The Gig Guide

TONIGHT: Mr Hudson — Ruby Lounge; Dan Deacon Ensemble — Club Academy; The Northwestern — Roadhouse; Mark Thomas — Dancehouse Theatre.

TOMORROW: Polar Bear Club — Music Box; Black Bud — Ruby Lounge; Mark Thomas — Dancehouse Theatre; NLF3 — Retro Bar.

THURSDAY: Oasis — Heaton Park; The Pan I Am — Ruby Lounge; Mark Thomas — Dancehouse Theatre; Dub Pistols — Moho Live.

FRIDAY: Nothing Sinister — Club Academy; Ape at the Apollo — Apollo; Terry Callier — Lowry, Salford; Lost and Found — Ruby Lounge; Indigo — Moho Live; Tribal Sessions — Sankeys.

SATURDAY: Un-Convention 2009: I Am Kloot — Blueprint Studios; Oasis — Heaton Park; Aiden, Tonight is Goodbye — Roadhouse; Sonic Boom Under 18s Rock Night — Club Academy; Blue October — Academy 3; Mastodon — Academy 2; 2ManyDJs — Academy; Televizion — Sankeys; The Masterplan — Brickhouse.

SUNDAY: Natalie McGrath — Legends, Lees; Oasis — Heaton Park; Videogame Nation: Independents Day — Urbis; Lounge Tunes — Tiger Lounge; The Panics — Club Academy; The Masterplan — Brickhouse.

MONDAY: Saving Aimee — Moho Live; Acoustic Ladyland — Mint Lounge; Diane Cluck — Deaf Institute.