We have trawled through the forthcoming gigs so you don’t have to, as 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 included? 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.
We have also put together an albums worth of tracks made up from the acts listed below.
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APRIL
1st – Cold Cave - The Ruby Lounge – Tickets
2nd – Earth - Islington Mill – Tickets
2nd – Vinyl Jacket (supporting The Sticks) - The Roadhouse – Tickets
3rd – Bing Ji Ling - The Castle Hotel – Piccadilly Records
3rd – The Vaccines/Smith Westerns - The Ritz – Tickets
4th – ‘ten’ Album Launch with Badly Drawn Boy/The Travelling Band/Jim Noir & more - The Deaf Institute – Tickets
5th – Hamell On Trial - The Ruby Lounge – Tickets
5th – Thousands – The Castle Hotel – Tickets
7th – De Staat - The Deaf Institute – Tickets
7th – Esben & the Witch - St Philips Church – Tickets
8th – Horace Andy/Dub Asante - Band on the Wall – Tickets
8th – Low Anthem - St Philips Church – Tickets
8th – Big Audio Dynamite - Academy – Tickets
8th – Cloud Control - Sound Control – Tickets
9th – The Heartbreaks - The Deaf Institute – Tickets
9th – Crippled Black Phoenix - Islington Mill – Tickets
10th – Austra – Islington Mill – Tickets
12th – Steve Mason - The Deaf Institute – Tickets
13th – Architecture In Helsinki - Academy – Tickets
14th – A Hawk and a Hacksaw - Islington Mill – Tickets
15th – Pete and the Pirates - The Ruby Lounge – Tickets
16th – Asobi Seksu –
15th – Agnes Obel - The Deaf Institute – Tickets
16th – Trail of Dead/Rival Schools/Asobi Seksu - Academy – Tickets
16th – Senser – Moho Live – Tickets
16th – Manchester Orchestra - The Ruby Lounge – Tickets
17th – Singing Adams (The Broken Family) – The Deaf Institute – Tickets
17th – The Mummers - The Ruby Lounge – Tickets
17th – Adele – Academy – Tickets
17th – The Jim Jones Revue - Academy – Tickets
18th – Seun Kuti (Fela’s son) + Egypt 80 – The Ritz – Tickets
19th – Lykke Li - Academy – Tickets
19th – Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - The Deaf Institute – Tickets
19th – Mi Ami - Islington Mill – Tickets
20th – The Dears - The Ruby Lounge – Tickets
22nd – GZA (Wu Tang) – Moho Live – Tickets
26th – Curtis Eller’s American Circus - The Ruby Lounge – Tickets
26th – Best Coast - Academy – Tickets
27th – Bonobo - Band on the Wall – Tickets
28th – Timber Timbre - The Deaf Institute – Tickets
29th – Turin Breaks - Sound Control – Tickets
30th – Smoove & Turrell - Band on the Wall – Tickets
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Think we’ve missed a gig? Then please feel free to leave details in the comments box below.


MAD FERRET April 30th The Victorian Dad Band ( Preston )