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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FEBRUARY 2012

1 – Lee Scratch Perry – Band On The Wall

2 – Everything Everything – Islington Mill

3 – J-Dilla Changed My Life feat. Phat Kat / Mr Scruff / Ma Dukes & more – The Ruby Lounge

3 – The Janice Graham Band – The Ritz

4 – Murkage – The Ritz

4 – Whiskycats – Sound Control

4 – Jesca Hoop – The Cornerhouse

6 – Friends – The Deaf Institute

6 – Blouse – The Castle Hotel

8 – All The Young / Spector / Ren Harvieu – The Ritz

9 – Baptists and Bootleggers Launch Party feat.Go Lebanon/Borland/Vei – Islington Mill

9 – Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – The Deaf Institute

10 – The Unthanks – Band On The Wall

10 – The Twighlight Sad / Let’s Wrestle – The Ruby Lounge

10 – NME Awards Tour – Academy 1

11 – NME Awards Tour – Academy 1

11 – The Tiger Lillies – The Contact Theatre

13 – Justice – Academy 1

13 – Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six – Band On The Wall

15 – The Big Pink – Academy 3

16 – Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr – The Castle Hotel

17 – Citizens! – The Castle Hotel

17 – TOKOLOSH  – John Rylands Library

17 – We Have Band – The Ruby Lounge

17 – ThingumaBob & The Thingumajigs – Academy 3

17 – Real Estate – The Deaf Institute

18 – Ghostpoet – Sound Control

18 – Spector – The Deaf Institute

19 – Field Music – The Deaf Institute

19 – Grouplove – The Ruby Lounge

20 – Michael Kiwanuka – The Ruby Lounge

20 – Masters In France – The Roadhouse

20 – Django Django – The Deaf Institute

22 – Rodrigo Y Gabriela – The Ritz

22 – Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny – The Deaf Institute

23 – Allo Darlin’ – The Deaf Institute

23 – SBTRKT – The Ritz

24 – First Aid Kit – Academy 3

24 – Victories at Sea – The Roadhouse

25 – Charlene Soraia – The Night & Day Cafe

25 – Cold Specks – The Deaf Institute

26 – Funeral Suits – The Night & Day Cafe

27 – To Kill A King – The Deaf Institute

27 – War On Drugs – Sound Control

28 – Scroobius Pip – Club Academy

29 – The Whip – Club Academy

29 – Hooray For Earth – The Night & Day Cafe