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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JANUARY 2014

3 – XFM First Friday – The Cape Race/Young Kato/The Tea Street Band – Band On The Wall

5 – Rook And The Ravens – Band On The Wall

7 – Wild Cub – The Castle Hotel

9 – Ménage à Trois – The Castle Hotel

9 – Alcoa – Kraak

10 – Cass McCombs – Deaf Institute

10 – Just Handshakes/Songs For Walter/So Sexual – The Castle Hotel

14 – Chris T-T & The Hoodrats – Gullivers

15 – Jessica Pratt – Gullivers

15 – Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Gorilla

17 – Bourbon Street Beat – Gullivers

17 – Strangeways – The Roadhouse

19 – Deer Tick – Deaf Institute

19 – Death to the Strange – Band On The Wall

19 – Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – Academy 2

20 – Liam Frost – Sound Control

21 – Darlia – Sound Control

23 – Adam Green – Deaf Institute

23 – God Damn – Gullivers

24 – James Vincent McMorrow – Manchester Cathedral

24 – Max Raptor – Sound Control

24 – Connan Mockasin – Soup Kitchen

25 – The Heartbreaks – Deaf Institute

25 – Felix Hagan & The Family – Night & Day Cafe

26 – Jaws – Kraak

27 – Filthy Boy – The Castle Hotel

27 – Lonely The Brave – Deaf Institute

29 – Samantha Crain – The Ruby Lounge

29 – Exit Calm – Sound Control

29 – Silverclub/Letters To Fiesta/Moscow Transport – The Dancehouse

30 – East India Youth – Gullivers

30 – Speaks – The Bay Horse

31 – Algiers/Bad Grammar – Fallow Cafe

31 – Nankeens / The Fallows – The Ruby Lounge