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 I don’t know the answer to that, but I’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 like.
Also please feel free to plug any gigs in the comments box at the bottom of this page.
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MAY 2012
1 – Savages / Pins – Fuhrer Bunker
2 – Richard James – The Castle Hotel
2 – Practical Electronica: Film screening and Q&A – Islington Mill
2 – We Are Augustines – Academy 3
3 – Team Me – Soup Kitchen
3 – Karima Francis – The Ruby Lounge
4 – James Blackshaw – Sacred Trinity
4 – Spector – Sound Control
4 – Quantic & Alice Russell – Band On The Wall
4 – Bowerbirds – The Deaf Institute
5 – Blood Red Shoes – Academy 2
6 – The Heartbreaks – The Ruby Lounge
6 – Sounds From The Other City – Salford
6 – Here We Go Magic / Porcelain Raft – The Deaf Institute
8 – Devin – The Castle Hotel
8 – Friends – Academy 3
9 – Ozric Tentacles – Band On The Wall
9 – The Jessie Rose Trip – Sound Control
9 – Perfume Genius / Boy Friend – The Deaf Institute
9 – From The Kites Of San Quentin / Trojan Horse / Cyril Snear / Borland – The Roadhouse
10 – Trailer Trash Tracys – The Deaf Institute
10 – Grimes – Islington Mill
10 – Alabama Shakes – Central Methodist Hall
10 – A Place to Bury Strangers – Sound Control
11 – EMA – Soup Kitchen
12 – I Like Trains – Soup Kitchen
12 – Zulu Winter – Sound Control
13 – New Manchester Review feat. 4 bands, free entry – Band On The Wall
13 – My Best Fiend – Soup Kitchen
13 – Said The Whale – The Deaf Institute
14 – The Big Sleep – The Castle Hotel
15 – Princess Chelsea – The Castle Hotel
15 – Michael Kiwanuka – The Ritz
16 – Shabazz Palaces – Islington Mill
16 – DZ Deathrays – Soup Kitchen
16 – Deadbeat – Islington Mill
16 – Tim Hecker – St. Philips
17 – Tri-Angle Records Shwocase feat. Evian Christ / Holy Other & more – Islington Mill
17 – Dieter Moebius Live Score ‘Metropolis 1927’ – St. Philips
17 – Milk Music – Soup Kitchen
17 – Sharon Van Etten – The Deaf Institute
18 – Alt-J / Money / No Ceremony / Stealing Sheep / Great Waves / Pins – Quay House
18 – DJ Format & The Simonsound Live A/V Show – Band On The Wall
19 – The Horrors – The Ritz
20 – Bear in Heaven – Soup Kitchen
CANCELLED 20 – Death Grips – Quay House CANCELLED
21 – 130701 Transcendentalists feat. Hauschka, Johann Johannsson and Dustin O’Halloran – RNCM
21 – New Manchester Review feat. 3 bands, free entry – Band On The Wall
22 – Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – The Deaf Institute
23 – Japandroids – Soup Kitchen
24 – The Skatalites – Band On The Wall
25 – Tennis – Soup Kitchen
25 – Duke Special – The Deaf Institute
26 – Martin Rev – Club Academy
26 – Pond – Soup Kitchen
26 – Milagres – The Deaf Institute
26 – Jonquil – Kraak
28 – Moonface – Soup Kitchen
30 – Miike Snow – The Ritz
30 – High Places / Savages – Islington Mill
31 – Gideon Conn – The Deaf Institute
