Gig Guide

TONIGHT: Motorhead — Apollo; Less Than Jake — Academy; Mix Master Mike — Moho Live; Ian Siegel, Ben Prestage — Band on the Wall; Akala — Academy 3; The Blood Arm — The Factory; Gold Teeth — Deaf Institute

TOMORROW: Goldfrapp — Academy; Anberlin — Academy 2; The Phantom Band — Deaf Institute; Unbunny — Night and Day

THURSDAY: Kele — Ritz; UK Subs — Moho Live; Christian Scott — Band on the Wall; Boyce Avenue — Academy 3; Owl City — Academy; Jim Noir — Ruby Lounge; John and Jenn — Deaf Institute; Rick Ross — Apollo; Del The Funky Homosapien — Roadhouse; Ruarri Joseph — Night and Day

FRIDAY: Paramore — Arena; Tek-One — Roadhouse; Beach House — Manchester Cathedral; Steve Hackett — Academy 3; Mary Gauthier — Club Academy; Leftfield — Apollo; Baths — Deaf Institute; Hal Cruttenden — Dancehouse Theatre; Meadow — Band on the Wall; Bedrock — Warehouse Project; Take The Whole Cake — Sound Control; Grand Hotel Plump DJs — Sankeys

SATURDAY: Trash Talk — Moho Live; The Gaslight Anthem — Apollo; Jedward — Bridgewater Hall; Born Ruffians — Ruby Lounge; We Are Scientists — Academy 2; Whole Lotta Led — Academy 3; A-Ha — Arena; Wilko Johnson and Band — Academy 3; Manchester Lesbian and Gay Chorus Christmas Concert — Dancehouse Theatre; Elliot Minor — Nexus Art Cafe; Ali Cook — Night and Day; Cymande II, Sunburst Band — Band on the Wall; Section 25 — The Factory; Curated by Kieran Hebden — Warehouse Project; Lowdown and Dirty — Sound Control; Disco Electronica — Sankeys

SUNDAY: Zun Zun Egui, Sun Araw, Gnod — Islington Mill, Salford; Palestinian Cultural Show — Dancehouse Theatre; Lost Boy — Academy 3; Frightened Rabbit — Academy 2; Atari Teenage Riot — Moho Live; Sarah Blasko — Deaf Institute; Nervana — Sound Control

MONDAY: Mike Fantastic — Roadhouse; Necro — Moho Live; Jimmy Eat World — Academy; Break Breath — Star and Garter; The Acorn — Deaf Institute; Gruff Rhys — Whitworth Art Gallery; David Rotheray — Dulcimer; Touche Amore, Lighthouse — Retro Bar; Gallows — Moho Live; Good Shoes — The Factory; Arch Enemy — Academy; Blitzen Trapper — Ruby Lounge; Marcos Valle — Band on the Wall; Haight Ashbury — Jabez Clegg; Marnie Stern — Deaf Institute; Mark Kermode — Dancehouse Theatre; Gold Teeth — Deaf Institute