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 we don’t know the answer to that, but we’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.

If we’ve missed anything please feel free to plug any gigs in the comments box at the bottom of this page.

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APRIL 2014

2 – Goldheart Assembly – The Ruby Lounge

2 – La Luz – Gullivers

2 – Marmozets – The Deaf Institute

3 – Cloud Boat – The Castle Hotel

4 – Big Deal – Band On The Wall

4 – The Hyena Kill (Single Launch) – Gullivers

4 – Department M / Hartheim / U.V. – Night & Day Cafe

4 – Mobius Loop/India Mill/Our Dead Friends/David Shurr (free gig) – The Bay Horse

5 – Kiran Leonard – The Castle Hotel

5 – Let’s Wrestle / Charles Howl – Kraak

5 – Bipolar Sunshine – Academy 2

6 – Sweet Baboo – Takk Coffee House

6 – Douga / Borland / Vei – Fuel Cafe

8 – Lorelle Meets The Obsolete – Gullivers

9 – Elbow – Phones 4 U Arena

9 – Peggy Sue – Soup Kitchen

9 – Delooze / The Witch Hunt – The Castle Hotel

10 – The Burning Hell – Gullivers

10 – Gap Dream – Ruby Lounge

11 – Jesca Hoop – The Deaf Institute

11 – The Blue Angel Lounge / Dead Rabbits – Dry Bar

12 – Paul Thomas Saunders – Soup Kitchen

14 – Tom Brosseau – The Castle Hotel

16 – Augustines – Academy 2

17 – Sham Bodie (Joe Dudderidge (The Travelling Band)) – The Castle Hotel

17 – Timber Timbre – The Roadhouse

17 – Carlton Melton – Kraak

17 – George Clinton & P-Funk – The Ritz

18 – Laura Stevenson – The Cornerhouse

18 – Buoys / Groves – Kraak

19 – Ghost Outfit / Temple Songs & more (Record Store Day event) – The Deaf Institute

19 – Gymnast – The Castle Hotel

19 – Horace Andy and Dub Asante – Band On The Wall

19 – A Carefully Planned All-Dayer – Gullivers

19 – Holy Mountain – Fallow Cafe

20 – Painted Palms – Soup Kitchen

21 – Joan As Policewoman – Gorilla

21 – Doe – Fuel Cafe

22 – Postcards – The Castle Hotel

22 – The Crookes – Sound Control

22 – The Nightingales / Ted Chippington – Kraak

23 – I Am Your Autopilot – The Castle Hotel

23 – Childhood – Night & Day Cafe

23 – Dead Ghosts / Fruit Tones – Gullivers

24 – Bob Log III – The Ruby Lounge

24 – The Wave Pictures – Chorlton Irish Club

24 – Chet Faker – Soup Kitchen

24 – Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats – Academy 3

24 – MotherTongue / The Bear Around Your Neck – The Bay Horse

25 – Ash Mountain – The Bay Horse

25 – Woman’s Hour – Gullivers

26 – Liz Green – First Chop Brewing Arm

26 – RuFuS – Night & Day Cafe

27 – Sabina (Brazilian Girls) – The Deaf Institute

27 – Doctrines – Fuel Cafe

28 – Micah P Hinson – The Ruby Lounge

28 – School Of Language – The Deaf Institute

28 – Blood Red Shoes – Club Academy

29 – Literature Thieves – The Castle Hotel

30 – Shonen Knife – The Ruby Lounge