Concerts in Manchester in October 2026

Electronic

The Warehouse Project — NeXup

Depot Mayfield

NeXup is an electronic music night presented under The Warehouse Project name, with Max Dean, Luke Dean, Omar, Locky and Tommy Phillips on the bill. It takes place at Depot Mayfield in Manchester.

Electronic

The Night Before Toybox... HALLOWEEN FRIDAY

Event30Six

A Halloween special of the Toybox night at Event30Six in Manchester, with a live ground-floor programme of R&B-based party music and commercial tracks, and house, tech and disco in the basement.

Electronic

Halloween Friday @ Fac

Factory Manchester

A themed electronic night held at Factory Manchester over Halloween, with three clubs running together under one roof. Fancy dress is encouraged for guests.

Other

International Halloween

O2 Ritz Manchester

A concert by International Halloween at the O2 Ritz Manchester, a Manchester venue that hosts concerts and shows.

Electronic

Factory 251 Saturdays

Factory Manchester

A club night at Factory Manchester, the concert and performance venue, spread across three floors with a different style of electronic music on each level.

Electronic

Red Laser

The White Hotel

Red Laser is an electronic night at The White Hotel in Manchester, bringing together Dave Harvey, Felix Dickinson, Il Bosco, Neil Diablo and Pharaoh Brunson on one bill.

Pop, rock & indie

Call Me Karizma

Soup

Call Me Karizma is a pop, rock and indie act performing live at Soup, a Manchester venue that hosts concerts and shows.

Other

Si Paton

Cafe Blah

Si Paton is booked at Cafe Blah, a concert and performance venue on Wilmslow Road in Manchester, for a live evening in the city.

Electronic

Halloween Monday

Joshua Brooks

Halloween Monday is an electronic act performing at Joshua Brooks in Manchester, a venue that hosts concerts and shows across the year. The night brings electronic music to a Manchester stage.

Electronic

DAHLIA STEREO with Rich Reason & POOCH

Dahlia Stereo

An electronic night at Dahlia Stereo, a concert and performance venue in central Manchester, with Rich Reason and POOCH on the bill.

Electronic

Praxis

The DBA

Praxis is an electronic music night in Manchester, bringing together the artists maevie and Willow J at The DBA, a venue that hosts concerts and shows in the city.

Pop, rock & indie

Scatterchild @ Rat & Pigeon

The Rat & Pigeon

A Manchester gig by Scatterchild, marking the release of a new single from their upcoming second album, with Deleter also on the bill at The Rat & Pigeon.

Electronic

Room 909 Open Deck Night

Stage and Radio

An electronic music night at Stage and Radio in Manchester, billed as an open deck session. It suits listeners who follow dance music built around DJ decks and mixing.

Other

Studio IV: Jimmy Allen

Mollies

A country music concert in Manchester by Jimmy Allen, billed as Studio IV: Jimmy Allen, taking place at Mollies, a city venue that hosts concerts and shows.

Soul, R&B, reggae

DAHLIA STEREO HALLOWEEN presents Mr Thing - Free Tickets

Dahlia Stereo

A Halloween night at Dahlia Stereo in Manchester, with Mr Thing and Jim Bane on a bill that draws on R&B, soul, funk, gospel and reggae.

Pop, rock & indie

Louis O'Hara and His Burley Chassis

Gullivers

Louis O’Hara is a singer-songwriter from West Wales, whose songs combine intimate folk songwriting with richly atmospheric arrangements. Influenced by Bill Callahan and Lou Reed, his music is rooted in poetic lyricism,…

Electronic

Persona - NYE & NYD 28 Hour Celebration - PART 1 AT CONCEPT HAUS

renae

An electronic night in Manchester marking New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, with six acts on the bill, held at renae under the title Persona.

Pop, rock & indie

Buffet Lunch

Kamera

Buffet Lunch, a pop and indie group with musicians based in Glasgow, Edinburgh and at times Newcastle, share a bill at KAMERA in Manchester with Japanese guitarist Ebby.

Electronic

Club Culture presents: Electro, Breaks & Bass

Eastern Bloc Records

A Manchester club night in the Northern Quarter devoted to electro, breakbeat and bass music, staged at Eastern Bloc Records, a concert and performance venue on Stevenson Square.

Electronic

Doll World Halloween

The DBA

Doll World Halloween is an electronic music night in Manchester, staged at The DBA, a venue that hosts concerts and shows across the city.

Electronic

DISCO PUSS presents HALLOWHISKERS - Full Building Takeover

YES

An electronic night presented by DISCO PUSS at YES in Manchester, titled HALLOWHISKERS - Full Building Takeover, with DJ POLLY, Forbid, Macy Lancaster, LARISHKA (UK) and Rich Reason on the bill.

Electronic

Motion Studios Halloween Party

Stage and Radio

An electronic music night in Manchester, billed as a Halloween party under the Motion Studios name and held at Stage and Radio, a venue that hosts concerts and shows.

Jazz

NWR: Joe Morris

New Wave Ramen

A jazz evening at New Wave Ramen in Manchester, featuring Joe Morris, an American trumpeter and bandleader whose career in jazz and rhythm and blues dates from 1942.

Electronic

DAHLIA STEREO presents TUSSLE & THE SOUL TWINS

Dahlia Stereo

An electronic music night at Dahlia Stereo in Manchester, presented by the venue, with Tussle and The Soul Twins as the artists on the bill.

Electronic

Underbank: Joey T

The Underbank

Underbank: Joey T is an electronic night at The Underbank in Stockport, featuring Joey T, an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, editor and composer.

Electronic

Keep It Cryptic Keep It Mad with Make A Dance

The Golden Lion

An electronic night at The Golden Lion in Todmorden, titled Keep It Cryptic Keep It Mad with Make A Dance, with CHÉ WAX also on the bill.

Other

New Cult

The Rat & Pigeon

New Cult is a night of new music at The Rat & Pigeon in Manchester, organised by Heist or Hit, with XL Poncho, Mr. Fish and Fake Wife on the bill.

Other

Bar Shrimp: Kusasa

Bar Shrimp

Bar Shrimp: Kusasa is a concert at Bar Shrimp, a concert and performance venue in Manchester, with Kusasa as the named artist on the bill.

Rap

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: RnB, Hip Hop + Afrobeats 'Til Late

The Blues Kitchen, Manchester

A Halloween night at The Blues Kitchen in Manchester, built around R&B, hip hop and Afrobeats, with a rap-led line of music running late into the evening.

Other

Studio IV: Ives

Mollies

A live performance by Studio IV: Ives at Mollies in Manchester, a venue that hosts concerts and shows across the city.

Electronic

Halloween Fancy Dresa Haloween Free Entry B4 10pm

Area Manchester

A Halloween fancy dress night in Manchester city centre, featuring the electronic act Euphoricsounds at Area Manchester on Sackville Street.

Electronic

Cairn Sound @ Liquidate

Liquidate

Cairn Sound is an electronic night at Liquidate in Manchester, bringing the acts Bobo, Skiptrace and Prints together on one bill.

Electronic

NEW ANIMALS - Radioactive

Aatma

An electronic concert by tworam at Aatma, a concert and performance venue in Manchester, titled NEW ANIMALS - Radioactive.

Electronic

present Tense

Eastern Bloc Records

An electronic music event in Manchester, titled present Tense, with Amy Amor and Benedict on the bill. The evening takes place at Eastern Bloc Records in the city's Northern Quarter.

Electronic

A Warped Halloween: Frazer Ray (LIVE) + more [B.Y.O.B]

XLR

A Halloween-themed electronic night at XLR in Manchester, featuring Frazer Ray performing live alongside further acts on the bill.

Electronic

Silly Little Disco 002

Six Trees Bar And Kitchen Manchester

An electronic night in Manchester featuring LEZZER QUEST, the second edition under the Silly Little Disco 002 title, staged at Six Trees Bar And Kitchen.

Electronic

The Lunar Snail Affair presents: H-Foundation (extended set)

Soup

An electronic night in Manchester, presented by The Lunar Snail Affair, featuring H-Foundation in an extended set at Soup, a venue for concerts and shows.

Other

Dimensions

The Loft

Dimensions is a concert at The Loft in Manchester, with Nicolas Lutz, Adi and Simon Scott on the bill. It suits listeners looking for live music in the city's smaller venues.

Electronic

Grve Movement / Stage & Radio

Stage and Radio

An electronic music night at Stage and Radio in Manchester, featuring Grve Movement. The venue hosts concerts and shows across the year.

Electronic

Howard's House

Stage and Radio

Howard's House, an electronic act, performs in Manchester at Stage and Radio, a venue that hosts concerts and shows across the city's live programme.

Electronic

Planet Fun x Divine Mania

The DBA

An electronic night in Manchester, pairing the Planet Fun and Divine Mania names on one bill of six acts: Baba Sketch, DJ Fingerblast, Hanz, Peggy Viennetta, Princess Elf Bar and Syntax (2).

Electronic

Bodyworks 666: For Whom The Bells Toll

The White Hotel

Bodyworks 666: For Whom The Bells Toll is an electronic night in Manchester, bringing together the acts sclews, TOOT, Medlock and Kop-Z on a single bill at The White Hotel.

Electronic

a Halloween Hullabaloo

Nowhere

A Halloween-themed electronic night at NOWHERE in Manchester, bringing six acts together on a single bill.

Pop, rock & indie

Back From The Grave: CBGB's All-Dayer

New Century Locker

A Manchester event in which several bands cover songs by artists associated with New York's CBGB club, with The Wytches among the acts on the bill.

Electronic

Nite School presents: PAWN OF THE DEAD II with PBR Streetgang, Eddy Temple-Morris

Metro's Sports and Social Club

An electronic night at Metro's Sports and Social Club, bringing together The Brokers, PBR Streetgang, Eddy Temple-Morris, Andrea Trout, Psychederek and Skip under the Nite School name.

Other

NWR: Bobby Thorpe

New Wave Ramen

A live concert by Bobby Thorpe at New Wave Ramen in Manchester, part of the venue's NWR series. New Wave Ramen hosts concerts and shows across the year.

Electronic

Elsewhere X Loose Fit Go Outta Space

Ramona

An electronic music night at Ramona in Manchester, featuring SUI 13, DJ POLLY, Pearlz, LIZ-ZIE (2) and LUMIINA, under the title Elsewhere X Loose Fit Go Outta Space.

Electronic

Llou's X Red Arch Halloween house party

Red Arch

A Halloween house party presented by Llou and Red Arch, featuring the electronic act HSTN at a venue that hosts concerts and shows across the United Kingdom.

Soul, R&B, reggae

Monster Mash with Rev. Austin (Halloween Special)

Electrik

A Halloween special at Electrik in Chorlton, Manchester, bringing together R&B, soul, funk, gospel and reggae under the title Monster Mash with Rev. Austin.

Pop, rock & indie

Firestations + Emily Mercer

The Eagle Inn

Firestations and Emily Mercer share a bill at The Eagle Inn in Salford, pairing a London five-piece band with a Manchester-based indie songwriter.