Never miss a punk rock gig in the North West again. Below is a run-down of the best DIY punk rock gigs in Manchester and the North West, including shows as far afield as Liverpool and Leeds. We curate the list to include sub-genres of all kinds, including punk-adjacent shows that we think might whet your musical appetites.
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June 2022
| 04/06 | — | Bad Religion / TBC @ Academy, Manchester |
| 05/06 | — | Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners / James Cassidy @ Night & Day Cafe, Manchester |
| 06/06 | — | No Pressure / Sunami @ BOOM, Leeds |
| 10/06 | — | Roughneck Riot (acoustic) / Tim Loud, Tim Holehouse @ The Cheshire Cheese, Warrington |
| 10/06 | — | Riley! (USA) / Slash Fiction, The Losing Score @ Grafton Arms, Manchester |
| 11/06 | — | Best Friends Day / Irn Brunette, Moonflower, Smoking Gives You Big Tits, Don’t Open Love Letters, Minatore @ Aatma, Manchester |
| 11/06 | — | Foetal Juice / Gets Worse, Razoreater, Shrykull + more @ BOOM, Leeds |
| 15/06 | — | Millie Manders & The Shutup / Smoking Gives You Big Tits @ The Salty Dog, Northwich |
| 17/06 | — | Spoilers / Goodbye Blue Monday, Mark Murphy & The Meds, Only Strangers @ Fuel Cafe, Manchester |
| 18/06 | — | Chaotic Dischord / Better Reality, Ballpein, Unrest @ The Outpost, Liverpool |
| 18/06 | — | Galivantes / Brigadistas, Lazlo Baby @ The Old Abbey Taphouse, Manchester |
| 19/06 | — | Fortitude Valley / Good Grief, Town Bike (acoustic) @ Outpost, Liverpool |
| 22/06 | — | Fightmilk / TBC @ Fuel Cafe, Manchester |
| 24/06 | — | Outbreak Fest / Knocked Loose, Basement, Turnstile, Citizen, loads more @ Bowlers, Manchester |
| 25/06 | — | Merry Snatchmas / Snatch Game, In Evil Hour, Animal Byproducts @ Aatma, Manchester |
| 26/06 | — | I Feel Fine & Hit Like A Girl (US) / WYRES, Snake Parade @ The Peer Hat, Manchester |
| 26/06 | — | Cro-Mags / Billyclub, Gassed Up @ The York, Bolton |
| 27/06 | — | Enforced / Pest Control, Going Off @ Star & Garter, Manchester |
| 27/06 | — | Lagwagon / Fair Do’s, The Meffs @ Academy 3, Manchester |
| 29/06 | — | Snuff / Aerial Salad @ The Key Club, Leeds |
| 30/06 | — | Clowns / Bruise Control, Without Love @ The Key Club, Leeds |
July 2022
| 01/07 | — | Furrowed Brow / Slack Alives, Death Vignettes @ The Peet Hat, Manchester |
| 01/07 | — | Rude Films / Haal, Slap Rash, CCTV @ 33 Oldham Street, Manchester |
| 02/07 | — | Swinefest 2022 / Inner Terrestrials, Casual Nausea, Brassick, Incisions, Cress, Civilised Society and heaps more @ The Fulford Arms, York |
| 02/07 | — | Evil Hoof Picnic / Harijan, The Crash Mats, Party Boss, Turfboy, Shackleford, Panda Lasagne, Sally Pepper, ‘Till I’m Bones @ Gullivers, Manchester |
| 02/07 | — | Crewe’s Dog Day Afternoon / Deja Vega, Popes Of Chillitown, Kicked In The Teeth, Roots To Nowhere, Hazel’s Maze, Horsemeat, Red Spektor, Hollow Souls @ Crewe Market Hall, Crewe |
| 03/07 | — | The Get Up Kids / @ Brudenell, Leeds |
| 04/07 | — | Can’t Swim / Out Of Love, The Latchkey Kids @ Rebellion, Manchester |
| 04/07 | — | The Get Up Kids / @ V5, Bolton |
| 08/07 | — | Fortitude Valley / TBC @ Fuel, Withington |
| 08/07 | — | Popes Of Chillitown / Riskee & The Ridicule, Redeemon, Last Edition @ Rebellion, Manchester |
| 16/07 | — | 2 Sick Monkeys / Elmo & The Styx + Special Guests @ Outpost, Liverpool |
| 17/07 | — | The JB Conspiracy / Call Me Malcolm, Boom Boom Racoon, Shackleford, Nutty Skunk, TIC NO TOC @ FC2, Warrington |
| 20/07 | — | The JB Conspiracy / Call Me Malcolm @ The Key Club, Leeds |
| 22/07 | — | Levy Punk Weekender / SHITLOADS OF BANDS: Atterkop , Axe Rash (SWE) , Bratakus , Bruise Control , Dad, Down And Outs, The Dub Righters, F.Emasculata, Grotbags, Gurnal Gadafi, Harijan, Incisions , Jason Stirling , The Lab Rats , Lazlo Baby , Litige (FRA), Moonflower, Nana, Negative Measures , Pardon Us, Petty Treason, Raw Power (ITA), Rat Cage, Sallows Shooting Daggers , Spillage , Tim Loud @ Klondyke, Levenshulme |
| 24/07 | — | The Dickies / TBC @ Retro Bar, Manchester |
| 28/07 | — | Sean McGowan / TBC @ Gullivers, Manchester |
| 29/07 | — | Cheerbleederz / TBC @ The Castle Hotel, Manchester |
| 30/07 | — | Shout Louder vs Garlic Bread Club / Faintest Idea, Fair Do’s, Lambrini Girls, Shackleford, Smoking Gives You Big Tits, Cool Jerks, The Latchkey Kids, more TBA @ Retro Bar, Manchester |
| 30/07 | — | Hung Like Hanratty / Suzi Moon, Revolt-Chix, Spring Park @ The Star & Garter, Manchester |
August 2022
| 02/08 | — | Comeback Kid / Spaced, XL Life @ Bread Shed, Manchester |
| 03/08 | — | Ithica / Pupil Slicer @ Deaf Institute, Manchester |
| 05/08 | — | Okay, Bye / Sooot Sprite, The Red Stains @ Retro Bar, Manchester |
| 13/08 | — | Irish HXC Takeover / Bitter Pill, Goon, Lost to Life, plus Going Off @ Aatma, Manchester |
| 13/08 | — | Snuff & Authority Zero / Gimp Fist, Wonk Unit, Culture Shock, Brassick, Kicked In The Teeth, Slackrr, Geoffrey Oi! Cott, Dirty Vertebrae, Roots To Nowhere @ The Plaza, Northwich |
| 14/08 | — | Authority Zero / Electric Press, Till I’m Bones, Reason To Leave @ Star & Garter, Manchester |
| 16/08 | — | Flogging Molly / TBC @ O2 Ritz, Manchester |
| 19/08 | — | Fiddlehead / Militaire Gun @ Rebellion , Manchester |
| 19/08 | — | Easy Fest / Snatch Game, Bobby Funk, Grotbags, Ill Gotten Gains, Brassick, Pete Bentham & The Dinner Ladies, The Crash Mats, Smoking Gives You Big Tits, Bruise Control, Mammoth Tank, Code Break, Los Fatsos Libres, Terrorpins @ Bank Top Tavern, Oldham |
| 27/08 | — | RIFF FEST 22 / Party Cannon, Cavalerie, Scordatura, Foetal Juice + more TBA @ Alma Inn, Bolton |
September 2022
| 03/09 | — | Rites Of Hadda / Smoking Gives You Big Tits, Tio Rico @ Blossoms, Stockport |
| 21/09 | — | Laura Stevenson / TBC @ Factory, Manchester |
| 23/09 | — | Slaughter Beach, Dog / US Highball @ Deaf Institute, Manchester |
| 30/09 | — | Roughneck Riot / Pizzatramp, Wadeye, The Sewer Cats. @ Rebellion, Manchester |
October 2022
| 07/10 | — | Within Destruction / @ Rebellion, Manchester |
| 07/10 | — | The Menzingers / TBC @ Academy, Manchester |
| 13/10 | — | PUP / TBC @ The Ritz, Manchester |
| 20/10 | — | Gaz Brookfield / Heartwork, Lonely Tourist @ The Castle Hotel, Manchester |
| 29/10 | — | Horn & Hoof Halloween Party / Llamundo A Julia, Kicked in The Teeth, 77 Spears + more TBC @ Blossoms, Stockport |
November 2022
| 05/11 | — | Manchester & Salford Anarchist Bookfair 2022 / @ People’s History Museum, Manchester |
| 11/11 | — | Nice As Pie Race Festival / TBC @ Wharf Chambers, Leeds |
| 11/11 | — | Bad Cop Bad Cop / Wonk Unit / TBC @ Bread Shed, Manchester |
| 11/11 | — | Nova Twins / TBC @ Academy, Manchester |
| 20/11 | — | Martha / Big Fat Big @ Rebellion, Manchester |
December 2022
| 10/12 | — | Riskee & The Ridicule / The Red Eyes, Jonny & The Mental Breakdowns @ The Star & Garter, Manchester |
| 17/12 | — | Carnifex / Chelsea Grin, Bodysnatcher, Varials, The Convalescence @ Rebellion, Manchester |
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