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.

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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OCTOBER 2012

1 – Man Like Me – The Deaf Institute

2 – Shonen Knife / The Lovely Eggs – The Ruby Lounge

2 – Gideon Conn – The Kings Arms

2 – Kyla La Grange – The Deaf Institute

3 – We Are Augustines – The Ritz

4 – Rook and the Ravens/Moulettes/Dark Dark Horse – The Ruby Lounge

4 – Two Wounded Birds – Night & Day Cafe

4 – We Were Evergreen – Trof Fallowfield

4 – Twisted Wheel – Sound Control

4 – Sen Segur / Plant Duw – Kraak

4 – NCZA/Lines – Soup Kitchen

4 – Wet Nuns – The Castle Hotel

5 – Bobbie Peru – The Roadhouse

5 – Smoke Fairies – The Deaf Institute

6 – SBTRKT – The Warehouse Project

6 – Jim Noir – The Deaf Institute

6 – Marina and the Diamonds – Academy 1

7 – FUN. – Academy 1

7 – Wintersleep – The Deaf Institute

8 – Echo Lake – The Castle Hotel

9 – Egyptian Hip Hop – Soup Kitchen

9 – Ren Harvieu – The Ritz

10 – Errors – Soup Kitchen

10 – Why? – Central Methodist Hall

10 – Jim Jones Revue – Sound Control

11 – Balam Acab – Soup Kitchen

12 – BIGkids – Soup Kitchen

12 – Funeral Suits – The Deaf Institute

13 – This Many Boyfriends / Omi Palone – The Roadhouse

13 – Hot Chip – Academy 1

13 – Fossil Collective – The Deaf Institute

13 – Pins – Soup Kitchen

13 – Oneohtrix Point Never – Islington Mill

14 – Nada Surf – Academy 3

14 – Tamaryn – Soup Kitchen

14 – Dirty Projectors – Gorilla

14 – Red Deer Club Secret Sessions – Secret Locations Northern Quarter

15 – Rozi Plain – The Castle Hotel

15 – AUN / thisquietarmy / Petrels – Kraak

15 – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – The Ruby Lounge

15 – The Invisible – Soup Kitchen

15 – Nightingales / Ted Chipington – Night & Day Cafe

15 – New Manchester Review (3 acts free enrty) – Band On The Wall

16 – Islands – The Deaf Institute

16 – Submotion Orchestra – The Ruby Lounge

17 – Bo Ningen – The Ruby Lounge

17 – Micachu & the Shapes – Islington Mill

17 – King Krule – Soup Kitchen

18 – iLiKETRAiNS – The Deaf Institute

18 – Louis Barrabas and the Bedlam Six – Islington Mill

18 – O Children – Kraak

18 – Grizzly Bear – Academy 1

19 – Greatwaves – The Bunker

20 – Tim Burgess (2.30 & 7.30 shows) – The Deaf Institute

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

20 / 21 – A Carefully Planned Festival 2012 – Various Venues in the Northern Quarter

21 – Liars – Sound Control

22 – Sparks – The Ritz

22 – Everything Everything – Gorilla

22 – Bat For Lashes – Manchester Cathedral

23 – Bat For Lashes – Manchester Cathedral

23 – Zombie Zombie / From The Kites Of San Quentin – Soup Kitchen

23 – Django Django – The Ritz

24 – Last Harbour – Islington Mill

24 – Wave Machines – The Deaf Institute

24 – Howler + The Cast Of Cheers + Gross Magic – Club Academy

25 – The Unthanks – Gorilla

25 – Lucy Rose – The Deaf Institute

26 – Torches / Embers – The Roadhouse

26 – BBC Introducing Live (free entry) – The Ruby Lounge

26 – Thingumabob & The Thingumajigs – Academy 3

27 – Un-Peeled (John Peel Day) – The Night & Day Cafe/Gullivers

27 – Alt-J (matinee) – RNCM

27 – Alt-J – RNCM

27 – Delphic / D/R/U/G/S – Gorilla

27 – Japandroids – Sound Control

27 – Rolo Tomassi – The Deaf Institute

27 – Coastal Cities – Dry Bar

27 – Public Service Broadcasting/Cyril Snear – Soup Kitchen

27 – Oxjam Manchester Takeover – Antwerp Mansion / Trof Fallowfield / Fuel Cafe / Red Rum

28 – Toy – The Ruby Lounge

29 – Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster – Club Academy

29 – Knifeworld/The Fierce & the Dead/Trojan Horse – The Ruby Lounge

30 – The Voluntary Butler Scheme / Sweet Baboo / Onions – Kraak

30 – Walkmen – The Ritz

30 – Josephine Foster / Dean McPhee – Islington Mill

31 – Beach House – The Ritz