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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JULY 2012

3 – Gabrielle Aplin – The Deaf Institute

3 – Gideon Conn – The Castle Hotel

4 – Femi Kuti & The Positive ForceBand On The Wall

4 – Standard Fare – The Castle Hotel

4 – Regina Spektor – The Apollo

5 – Folks/Slow Reader Club/Clockwork Radio – The Ruby Lounge

5 – No Ceremony/// – Sacred Trinity Church

6 – Active Child – Soup Kitchen

6 – Biederbeck (free gig)- The Castle Hotel

9 – Sea Lions/Golden Grrrls/Former Bullies/Sex Hands – The Castle Hotel

10 – Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer – Lass O’Gowrie

10 – Sam Forrest – The Castle Hotel

11 – Of Monsters And Men – Academy 3

12 – Wooden Shjips – Sound Control

14 – The Tapestry –  The Castle Hotel

18 – Post War Years – Soup Kitchen

18 – Man Without Country/Karin Park – The Castle Hotel

19 – Splashh – The Castle Hotel

21 – Carefully Planned All Dayer – The Castle Hotel

21 – Digits – 2022NQ

23 – The Slow Show/Chi & The Twelfth Wall – The Castle Hotel

23 – New Manchester Review (3 local acts, free entry) – Band On The Wall

24 – Savages – The Deaf Institute

24 – Tashaki Miyaki – The Castle Hotel

26 – Brown Brogues – The Deaf Institute

26 – The Voyeurist – The Castle Hotel

27 – BBC MCR Introducing Live (4 acts – free entry) – The Ruby Lounge

27 – Plank! – Soup Kitchen

28 – Coves – The Castle Hotel

30 – Ty Segall – The Night & Day Cafe