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.

Also please feel free to plug any gigs in the comments box at the bottom of this page.

Click on the events for tickets/info

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MAY 2013

1 – Chvrches – Sound Control

1 – Yeah Yeah Yeahs – The Apollo

1 – Korea Rocks (4 acts from Korea – free entry) – Night & Day Cafe

2 – Run Dust – The Bay Horse

3 – King Creosote (acoustic) – Band On The Wall

3 – Pete Roe – Soup Kitchen

3 – Voyeur – The Roadhouse

3 – The Staves – Gorilla

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

4 – Redshape / Versa / Ghosting Season – Soup Kitchen

5 – Sounds From The Other City – Various Venues

5 – On An On – The Deaf Institute

6 – Unknown Mortal Orchestra – The Deaf Institute

7 – Laura Mvula – Gorilla

9 – Alt-J – Academy 1

9 – Gagreflex – Kraak

9 – Dead Sons – Night & Day Cafe

9 – Vondelpark – Islington MIll

10 – The Phoenix Foundation – The Deaf Institute

10 – Cold War Kids – The Ritz

11 – The Computers – The Deaf Institute

11 – Dirty Beaches – Soup Kitchen

12 – Chelsea Wolfe – The Deaf Institute

12 – Junip – Band On The Wall

13 – The Elwins – The Castle Hotel

13 – RDGLDGRN – Night & Day Cafe

13 – Julie Doiron – Kraak

13 – Noah and the Whale – The Opera House

14 – Public Service Broadcasting – Sound Control

14 – John Grant – The Ritz

14 – Little Boots – Gorilla

15 – Rue Royale – Night & Day Cafe

15 – Valerie June – The Deaf Institute

15 – How To Dress Well – Whitworth Gallery

15 – The Specials – The Apollo

15 – Beach Fossils – The Roadhouse

17 – The Abyssinians – Band On The Wall

17 – Magic Arm / Nacy Elizabeth – Chetham’s School Of Music

17 – Paper Aeroplanes – The Deaf Institute

17 – Mac Demarco – The Roadhouse

18 – Postal Service – Academy 1

19 – Sam Sallon – The Castle Hotel

19 – Sunday Sessions ft. Onions + Stefan Melbourne + open mic – Band On The Wall

20 – Princess Chelsea – The Deaf Institute

21 – Dope Boy – The Bay Horse

21 – Charlie Boyer and The Voyeurs – Soup Kitchen

22 – Bonobo – The Ritz

22 – NoMeansNo – Sound Control

22 – Cayucas – Soup Kitchen

23 – Lord Huron – The Deaf Institute

23 – Mount Eerie – Soup Kitchen

23 – The Besnard Lakes – The Ruby Lounge

24 – Dot To Dot Festival – Various Venues

24 – Molly Nilsson – Islington MIll

24 – David Lynch presents Chrysta Bell – The Ruby Lounge

25 – Internet Forever – Kraak

26 – Viv Albertine – Dulcimer

28 – Swim Deep – The Deaf Institute

28 – Terakaft – The Ruby Lounge

28 – Ghostpoet – Gorilla

29 – Jagwa Ma – Deaf Institute

29 – Chic – The Ritz

29 – Titus Andronicus / Fucked Up – Sound Control

30 – Coasts – Night & Day Cafe

30 – Camp Stag – The Castle Hotel