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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NOVEMBER 2012

1 – Alessi’s Ark – The Ruby Lounge

1 – Schwervon! / Base Ventura / Runaround Kids – The Castle Hotel

1 – Tame Impala – The Ritz

1 – Opossum – Night & Day Cafe

1 – Pale Seas – Trof Fallowfield

1 – 2:54 – Soup Kitchen

2 – To Kill A King – The Ruby Lounge

2 – Spector – The Ritz

2 – Easy Stars All-Stars – Band On The Wall

2 – Kult Country – Islington Mill

3 – WE.ARE.LIZARDS (Scroobius Pip DJ set) – 2022 NQ

3 – How To Dress Well – Soup Kitchen

3 – Jesca Hoop – The Deaf Institute

4 – Ringo Deathstarr – The Night & Day Cafe

4 – Sounds From The Other City presents Orbit – Various Venues, Salford

5 – Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab) – The Deaf Institute

6 – Patrick Wolf – The Lowry

6 – Blood Diamonds – Soup Kitchen

6 – Death Grips – Sound Control

7 – Savages – Gorilla

7 – Julian Cope’s Compenduim – The Ruby Lounge

8 – Jo Rose – The Night & Day Cafe

8 – Martin Creed – Islington Mill

8 – Easter – The Black Lion

8 – Hey Rosetta! – Soup Kitchen

8 – Ty Segall – The Deaf Institute

9 – Golden Fable – Kraak

9 – Flying Lotus – The Warehouse Project

9 – Still Corners – Soup Kitchen

9 – Hooded Fang – The Castle Hotel

10 – Holograms – The Castle Hotel

11 – Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell – The Kings Arms

12 – The Crookes – Sound Control

12 – Halls – Soup Kitchen

12 – Alabama Shakes – Academy 1

13 – Marcus Foster – The Ruby Lounge

14 – Soft Bullets – Night & Day Cafe

14 – Saint Lou Lou – Soup Kitchen

14 – Fucked Up – The Deaf Institute

15 – Tenebrous Liar – Kraak

15 – Moulettes – Soup Kitchen

15 – The Neighbourhood – The Deaf Institute

16 – K-X-P / Plank! – Soup Kitchen

16 – Beak>> – The Deaf Institute

16 – Passion Pit – Academy 1

16 /17 – Comfortable On A Tightrope (8th Birthday) – Islington Mill

17 – Jake Bugg – Club Academy

20 – Diiv – The Deaf Institute

21 – The Spinto Band – The Ruby Lounge

21 – The Vaccines – The Apollo

21 – AlunaGeorge – The Deaf Institute

22 – Jupiter, Juveniles & Yan Wagner – Soup Kitchen

22 – First Aid Kit – The Ritz

23 – D/R/U/G/S – Soup Kitchen

23 – Father John Misty – The Deaf Institute

24 – Ramalama (live bands & club night £3) – The Night & Day Cafe

24 – Purity Ring – Sound Control

25 – Adam Ant & The Good, The Mad And The Lovely Posse – The Ritz

26 – The Fall – The Factory

26 – Chain and the Gang – Kraak

26 – The North Sea Scrolls (Luke Haines, Cathal Coughlan with narrations by Andrew Mueller) – The Deaf Institute

26 – Shearwater – St. Philip’s Church

26 – The Soft Moon – The Ruby Lounge

27 – The Staves – The Ruby Lounge

28 – Dan Mangan – The Deaf Institute

28 – Crystal Castles – Academy 1

29 – Matthew Halsall – Band On The Wall

30 – The Lovely Eggs / Bad Grammar – The Roadhouse

30 – I Am Blackbird – The Kings Arms

30 – Luke Abbott – Kraak

30 – Chew Lips – The Deaf Institute

30 – BBC Introducing Manchester (3 live acts, Free entry) – The Ruby Lounge