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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MAY 2014
1 – Moulettes – The Ruby Lounge
1 to 3 – Liverpool Sound City – Liverpool (not Manchester, but worth a trip down the East Lancs Road)
2 – The Twilight Sad – The Deaf Institute
2 – The Amazing Snakeheads – The Roadhouse
2 – Arc Iris – The Night & Day Cafe
2 – Wild Cub – Soup Kitchen
2 – Lola Colt – Gullivers
2 – Hibou – Fallow Cafe
2 – The Gildings/Hawker Reunion (Free Entry) – Fuel Cafe
3 – Dum Dum Girls / Pins – The Roadhouse
3 – Factory Floor – Islington Mill
3 – Brown Brogues/Murkage – Soup Kitchen
4 – Sounds From The Other City – Various Venues, Salford
4 – Gambles – The Castle Hotel
4 – San Fermin – The Deaf Institute
4 – We Have Band – The Ruby Lounge
5 – Beta All Dayer (15 acts for £5) – Various Venues, Oldham Street
6 – Big Ups – Kraak
6 – Shrine/Vasa/Cleft – Dulcimer, Chorlton
6 – Her Name Is Calla – Soup Kitchen
7 – Fight Like Apes/Whales In Cubicles/Bad Grammar – Kraak
7 – Iron Chic/Gnarwolves – The Star & Garter
7 – Tennis – Gullivers
7 – Albert Hammond Jr – Gorilla
8 – Plank – The Bay Horse
8 – Girl Sweat – Night & Day Cafe
8 – Future Islands/Ed Schrader’s Music Beat – Gorilla
9 – Delays – The Ruby Lounge
9 – The Handsome Family/Vikesh Kapoor – Gorilla
10 – Jagwar Ma – Academy 2
10 – Pure Love – Sound Control
10 – Los Pecadores – Dulcimer, Chorlton
11 – Hindsights – Wahlbar
12 – Bo Ningen/Younghusband – The Deaf Institute
13 – Teleman – The Deaf Institute
14 – Girl Friend – The Castle Hotel
14 – Real Friends – The Star & Garter
15 – French For Rabbits – The Eagle Inn
15 The Fall – Manchester Cathedral
15 – East India Youth/White Hinterland – Manchester Art Gallery
16 – The Narrows/Tribal Fighters – The Ruby Lounge
17 – Neutral Milk Hotel – Albert Hall
17 – East India Youth (Loud in Libraries) – Oldham Library
17 – Carefully Planned Alldayer – Gullivers
17 – Chain of Flowers/Claw The Thin Ice – Wahlbar
18 – Horsebeach – Kraak
18 – Neutral Milk Hotel – Albert Hall
19 – Nick Mulvey – Gorilla
19 – Archie Bronson Outfit – The Ruby Lounge
20 – La Dispute Gorilla
20 – Mutual Benefit – The Deaf Institute
21 – Mac DeMarco – The Ritz
22 – Cloud Nothings/Cheatahs – The Deaf Institute
22 – O>L>A / Trianglecuts – St Werburgh’s Church, Chorlton
22 – Swans – Academy 2
22 – Decade/Brawlers – Sound Control
23 – Fat Out Fest – Islington Mill
23 – Paper Aeroplanes – St Clement’s Church, Chorlton
23 – Dot To Dot Festival – Various Venues, Oxford Road
23 – Crocodiles – The Ruby Lounge
24 – Fat Out Fest – Islington Mill
24 – Frankie & The Heartstrings – FAC251
24 – David R Black – The Ruby Lounge
25 – Fat Out Fest – Islington Mill
26 – Jimi Goodwin – Gorilla
26 – Odonis Odonis – Soup Kitchen
27 – The Flaming Lips / Young Knives – Apollo
27 – Smoke Fairies – Band On The Wall
28 – The War on Drugs – Academy 2
28 – Marc Ford – The Deaf Institute
28 – Grouplove – Gorilla
29 – Bear Makes Ninja/Kusanagi – The Bay Horse
29 – Cosmonauts (USA) – Soup Kitchen
30 – Hookworms – A Lost Weekend – Islington Mill
31 – Swiss Lips – Dancehouse Theatre
31 – Hookworms – A Lost Weekend – Islington Mill
31 – Toy (Manchester Psych Fest) – Night & Day Cafe
31 – King’s Band Night (4 acts £5) – The King’s Arms
