and global styles with great musicianship and lyrics. You can hear touches of broken beat, blun...
Legends of Motown
Friday 24 May 2024
Legends of Motown is a high energy tribute show jam packed with all of Motown's biggest hits, with stunning vocals and amazing live band, celebrating the music of the iconic and timeless Motown era. Undoubtedly the golden era of music, the ...
Mali Hayes
Friday 24 May 2024
Mali Hayes's music is perfumed with vibrant real-life stories and coloured with honesty and soul. Described by Jamie Cullum as "A really great new British female vocalist from Manchester. She's got a real un-flashy kind of approach which I...
Saya Gray
Friday 24 May 2024
Now Wave presents Saya Gray at Deaf Lodge on 24th May 2024...
Matt Philips and the Detroits
Saturday 25 May 2024
Experience the magic of Motown and soul music with a captivating evening featuring the incredible Matt Philips and The Detroits....
Luther - Luther Vandross Celebration
Sunday 26 May 2024
The world's premier show in celebration of 'The Velvet Voice'. Experience all the hits from his amazing career, culminating over 40 million album sales and eight Grammy awards including many of the greatest dance anthems and love songs ever...