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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OCTOBER 2013
2 – Frogbelly and Symphony / Denis Jones – Fallow Cafe
2 – Yuck / Oliver Wilde – Soup Kitchen
3 – Whales In Cubicles – Gullivers
3 – Gerard and the Watchmen – The Castle Hotel
3 – Beans On Toast – Night & Day Cafe
4 – Cavan Moran – Takk
4 – Theme Park – Band On The Wall
4 – Pins – Dulcimer
4 – The Cult Of Dom Keller/ Base Ventura – The Roadhouse
4 – Willis Earl Beal – Sacred Trinity Church
4 – Liam Frost – The Deaf Institute
5 – The Fair Ohs – Gullivers
5 – SPLASHH / Charlie Boyer and The Voyeurs – The Deaf Institute
5 – King Krule / Filthy Boy – The Ruby Lounge
5 – Oxjam Takeover – 11 Venues across the Northern Quarter
6 – Oxjam Takeover – 11 Venues across the Northern Quarter
6 – Spacehog – The Deaf Institute
7 – The Holydrug Couple – Gullivers
7 – Small Black – Soup Kitchen
7 – Johnny Flynn and The Sussex Wit – Club Academy
8 – Lady Lamb The Beekeeper – Night & Day Cafe
9 – The Jim Jones Revue – The Ruby Lounge
9 – Laura Mvula – The Ritz
10 – No Age / Wet Nuns (final tour) – The Deaf Institute
10 – Nadine Shah – Soup Kitchen
10 – The Ramona Flowers – Night & Day Cafe
11 – These New Puritans – Gorilla
11 – Race to the Sea – The Castle Hotel
11 – Everything Everything / Dutch Uncles – The Ritz
12 – Everything Everything / Dutch Uncles – The Ritz
12 – Gum Takes Tooth – The Ruby Lounge
12 – Landshapes – The Deaf Institute
12 – Withered Hand – Dulcimer
12 – Letters To Fiesta / Songs For Walter – Soup Kitchen
12 – Johnny Marr – Academy 1
14 – Chvrches – The Ritz
14 – MGMT – O2 Apollo
14 – Islet – The Ruby Lounge
15 – Lanterns On The Lake – The Deaf Institute
15 – Let’s Buy Happiness – Night & Day Cafe
15 – Tunng – Band On The Wall
15 – Japanther – Sound Control
15 – Drenge / Bad Grammar – The Roadhouse
16 – San Cisco / F.U.R.S. – The Deaf Institute
16 – Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – The Ruby Lounge
17 – Travelling Band – The Ruby Lounge
17 – Deptford Goth – The Deaf Institute
17 – Troumaca – Soup Kitchen
18 – The Minx (venue launch night) – The Eagle
18 – Smoke Fairies – St. Philip’s Church
18 – VV Brown – The Deaf Institute
18 – Duane Pitre – St. Margaret’s Church
18 – Psychic Strangers – Night & Day Cafe
19 – NO CEREMONY/// – The Deaf Institute
19 – SWAYS Records All Dayer – The Eagle
19 – Ghostpoet – The Deaf Institute
19 – Jagwar Ma / John Wizards – Gorilla
19 – A Carefully Planned Festival #3 (over 100 acts for £12.50) – Various Venues
20 – A Carefully Planned Festival #3 (over 100 acts for £12.50) – Various Venues
21 – White Hills – The Deaf Institute
21 – Coasts – The Castle Hotel
21 – Daughter – The Ritz
21 – Veronica Falls / Bleached – Gorilla
22 – Washed Out – Gorilla
22 – Holograms – Soup Kitchen
22 – Bill Ryder Jones / Porcelain Raft – The Deaf Institute
23 – Almunia – Gullivers
23 – Brown Brogues (album launch) – The Castle Hotel
23 – Susheela Raman – The Ruby Lounge
23 – Girls Names – Night & Day Cafe
23 – Mark Eitzel – Soup Kitchen
24 – Candidate23 – The Eagle
24 – Songs About Death – The Castle Hotel
24 – Clean Bandit – Gorilla
24 – Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg with Andrew WK – Academy 2
25 – Toy – The Ritz
25 – Guy Connor – The Eagle
25 – Destruction Unit – Soup Kitchen
25 – Waxahatchee – Sound Control
25 – The Lovely Eggs – The Ruby Lounge
26 – Corvids – The Eagle
26 – Euros Childs – The Roadhouse
26 – King Kartel – Kraak
26 – The Growlers – The Deaf Institute
26 – Local Natives / Cloud Control – The Ritz
26 – London Grammar – Sound Control
27 – Record Label Showcase (record label market and live music) – Islington Mill
27 – Portico Quartet – Gorilla
28 – Deafheaven – Soup Kitchen
29 Warpaint – Academy
29 – Allo Darlin’ – Soup Kitchen
29 Parquet Courts / Hookworms / Mazes – Gorilla
30 – Firesuite – The Eagle
30 – Gabby Young & Other Animals – Tiger Lounge
31 – Gabrielle Aplin – The Ritz
31 – Bad Grammar – Dulcimer
31 – Metasplice – Soup Kitchen