What’s On in Manchester Next Week (Feb 19 – Feb 25, 2025)
If you’re wondering what to do in Manchester next week, you’re in luck! The city is packed with concerts, theatre performances, comedy shows, and unique experiences. Whether you’re into live music, cultural events, or a fun night out, there’s something for everyone. Here’s a complete guide to what’s happening from February 17th to 23rd.
MONDAY
MUSIC
Nicolas Ventura — Bridgewater Hall
The Rumjacks — Celtic Punk Band — Gorilla
Jenn Bostic — soulful singer and songwriter based in Nashville — Gullivers
Jazz Emu — Knight Fever (Musical comedy one man only)
TUESDAY
THEATRE
DEAR EVAN HANSEN — PALACE THEATRE
Neighbours the 40th Anniversary Tour — Bridgewater Hall
Blithe Spirit — Hope Mill Theatre
MUSIC
Squid — Indie Band — O2 Ritz
Absnt Mind — British Boyband — Manchester Academy
The Devil Wears Prada — Ohio metalcore act — Manchester Academy
Skinner —No wave / post punk act — The Deaf Institute
Deem Spencer — rising voice in hip-hop hails from Jamaica — Band on the Wall
The None — YES
COMEDY
Clubhouse Comedy — Joshua Brooks (FREE)
Sara Barron — 53two (From 6 pounds)
Su Pollard — Waterside
Easy Comedy — Creatures Comedy Club
WEDNESDAY
THEATRE
DEAR EVAN HANSEN — PALACE THEATRE
Killer Couples featuring Emma Kenny — Opera House
Brit Floyd — The World’s greatest Pink Floyd Show — Bridgewater Hall
Figures in Extinction — Aviva Studios
Theatre Ad Infinitum — Lowry
Blithe Spirit — Hope Mill Theatre
MUSIC
Carter Vail — Positive pop/rock — The Deaf Institute
Oliver Anthony — Country Folk Singer — Manchester Academy
Four Year Strong — pop-punk and hardcore punk — Manchester Academy
Karunesh Talwar — Indian stand-up comic and musician — Manchester Academy
Litany — Night and Day Cafe
C Duncan — Gullivers
THURSDAY
THEATRE
DEAR EVAN HANSEN — PALACE THEATRE
Mania (The Abba Tribute) — Opera House
Figures in Extinction — Aviva Studios
MUSIC
Maquina – YES
Mally Mae — Castle Hotel
Emei — Female Popstar — Gorilla
Lawrence — Soul-pop — Albert Hall
Set it off — Emo Band — Manchester Academy
Bawo — Rapper — Band on the Wall
The house music Orchestra — house music meets orchestral soul — Blues Kitchen
Elephunk in the Room — Band on the wall
COMEDY
Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf — Lowry
COMEDY
Sarah Keyworth — Lowry
British Cycling National Track Championships — Velodrome
EVENT
BIRD RAVE at Manchester Museum —Enjoy a unique experience combining classic dance music with bird-themed performances and workshops.
FRIDAY
THEATRE
DEAR EVAN HANSEN — PALACE THEATRE
Ellen Kent’s La Boheme — Opera House
Figures in Extinction — Aviva Studios
LA FIESTA — BAND ON THE WALL — FREE (19:30)
Afrobeat, Reggae, Latin, and Jazz
MUSIC
Hinds — Spanish indie Rock — Gorilla
Calum Bowie — Singer-songwriter — The Deaf institute
Inhaler — Bono’s son Irish Band — o2 Apollo
Fish (Marillion) — Albert Hall
Alison Moyet — Iconic Pop Singer — The Bridgewater Hall
Motionless In white — Gothis + Metal — O2 Victoria Warehouse
Green Lug — Folk Horror / Cult — O2 Ritz
Biig Piig — Neo Soul/Hip Hop — New Century Hall
Novel Fergus — Hing Kong Hip Hop — Manchester Academy
Dustin O’Halloran — American Pianist Hall’e St. Peters
Luvcat — London Alt Rock — Manchester Academy
The Colton’s — Off The Square
Madeleine Peyroux — American Jazz Singer — Band on the wall
COMEDY
Sarah Keyworth — Lowry
Atsuko Okatsuka — Manchester Academy
Melanie Bracewell — The Stroller Hall
EVENT
The 1975 PARTY — The Deaf Institute
British Cycling National Track Championships — Velodrome
SATURDAY
Snow Patrol — Co-op Live
ARENACROSS — AO ARENA
DEAR EVAN HANSEN — PALACE THEATRE
Madama Butterfly — Opera House
Figures in Extinction — Aviva Studios
FUNK STREET! — Band on the Wall — FREE
Manchester Got Soul — Blues Kitchen — Free
Saturdays at Mala Hidden Garden — FREE
Loose Joints x Transmission — Night and Day FREE
B-MUSIC TERRACE TAKEOVER — YES — FREE
MUSIC
You me at Six— British alternative underground — O2 Apollo
State Champs — Punk — O2 Ritz
BBC Philharmonic— Bridgewater Hall
Candlelight tribute Celine Dion — Manchester Cathedral
Berlioz — UK’s newest jazz sensation — Albert Hall
Autechre— New Century Hall
The Zangwills — Band on the Wall
Dutch Criminal Record — coast indie surf band — The Deaf Institute
The music of Prince Tribute — Manchester Academy
Berlioz — Manchester Academy
Emma Blackberry — pop, rock, pop-punk, alternative and country — Manchester Academy
Circa Waves — Guitar Band — O2 Warehouse
Soul & Qawwali – Leo Twins & Chand Ali Khan — Pakistani musician traditional/modern— RNCM
The Bug Club — Garage Rockers mixed fun — Gorilla
MOOD SWINGS: JOSEPHINE ILLINGWORTH + NO WINDOWS + ROBBER ROBBER— YES
Shovel Dance Collective — Folk Nine Piece — Hall’s St. Peters
The Zangwills — Northern Rockers — Band on the Wall
Arkayla — The Deaf Institute
Autechre — Electronic Music — New Century Hall
Lowes — Electronic Folk Pop — Off The Square
COMEDY
Gouldie Boutilier — Lions Den
Felicity Ward — Star The Office Australia — Lowry
Tom Stade — Lowry
Rachel Galo — The Shite Feminist — Lowry
Ken Cheng — Grub
Eric Rushton — Fairfield Social Club
SUNDAY
La Traviata— Opera House
COMEDY
Rachel Fairburn — The Frog and The Bucket
Connor Burns — Lowry
Demi Adejuyigbe — Fairfield Social Club
BONGO’s BINGO — Albert Hall
MUSIC
Soulful Sundays — The Blues Kitchen — FREE
The Hallé a celebration of Vaughan Williams— Bridgewater Hall
Laibach— Slovenian Cross-media Band — O2 RITZ
Lucky Dave — R&B — New Century Hall
McGoldrick, Mccusker & Doyle — Celtic Folk — The Stoller Hall
Kvelertak —Norwegian rock and metal band — Manchester Academy
Normski’s Dance Energy Party — Band on the wall
UR Ex BFF — Night & Day Café
Brand New Legs— The Deaf Institute
Spirit of the beehive — The Deaf Institute
COMEDY
John Shuttleworth — Lowry
Sophie Duker — Lowry
Andrew Bird — Russell Howard Hour — Lowry
Sing-a-long Sunday — Cockatoo Club — FREE
