Live Music Pubs in Manchester

A guide to Manchester pubs with live music, from acoustic sessions to bands and jazz, grouped by area.

Last updated: 20 October 2026

115 pubs with live music across 40 Manchester areas.

Guide to Live Music Pubs in Manchester

115 Manchester pubs are listed here because their descriptions, FAQ answers, review sources or notes mention live music, bands, acoustic sessions, jazz or blues. They span 40 areas across the city. Browse the full list below, grouped by area.

Check with the venue for gig listings and start times.

Bars With Live Music in Manchester lists every venue tagged Live Music (131 pubs).

Live Music Pubs by Area

Northern Quarter (24 pubs)

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• Boogalú
• Cane and Grain
• Castle Hotel
• Common
• Definetely Maybe
• Gullivers
• Kahiki Soundhouse
• Matt and Phred's Jazz Club
• Night & Day Cafe
• Stage & Radio
• The Faraday
• The Fitzgerald
• The Freemount
• The Mancunian
• The Millstone
• The Morrie
• The New Cross
• The Peer Hat
• The Rose & Monkey Hotel
• The Smithfield Market Tavern
• The Smithfield Social
• The Wheatsheaf
• The Whiskey Jar
• Wilson's Social

Piccadilly (13 pubs)

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• BarPop
• Centre Stage
• Cockatoo Club
• Ducie Street Warehouse
• Favelas
• Lammars
• New York New York
• On Bar Manchester
• Oscars
• The Brunswick
• The Church
• The Goose
• The New Union

Spinningfields West (8 pubs)

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• Albert's Schloss
• Gas Lamp
• Lawn Club
• Mojo
• Mulligans
• Studio IV
• The Bridge
• The Oast House

Stockport (8 pubs)

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• Arden Arms
• Odioba
• Red Bull
• Rockafella's
• The Banshee
• The Cracked Actor
• Underbank
• White Lion Coaching House

City Centre (6 pubs)

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• Grand Central
• Mother Mary's
• Salisbury Ale House
• Sandinista
• Star and Garter
• The Old Monkey

Chorlton (5 pubs)

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• Duffy's Bar
• Dulcimer
• Lloyd & Platt and Kamera Ballroom
• Strange brew
• Trevor Arms

Ancoats (4 pubs)

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• Finders Keepers
• Flawd
• Jimmy's
• Seven Bro7hers Beerhouse

Ashton-under-Lyne (4 pubs)

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• Broadoak Hotel
• Guide Bridge Con Club
• The Bowling Green
• The Old Fire Station

Live Music Pubs in More Areas

43 more live music pubs are spread across 32 areas.

Castlefield (4 pubs)

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• Bar ca
• Gorilla
• The Temple (Temple of Convenience)
• The White Lion

Didsbury (4 pubs)

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• Dog and Partridge
• Fletcher Moss Pub
• Head of Steam
• The Railway

Altrincham (2 pubs)

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• Cheshire Tap
• Old Market Tavern

Beswick / Etihad Campus (2 pubs)

• Bradford Inn
• Mary D's Beamish Bar

Piccadilly East (2 pubs)

• FAC251: The Factory
• The Lass O'Gowrie

Prestwich East (2 pubs)

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• The Foresters (Joseph Holts)
• Welcome Inn (Joseph Holts)

Whitefield (2 pubs)

• Coach & Horses (Joseph Holts)
• The Frigate

Audenshaw (1 pubs)

• The Boundary

Chinatown (1 pubs)

• The Seven Oaks

Deansgate (1 pubs)

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• City Road Inn

Deansgate West (1 pubs)

• Bar Eight

Droylsden (1 pubs)

• The Bush Inn

East Manchester (1 pubs)

• Strawberry Duck

East Manchester North (1 pubs)

• New Crown Inn

Failsworth (1 pubs)

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• Bricklayers Arms

Fallowfield (1 pubs)

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• Swankys

First Street (1 pubs)

• Bunny Jackson's

Heald Green (1 pubs)

• The Griffin

Heaton Mersey (1 pubs)

• The Dog & Partridge

Heaton Norris (1 pubs)

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• Cassidys

Levenshulme (1 pubs)

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• The Talleyrand

MediaCityUK (1 pubs)

• The Old Pint Pot

Piccadilly South (1 pubs)

• O'Shea's Irish Bar

Prestwich North (1 pubs)

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• Eagle & Child

Prestwich South (1 pubs)

• Prestwich Church Social Club

Radcliffe (1 pubs)

• New Swan

Reddish (1 pubs)

• Houldsworth Arms

Shaw (1 pubs)

• The Park Inn

Stretford (1 pubs)

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• Gorse Hill

Timperley North (1 pubs)

• The Brooklands Tap

Whalley Range (1 pubs)

• The Carlton Club

Withington (1 pubs)

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• The Victoria

Late-Night Live Music Pubs

36 of the 115 live music pubs are also tagged Late Night.

• BarPop
• Bricklayers Arms
• Bunny Jackson's
• Cassidys
• Castle Hotel
• Centre Stage
• City Road Inn
• Common
• Ducie Street Warehouse
• Dulcimer
• Gas Lamp
• Gorilla
• Gullivers
• Jimmy's
• Kahiki Soundhouse
• Lawn Club
• Matt and Phred's Jazz Club
• Mojo
• New York New York
• Odioba
• Salisbury Ale House
• Sandinista
• Studio IV
• The Boundary
• The Bush Inn
• The Church
• The Dog & Partridge
• The Faraday
• The Fitzgerald
• The Freemount
• The Frigate
• The Morrie
• The New Union
• The Rose & Monkey Hotel
• The Smithfield Social
• The Whiskey Jar

Live Music Pubs With a Beer Garden

32 of the 115 live music pubs also have a beer garden or outdoor space.

• Arden Arms
• Bar ca
• Bar Eight
• Bradford Inn
• Bricklayers Arms
• Coach & Horses (Joseph Holts)
• Ducie Street Warehouse
• Eagle & Child
• Fletcher Moss Pub
• Lawn Club
• Mary D's Beamish Bar
• O'Shea's Irish Bar
• Red Bull
• Seven Bro7hers Beerhouse
• Studio IV
• Swankys
• The Boundary
• The Frigate
• The Griffin
• The Lass O'Gowrie
• The New Cross
• The Oast House
• The Old Monkey
• The Old Pint Pot
• The Railway
• The Rose & Monkey Hotel
• The Smithfield Social
• The Temple (Temple of Convenience)
• The White Lion
• Trevor Arms
• Underbank
• Wilson's Social

Live Music Pubs With Real Ale

35 of the 115 live music pubs also serve real ale.

• Arden Arms
• Bradford Inn
• Broadoak Hotel
• Castle Hotel
• Cheshire Tap
• City Road Inn
• Coach & Horses (Joseph Holts)
• Common
• Dog and Partridge
• Dulcimer
• Eagle & Child
• Fletcher Moss Pub
• Gas Lamp
• Head of Steam
• Houldsworth Arms
• New Crown Inn
• Red Bull
• Salisbury Ale House
• Strange brew
• Strawberry Duck
• The Bowling Green
• The Foresters (Joseph Holts)
• The Frigate
• The Griffin
• The Lass O'Gowrie
• The Millstone
• The Old Monkey
• The Old Pint Pot
• The Seven Oaks
• The Smithfield Market Tavern
• The Victoria
• The Wheatsheaf
• The Whiskey Jar
• Trevor Arms
• Welcome Inn (Joseph Holts)

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