We have trawled through the forthcoming gigs in and around Manchester so you don’t have to. We believe that if we are going to recommend a gig to you, then it should be exactly that, a recommendation.

There are many other sites out here on the internet that have a gig guide, but how many of them can say they have actually listened to every single band/act they have listed? Well to be honest we don’t know the answer to that, but we’d guess not many, if any at all. Anyway, this is exactly what we do and hopefully the result is the best Manchester gig guide available. We shall let you be the judge.

This page is updated on a regular basis, so please check back often.

If we’ve missed anything please feel free to plug any gigs in the comments box at the bottom of this page.

Want to hear what these chosen artists/acts sound like? Of course you do! Just click on the artist/act name and you’ll be magically taken to a place you can hear them.

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MARCH 2014

1 – Deathcats/Fruit Tones – Big Hands

1 – BBC 6 Music Festival – Victoria Warehouse

1 – Temples – Academy 2

1 – Shield Patterns – Gullivers

1 – Pixel Fix – The Castle Hotel

2 – F.O.E.S – Gullivers

2 – Luke Sital Singh / Eliza and The Bear – The Ruby Lounge

3 – Radkey – The Night & Day Cafe

3 – Purple Heart Parade / Psyence / Great Ytene – The Castle Hotel

4 – Castles – Kraak

4 – Skaters – The Deaf Institute

4 – Breton – Soup Kitchen

5 – Charlie Barnes / Tribal Fighters / Sphelm – Gullivers

6 – Spring King – Soup Kitchen

7 – Black Tooth – The Eagle Inn

7 – Patterns – St. Phillips Church

7 – Gum Takes Tooth – Islington Mill

8 – Dillinger / Yellowman – Band on the Wall

8 – Bird – The Castle Hotel

8 – William Fitzsimmons – The Night & Day Cafe

8 – Postcards From Jeff – Soup Kitchen

8 – Bad Uncle & Grey Lantern’s Box Social – Klondyke, Levenshulme

9 – We Are Scientists – The Ritz

11 – Bassekou Koyate and Ngoni Ba – Band on the Wall

13 – Then Thickens – The Night & Day

14 – Grails – Soup Kitchen

14 – Metronomy – The Ritz

15 – Lee Scratch Perry – Band on the Wall

15 – A Carefully Planned All Dayer – Gullivers

15 – The Notwist – The Deaf Institute

15 – Ellen & The Escapades – The Castle Hotel

16 –  Johnny Foreigner – Gullivers

18 – LVLS – The Castle Hotel

20 – NME Awards Tour – Academy 1

20 – Bombay Bicycle Club – Albert Hall

21 – Dark Bells / The Underground Youth / The Watchmakers – Kraak

21 – Bombay Bicycle Club – Albert Hall

22 – Jungle – The Deaf Institute

23 – Lyla Foy – The Castle Hotel

26 – Last Lynx – The Night & Day Cafe

26 – Wild Beasts / East India Youth – Albert Hall

27 – Denis Jones – The Night & Day Cafe

27 – Story Books – The Castle Hotel

27 – Beard Of Wolves / Stilts / The Hyena Kill – The Bay Horse

28 – Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six – The Deaf Institute

28 – Dean Blunt – Soup Kitchen

29 – Temple Songs – The Night & Day Cafe

29 – Bad Grammar / The Pearl Harts / Pedro Don Key – The Castle Hotel

30 – Rhodes – The Castle Hotel

30 – Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains – The Roadhouse

30 – Tokyo Police Club – The Ruby Lounge

31 – The Space Lady – Manchester Art Gallery