GIG GUIDE

TONIGHT - TOMORROW: Manchester Jazz Festival — Pavilion; Earthless, Pontiak — Retro Bar; Crooked Smile, Lulla Viloet, Hey Sholay, District Line — Roadhouse

THURSDAY: Acoustic Lounge — Castle, Oldham; Lucinda Williams — Bridgewater Hall; The Minx — Attic; Beth Neilsen Chapman — Lowry, Salford; Arbouretum — Night and Day; Touch Me I’m Sick, Vile Imbeciles — Deaf Institute; How Tasty Are You — Area 51; Marcus Nasty, Free, Shea Soul — Area 51; Hell To Pay, Haya Busa, 30Hz — Roadhouse

FRIDAY: Reloaded vs Rock: Death By Audio — Castle; Breakthru — Ritz; Dodgy — Academy 3; Frank Sidebottom — Lowry; Dinosaur Pile Up — Deaf Institute; Religion — Sankeys; The Public, My Albatross, Cavalcade — Roadhouse

SATURDAY: Filthy Rich — Castle; The Big Easy: Jazz Festival Closing Party — Albert Square; John Cooper Clarke — Lowry; El Diablo’s Social Club — Deaf Institute; Televizion — Sankeys; Designer Magazine presents Richard Tabem And The Tom Toms, Contort Yourself Clubnight with Naive Melody DJs and Rory Phillips — Roadhouse

SUNDAY: U 2 Me — Legends, Lees

MONDAY: Final Fantasy — RNCM; Victorian English Gentlemen’s Club — Ruby Lounge; Revolver Clubnight — Roadhouse