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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NOVEMBER 2013

1 – Ace Bushy Striptease/Beauty Pageant – Kraak

1 – Luke Sital-Singh/Ady Suleiman – The Deaf Institute

1 – Beaty Heart – The Castle

1 – XFM First Friday – Catfish & The Bottlemen – Band On The Wall

1 – John Wizards – Soup Kitchen

2 – Steve Mason – The Ritz

2 – Spector – Gorilla

2 – Red Kite – The Ruby Lounge

2 – A Carefully Planned Festival Thank-You Party – Kraak

3 – Icarus Line – Gulliver (moved from The Deaf Institute)

4 – No Joy/Fear of Men – Night & Day

4 – Sir Sly – Soup Kitchen

4 – Bear’s Den – The Deaf Institute

5 – Little Green Cars – The Ruby Lounge

5 – Papa – The Deaf Institute

5 – Jackson Scott – Soup Kitchen

5 – The Sunshine Underground – Gorilla

5 – Literature Thieves – The Castle Hotel

5 – Mt. Wolf – Fallow Cafe

5 – The Saints – Night & Day

5 – Deap Vally/Skaters – Club Academy

6 – Enablers – Kraak

6 – Jacco Gardner – The Castle Hotel

6 – Big Deal – Night & Day

6 – Frightened Rabbit – The Ritz

6 – Jake Bugg – The Apollo

7 – Caveman – Gullivers

7 – Mark Lanegan – Royal Northern College Of Music

7 – Swiss Lips – The Deaf Institute

7 – Sweet Baboo – Night & Day Cafe

7 – Future Of The Left/Bad Grammar/Trojan Horse – Gorilla Now At Soup Kitchen

7 – Vessels – Sound Control

7 – PINS – The Castle

7 – Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo/Chris T-T and The Hoodrats – St. Philip’s

7 – Public Service Broadcasting – Academy 2

7 – Mount Kimbie – The Ritz

7 – Jake Bugg – The Apollo

8 – Nick Mulvey – The Deaf Institute

8 – Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Academy 2

8 – San Fermin – Soup Kitchen

8 – Purple Heart Parade – The Castle

8 – Trust Fund/Mat Riviere/Furrow – Free Show – The Bay Horse

9 – Money (an evening with) – The Dancehouse

9 – Savages – The Ritz

9 – The Tuts – Star & Garter

9 – Temple of Coke/Gorgeous Bully – Fallow Cafe

9 – Natives – Deaf Institute

9 – The Lucid Dream / The Wild Eyes – Gullivers

10 – Radical Face – Deaf Institute

10 – Knifeworld/Godsticks/Trojan Horse – Night & Day

10 – The Sinking Feeling – Indigo Bar

11 – Cassie Ramone – The Castle Hotel

11 Keaton Henson – Town Hall

11 – The National – The Apollo

12 – Kins/Francis Lung – Gullivers

12 – His Clancyness – Fallow Cafe

12 – Skinny Lister – Kings Arms, Salford

12 – The National – The Apollo

12 – Into It. Over It. – Alter-Ego

13 – Lau/Haiku Salut – Central Methodist Hall

13 – Ed Tullett – The Castle Hotel

13 – Deathfix – Soup Kitchen

13 – Julia Holter – The Deaf Institute

13 – Quadron – The Ruby Lounge

14 – Post War Glamour Girls – The Castle

14 – Temples – Gorilla

15 – Cleft/Godzilla Black/Pedro Don Key – Kraak

15 – Har Mar Superstar – Sound Control

15 – Ane Brun – Ruby Lounge

15 – Ghosting Season – 2022NQ

15 – Treetop Flyers – Night & Day

15 – Rue Royale – The Castle Hotel

16 – Dave Hause – Gorilla

16 – Royal Canoe/Robot Alien – Fallow Cafe

17 – Colleen Green – Gullivers

17 – Pharmakon – Islington Mill

17 – Television – Academy 2

17 – Morcheeba – Gorilla

17 – STRFKR – The Deaf Institute

18 – Summer Camp – The Deaf Institute

18 – Gaz Coombes – St Philip’s Church

18 – The Heavy/The Computers – Gorilla

18 – The Family Rain – Ruby Lounge

19 – White Denim – Gorilla

19 – Young Knives – Sound Control

20 – Embers/Kult Country – Ruby Lounge

20 – Múm – Gorilla

21 – Racing Glaciers – The Eagle

21 – Wolf Eyes – Soup Kitchen

21 – Jarboe – Sacred Trinity Church

21 –  Naked and Famous – The Ritz

21 – Crywank/Blood Sport – Wahlbar

21 – Pixies – Apollo

22 – Victorian Dad – The Eagle

22 – The Tea Street Band – Gullivers

22 – Half Moon Run – Albert Hall

22 – Metz – The Deaf Institute

22 – Satelliti – Kosmonaut

23 – Baths – Islington Mill

23 – Austra – The Deaf Institute

23 – Crystal Fighters – Academy 2

23 – Foy Vance – Gorilla

24 – Mazes – Dulcimer

24 – Vuvuvultures – Academy 3

24 – MS MR – Academy 2

25 – Bell X1 – Band On The Wall

25 – Baby Godzilla – Sound Control

26 – Billy Bragg – The Bridgewater Hall

26 – Gold Panda – Gorilla

26 – Palma Violets – The Ritz

26 – Dan Croll – Deaf Institute

26 – Natalie McCool – The Castle

26 – Dead Skeletons – Band On The Wall

27 – Faitala – The Eagle

27 – The Leisure Society – The Ruby Lounge

28 – Arcane Roots – Ruby Lounge

28 – Slint – Albert Hall

28 – The Magic Numbers – Royal Northern College Of Music

28 – Son Of Dave – The Deaf Institute

28 – Jonathan Wilson – Gorilla

29 – Sarah Blasko – Deaf Institute

29 – Bipolar Sunshine – Gorilla

30 – Mark Morriss – Tiger Lounge

30 – Sankofa – Ducie Bridge