MANCHESTER · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Manchester
815 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Manchester. Browse, filter, submit your own.
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Grass-Roots Gigs in Manchester
Manchester has a busy grass-roots circuit — small-venue shows, basement bars, residencies and one-off promoter nights, and you can see what’s on in Manchester over the next four weeks. The directory below pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Manchester: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Looking for related Manchester pages? Browse the Manchester live music hub, Manchester open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, the how to get gigs in Manchester guide, or find a band in Manchester. Or jump to nearby UK cities: London, Glasgow and Birmingham.
What’s on in Manchester this week — or see what’s on across the UK.
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OCT
12
Indecision & Pinkpool with supports from Vienna, and Hazel
Aatma·Piccadilly, Manchester
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OCT
12
Francis Rossi
Stockport Plaza·Brinnington & Stockport Central, Manchester
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OCT
12
Indecision with supports from Vienna, Pinkpool and Hazel
Aatma·Piccadilly, Manchester
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OCT
13
Beth Orton
Manchester Stoller Hall, Manchester
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OCT
13
Pip Millett
New Century Locker·Piccadilly, Manchester
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OCT
13
Pip Millett, Finn Carter
New Century Locker·Piccadilly, Manchester
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OCT
13
Winyah
YES Basement·Deansgate, Manchester
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OCT
13
Dolphin Love
The Abbey·Hulme, Manchester
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OCT
13
Nectar Woode at Manchester The Deaf Institute.
The Deaf Institute·Hulme, Manchester
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OCT
13
Arab Strap
Band On The Wall.·Piccadilly, Manchester
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OCT
13
Arab Strap, Sin Clair
Band On The Wall.·Piccadilly, Manchester
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OCT
14
BLACK WATER COUNTY
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
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OCT
14
KHEMMIS- The Bread Shed, Manchester
The Bread Shed·Hulme, Manchester
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OCT
14
Ulrika Spacek
The White Hotel, Manchester
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OCT
14
Tommy Barlow
The Abbey·Hulme, Manchester
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OCT
14
Jude York
Night and Day·Piccadilly, Manchester
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OCT
15
Hera Piano Trio: Rush Hour Concerts
The Stoller Hall·Deansgate, Manchester
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OCT
15
Dizzy Brasscals presents - INDIE BRASS CLUB
The Deaf Institute·Hulme, Manchester
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OCT
15
Dan Swift - Still Colouring Tour - Manchester
The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE·Piccadilly, Manchester
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- GenreAlternative Rock, Garage, Hip-Hop
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OCT
15
Precious Pepala
The Lodge·Hulme, Manchester
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OCT
15
Grub! Promotions Presents: #VALUE!, Cob & In Brackets
Fuel Bar Cafe·Old Moat, Manchester
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OCT
15
IAN McNABB (Icicle Works) | Carlton Club | Manchester Thu 15 Oct
The Carlton Club Manchester·Whalley Range, Manchester
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OCT
15
Kavus Torabi Live + Justin Robertson's Five Green Moons
The Yard Manchester·Cheetham, Manchester
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OCT
15
Indie BRASS Club
The Deaf Institute·Hulme, Manchester
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Manchester Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in Manchester, answered with live data.
The What’s On in Manchester page narrows this directory to the next four weeks — 79 of them are in the next 7 days — with the same date, entry and ticket filters, plus the Manchester venues and open mic nights alongside. This page stays the evergreen listing of all 815 upcoming gigs.
815 upcoming gigs listed for Manchester. 79 are this week. Sorted by date — earliest first.
None of the listed Manchester gigs have free entry. Most are pay-on-the-door or pre-sold tickets.
A UK gig at an independent venue — typically capped under 600 capacity — by an artist who isn't on a major-label arena tour. In: pubs, basement bars, indie clubs, community halls, arts centres, and small folk / jazz / punk festivals. Out: arenas, stadiums, the O2 chain, Royal Albert Hall, Symphony Hall, the Barbican, premium dining-cabaret rooms (Jazz Cafe, KOKO, Boisdale), and mega-festival sites (Reading, Leeds, Glastonbury, BST Hyde Park). Major-artist 'World Tour' / 'Arena Tour' / 'Greatest Hits' shows are also excluded — this directory is for the early-career bands, local promoter nights and Tuesday-evening residencies the bigger aggregators tend to miss.
Promoters, venues and artists can submit gigs free via the submission form. Submissions are reviewed and verified within 48 hours before going live.
For recurring weekly slots, see the Manchester open mic directory. For the wider live-music scene, the Manchester live music hub. For artist booking advice, how to get gigs in Manchester. Venue looking for a band? find a band in Manchester shows available acts. Or browse the main UK gig directory.
Listings are compiled from public ticketing-platform APIs and direct submissions by promoters, venues and artists. Each listing carries a verification badge — verified means we've confirmed it independently; unverified means we sourced it from a publicly published event. For UK grassroots-venue context see the Music Venue Trust (industry body), PRS for Music (UK licensing) and Help Musicians UK (independent musicians' charity).
Beyond city pages, browse the UK open mic directory for recurring weekly nights, the UK city hub index for every covered city, the genre directory, the booking guides, or the GX Index for live UK gig rates and percentiles.
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