Indie & Alt Concerts in Manchester

North West Calling 2026 The Exploited, Subhumans, GBH, UK Subs, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, The Meffs, Gimp Fist, and Riskee and the Ridicule

Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK

Rainbow Kitten Surprise and Cigarettes @ Sunset

O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester, UK

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and Will Johnson

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK

Soul Asylum

Gorilla, Manchester, UK

Ben Kweller

Gorilla, Manchester, UK

MOOVIN' 2026 Quantic

Whitebottom Farm, Stockport, UK

Senser and Collapsed Lung

Manchester Academy 3, Manchester, UK

The Kooks

Delamere Forest, Northwich, UK

Skunk Anansie, Garbage, and Du Blonde

Delamere Forest, Northwich, UK

This Will Destroy You and Cahill Costello Cahill

Gorilla, Manchester, UK

Neil Young

Heaton Park, Manchester, UK

The B-52's and Devo The Rezillos and Lene Lovich

AO Arena, Manchester, UK

McFly, Remember Monday, and Twin Atlantic

Delamere Forest, Northwich, UK

Hayley Williams

Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK

Hayley Williams

Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK

Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Elvis Costello, and Charlie Sexton

Palace Theatre, Manchester, UK

The Black Crowes Leah Blevins

Albert Hall Manchester, Manchester, UK

Outbreak Festival 2026 Suicidal Tendencies, Basement, La Dispute, Alexisonfire, Hatebreed, PUP, Converge, and Glare

BEC Arena, Manchester, UK

Superchunk and Middleman

YES The Pink Room, Manchester, UK

David Gray

Manchester Barton Aerodrome, Manchester, UK

John Hiatt

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK

Kings of Leon and The Snuts

Co-op Live, Manchester, UK

The Dirty Nil Bruise Control

Rebellion, Manchester, UK

The Fratellis, Scouting for Girls, The Feeling, The Hoosiers, Toploader, and Dodgy

Barton Aerodrome, Manchester, UK

Phantogram

Club Academy, Manchester, UK

Wet Leg English Teacher

Castlefield Bowl, Manchester, UK

Johnny Marr and Sounds of the City

Castlefield Bowl, Manchester, UK

Kevin Morby and Liam Kazar

O2 Ritz Manchester, Manchester, UK

Sex Pistols, Dr John Cooper Clarke, The Undertones, and Stiff Little Fingers

Castlefield Bowl, Manchester, UK

I Am the Avalanche and Cold Years

The Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK

Sunny Day Real Estate and Tooth

New Century Hall, Manchester, UK

Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, and Return to Dust

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK

Agnes Obel

Aviva Studios - the Hall, Manchester, UK

The Pogues and Bar Dust

Gullivers, Manchester, UK

Wolfmother

O2 Ritz Manchester, Manchester, UK

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Rochdale Town Hall Square, Rochdale, UK

The Popguns

Kamera @ Lloyd & Plat, Manchester, UK

Primus

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK

IAMX

Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK

DJ Jazzy Jeff

Band on the Wall, Manchester, UK

Infest Festival 2026 IAMX, Utah Saints, Louisahhh, Modulate, Potochkine, aux animaux, Lovelorn Dolls, and scheuber

Manchester Academy, Academy 2 & Club Academy, Manchester, UK

A Place To Bury Strangers

The White Hotel, Salford, UK

Amplifier

Manchester Academy 3, Manchester, UK

Part Chimp

The White Hotel, Salford, UK

Current Joys

New Century Hall, Manchester, UK

The Neighbourhood

Co-op Live, Manchester, UK

Shame

Projekts Skate Park, Manchester, UK

Manchester Psych Fest 2026 Allah-Las, Stereolab, Ty Segall, White Denim, The Beta Band, Freak Slug, The Mystery Lights, and The KVB

Manchester, UK

Evanescence Poppy and K.Flay

Co-op Live, Manchester, UK

Kurt Vile and Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band

O2 Ritz Manchester, Manchester, UK