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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MARCH 2012

1 – Denis Jones & the Pickpocket – The Soup Kitchen

1 – The Duke Spirit – The Ruby Lounge

2 – The Phenomenal Hand Clap Band – The Night & Day Cafe

2 – Gotye – The Ritz

2 – Momus – The Anthony Burgess Foundation

2 – Sleigh Bells – Academy 2

2 – Soko – Islington Mill

4 – Theme Park/The Cast Of Cheers – The Deaf Institute

4 – We Are Augustines – The Night & Day Cafe

5 – Mark Lanegan Band – Academy 2

5 – Three Trapped Tigers – The Ruby Lounge

5 – Pale Seas – The Castle Hotel

6 – Lambchop – Manchester Cathedral

7 – Gang Colours – The Castle Hotel

8 – New Build – The Deaf Institute

9 – Laura Marling – Apollo

9 – Veronica Falls – The Deaf Institute

10 – Portico Quartet / Matthew Halsall – RNCM

12 – Cave Painting – Trof Fallowfield

13 – The Rumour Said Fire – The Castle Hotel

13 – Dog Is Dead – The Deaf Institute

15 – Kill It Kid – The Deaf Institute

15 – Wu Lyf – The Ritz

16 – The Janice Graham Band – Fac251

16 – The Civil Wars – Academy 2

16 – Summer Camp – The Night & Day Cafe

17 – Rook and the Ravens – The Night & Day Cafe

17 – Night of the Living Dread (club night) – Band On The Wall

18 – Felice Brothers – Academy 2

18 – Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrell – The Cornerhouse

22 – Kindness – The Soup Kitchen

23 – Driver Drive Faster – The Deaf Institute

24 – Jah Wobble – The Ruby Lounge

24 – The Wave Pictures – The Kings Arms

24 – Nitin Sawhney – Band On The Wall

26 – Memoryhouse – The Deaf Institute

28 – The Invisibles – Trof Fallowfield

29 – Jake Bug – The Castle Hotel

29 – Breton – Islington Mill

29 – The Strange Boys – The Deaf Institute

30 – BBC Manchester Introducing Live – The Ruby Lounge

31 – Frankfest (The Fall, Badly Drawn Boy, The Lovely Eggs + many more) – Jabez Clegg

31 – Shearwater – The Deaf Institute