Live Music Venues in Manchester
There are 97 pubs, bars and venues with regular live music across Manchester. You'll find everything from intimate rooms above neighbourhood boozers to proper stages in converted warehouses. MyLahore Manchester pulls in crowds for Punjabi bhangra nights, while Albert's Schloss keeps things lively with a rooftop beer garden and live acts most weekends. Revolución de Cuba Manchester does Latin vibes with live bands that get people dancing.
1MyLahore Manchester
★4.7(18,841 reviews)
2Albert's Schloss - Manchester
★4.4(7,837 reviews)
3Revolución de Cuba Manchester
★4.2(7,388 reviews)
Bem Brasil Deansgate
★4.6(6,648 reviews)
Boom Battle Bar Manchester Printworks
★4.9(6,440 reviews)
Etci Mehmet - Turkish Steak House
★4.5(6,047 reviews)
20 Stories
★4.3(5,295 reviews)
The Wharf
★4.5(4,878 reviews)
Browns Manchester
★4.5(4,528 reviews)
The Oast House - Manchester
★4.4(4,338 reviews)
The Refuge
★4.5(3,928 reviews)
The Black Friar
★4.8(3,569 reviews)
Freight Island
★4.3(3,562 reviews)
Gorilla
★4.4(3,534 reviews)
Mala
★4.6(3,516 reviews)
Don Giovanni - Italian Restaurant Manchester
★4.0(3,315 reviews)
Ziya Asian Grill
★4.6(3,105 reviews)
Ramona
★4.6(3,080 reviews)
Dukes 92
★4.3(2,956 reviews)
Albert’s Didsbury Restaurant & Bar
★4.3(2,660 reviews)
Gaucho Manchester
★4.5(2,600 reviews)
Vermilion
★4.2(2,599 reviews)
Trof Northern Quarter
★4.5(2,468 reviews)
Cane & Grain
★4.3(2,394 reviews)
The Old Nags Head
★4.5(2,334 reviews)
Mulligans
★4.4(2,300 reviews)
The Crafty Pig, Manchester
★4.3(2,295 reviews)
The Peveril of the Peak
★4.6(2,138 reviews)
Sam's Chop House
★4.4(2,080 reviews)
Matt & Phreds Jazz Club
★4.7(2,069 reviews)
SEVEN BRO7HERS BEERHOUSE Ancoats
★4.6(1,965 reviews)
Founder's Hall
★4.2(1,953 reviews)
Grand Pacific
★4.4(1,776 reviews)
Horse & Jockey
★4.3(1,732 reviews)
Night & Day Cafe
★4.5(1,726 reviews)
Diecast
★4.6(1,703 reviews)
Impossible - Manchester
★3.6(1,598 reviews)
Lass O'Gowrie Manchester
★4.4(1,576 reviews)
FAC251 - Factory Manchester
★4.0(1,538 reviews)
Twenty Twenty Two
★4.2(1,502 reviews)
Castle Hotel
★4.5(1,436 reviews)
The Pen And Pencil
★4.2(1,411 reviews)
Namii Kitchen & Cocktails
★4.6(1,409 reviews)
Fountain House
★4.3(1,372 reviews)
The Millstone
★4.4(1,366 reviews)
Firehouse Manchester
★4.8(1,325 reviews)
Gullivers
★4.4(1,265 reviews)
Sandbar Manchester
★4.6(1,204 reviews)
BrickHouse Social
★4.2(1,152 reviews)
Ye Olde Cock Inn
★4.1(1,115 reviews)
Joshua Brooks
★4.1(1,087 reviews)
The Freemount
★4.3(1,008 reviews)
The Smithfield Market Tavern
★4.5(1,008 reviews)
K2 Karaoke
★4.1(892 reviews)
FOLK.
★4.5(881 reviews)
The Banyan Tree
★4.6(878 reviews)
Via Manchester
★4.3(860 reviews)
New York New York
★4.3(834 reviews)
The Peer Hat
★4.5(798 reviews)
Hare & Hounds
★4.5(741 reviews)
Hidden at Downtex Mill
★4.2(720 reviews)
Vina Karaoke Bar
★3.6(713 reviews)
Satans Hollow
★4.0(660 reviews)
The Parrs Wood
★4.2(658 reviews)
The Carlton Club
★4.6(644 reviews)
Brewdog DogHouse Manchester Bar & Rooftop
★4.5(611 reviews)
Lock 91
★4.4(606 reviews)
The Cut & Craft Manchester
★4.4(596 reviews)
The Faraday Pub (previously 7Sins)
★4.4(575 reviews)
Wallop Didsbury
★4.5(569 reviews)
Creatures of the Night Comedy Club
★4.8(539 reviews)
The Head of Steam Didsbury
★4.4(513 reviews)
The Famous Crown
★4.2(502 reviews)
The Brunswick
★4.4(474 reviews)
The Dog & Partridge
★4.0(469 reviews)
Orchid Karaoke Bar
★3.5(413 reviews)
Royal Oak
★4.4(412 reviews)
The Northern Monkey
★4.3(386 reviews)
The MCR Lounge
★3.9(372 reviews)
The Station
★4.5(296 reviews)
Stage & Radio
★4.3(289 reviews)
The Rat & Pigeon
★4.7(282 reviews)
Oscars Bar Manchester
★4.4(266 reviews)
ONE EIGHT SIX
★3.7(245 reviews)
Blackbird Kitchen @ Gorilla
★4.7(197 reviews)
Manchester Sora Restaurant
★4.5(191 reviews)
STERLING
★4.6(182 reviews)
Slap & Pickle Burgers - Society Manchester
★4.1(180 reviews)
Burgerism at Freight Island
★4.6(178 reviews)
The Wild Alderman
★4.7(140 reviews)
History Nightclub
★2.7(120 reviews)
Aatma
★4.4(103 reviews)
Eagle Bar Deansgate
★4.1(95 reviews)
Kennedy's Irish Bar
★4.5(94 reviews)
LA Lounge
★3.3(72 reviews)
The Bear - Public House
★4.8(34 reviews)
Venus Manchester Ltd
★4.1(29 reviews)
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