Experience Daft Punk like never before, performed by a 12-piece orchestra.

Daft Punk’s signature fusion of house music with electro, funk, rock and synthpop gave rise to its own musical movement, and catapulted dance music into popular culture.

From 'One More Time' to 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger' Untold Orchestra have created a unique musical score that honours the French duo's legacy.

You can expect:

\- A full orchestral performance with string, brass, percussion and vocalist' sections -- A bespoke light show -- A unique, custom-made orchestral music score -- World class audio quality -- An unforgettable, intimate, live musical experience -Stick around after the show as our house band and DJs carry on the party ’til late.

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Daft Punk, performed by a 12-piece Orchestra

Daft Punk Orchestra

Gigs

Manchester

The Blues Kitchen, Manchester

Manchester Got Soul

Live music + DJs across both floors from 10pm – 2am.

The legendary Blues Kitchen house band take to the stage for three incredible live sets. Expect to hear the likes of Aretha Franklin, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder & The Rolling Stones.

If you’re coming down with a gang, you might like to book an area for your party.

This is an 18+ event

Blues Kitchen Manchester

Manchester Got Soul: Live Music + DJs Till Late

AZ’s lengthy career is not without significant commercial highlights.

The lyrical Brooklynite made himself known on Nas’ Illmatic, followed by his solo debut featuring the gold single “Sugar Hill”, and topped the Billboard 200 as a member of the Firm. He delivered his fourth Top Ten R&B album, also producing the Grammy-nominated single “The Essence”.

Doe or Die crowned the R&B chart and was shot to number 15 on the Billboard 200. At the start of the 2010s, AZ continued with Doe or Die: 15th Anniversary, which was a celebration more than a reissue, mixing reworked and fresh material.

Doe or Die II more recently appeared on his Quiet Money label with an impressive cast of producers including debut contributors Pete Rock, Buckwild, along with Alchemist, KayGee, Baby Paul, and the Heatmakerz.

This is an 18+ event

AZ (Doe or Die II Tour)

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This June, The Testify gospel choir will spend an intimate evening performing Harry Styles' Grammy-award winning album ‘Harry’s House’.

Considered his finest album to date, ‘Harry's House’ takes Styles away from his boy band beginnings and develops his pop music stylings, developing him into an androgynous pop music and fashion icon that has drawn comparisons with David Bowie, Mick Jagger, and even Prince.

Expect an evening of appreciation as our gospel choir performs ‘Harry’s House’ from start to finish, including tracks ‘Mathilda’ ‘Late Night Talking’ ‘Daydreaming’ and ‘As It Was’, as well as some extra bonus hits from the HS back catalogue.

The choir will perform 2 sets alongside a band of the UK's finest musicians, playing the music note for note.

\*Please note Harry Styles will not be performing at this event\*

This is an 18+ event

A Gospel Choir perform Harry Styles

Harry Styles - As It Was

\*NEW date added here: https://link.dice.fm/bc11dd19cc09 \*

This June, The Testify gospel choir will spend an intimate evening performing Harry Styles' Grammy-award winning album ‘Harry’s House’.

Considered his finest album to date, ‘Harry's House’ takes Styles away from his boy band beginnings and develops his pop music stylings, developing him into an androgynous pop music and fashion icon that has drawn comparisons with David Bowie, Mick Jagger, and even Prince.

Expect an evening of appreciation as our gospel choir performs ‘Harry’s House’ from start to finish, including tracks ‘Mathilda’ ‘Late Night Talking’ ‘Daydreaming’ and ‘As It Was’, as well as some extra bonus hits from the HS back catalogue.

The choir will perform 2 sets alongside a band of the UK's finest musicians, playing the music note for note.

\*Please note Harry Styles will not be performing at this event\*

This is an 18+ event

Presenting a one-off, uplifting gospel take on the iconic discography of the UK's finest musical export, Adele.

Our world-famous choir blends the celestial sounds of 'Set Fire To The Rain', 'Rolling In The Deep', 'Someone Like You', and other Adele classics with the traditional sounds of the deep South.

Join us for an unforgettable evening playing homage to Adele with a full gospel experience.

This is an 18+ event.

The Story of Adele: A Gospel Rendition

Adele - Rolling in the Deep

Adele - Rolling In the Deep

Testify Gospel Choir

Raury is an Atlanta-based artist who defies genre boundaries with his unique blends of R&B, alternative folk, rap, and electronic music. As a singer, rapper, guitarist, songwriter, and producer, he embodies a free-spirited approach to music-making.

He made his commercial full-length debut album in 2015, which hit the Billboard 200 with help from the lead single "Friends" featuring Tom Morello, remixed by Tom Misch, and with additional guest appearances from Big K.R.I.T. and RZA. He also contributed to the SBTRKT album, Wonder Where We Land.

His recorded work and desire to create not just a new genre but a new culture, were promising enough to earn a long-list nomination for the BBC Sound of 2015 poll, and he continues to confound expectations in 2023.

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The Columbo Group

Raury

Heatwave

July 7

LA's post-punk pioneer Luiz Vasquez, better known as The Soft Moon, breathes new life into the sounds of Joy Division, Bauhaus, Kraftwerk and more with honest lyrics, progressive soundscapes and industrial synths.

Having toured with the likes of Interpol and Depeche Mode, Vasquez has built a reputation for an explosive live show filled with emotional integrity and pulsating electronic riffs and noise.

This is a 14+ event

The Soft Moon

“Arguably the most successful band to come out of Brazil…you’re in the hands of masters.”

We were shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of Ivan Conti, legendary drummer and one of the founding members of the jazz-funk behemoths.

Alex Malheirous and Kiko Continentino, fellow members of Azymuth, continue with their ’50 Year Anniversary Tour’ in honour of their late friend with fellow Brazilian drummer and close friend of Ivan, Renato Massa, joining the band behind the drums.

As with any Azymuth show, expect cosmic energy, masterful musicianship and a full spectrum of brilliantly colourful, expressionist funk, soul, jazz and samba in honour of a totemic figure of Brazilian music.

Local legend Luke Una soundtracks the night.

This is an 18+ event

Azymuth: 50th Anniversary Performance

Dear Limmertz

Azymuth

Luke Una

Deep in the High Focus catacombs, Nature’s Greatest Mystery has been gathering in force.

Legends in their own right, MC’s Leaf Dog, Fliptrix, Verb T & BVA combine to become THE FOUR OWLS, a feathered troop of lyrical strigiformes unlike anything the world has seen before.

Stick around after the show as our house band and DJs carry on the party ’til late.

This is an 18+ event

The Four Owls

Assassination

Sparkz + DJ Cutterz

Fieves

We take time to honour Rihanna's 2016 Anti with Manchester's Untold Orchestra.

Hear classics such as: ‘Needed Me’, ‘Work’, ‘Love On The Brain’, ‘Desperado’ (and more), plus a seletion of timeless Rihanna tracks from across her other studio albums. All the tracks will be performed by the city’s finest classical musicians..

You can expect:

\- A full orchestral performance with string, brass, percussion and vocalist' sections.

\- A bespoke light show.

\- A unique, custom-made music score.

\- World class audio quality.

\- An unforgettable, intimate, live musical experience.

This is an 18+ event.

Rihanna: Anti - Performed by a Live Orchestra

"Performance is the product".

Forget every rule you’ve ever been taught about live music, and every outmoded notion of what it is to be a ‘live’ band. Even forget what you think ‘live music’ actually means.

The mind-blowing live drum’n’bass outfit only perform live. No set list and no repeat performances, it’s all about the moment – a one-time experience between band and audience.

Get ready to witness a true mastery of live-electronic music and a unique sonic experience led by Chase & Status live band drummer Andy Gangadeen and a world-class band of talent.

This is an 18+ event

The Bays

As part of our 4th July celebrations we’re bringing a bit of the deep South to Manchester, honouring the pioneering women at the heart of the golden blues era with an unmissable live show in our concert hall.

From Big Mama Thornton to Koko Taylor, the award-winning Misty Blues travel from across the pond to relive the songs and stories of these incredible performers.

Unbeatable live blues, Manchester’s finest bourbon collection and the best BBQ in town – there’s no better place to be than The Blues Kitchen this Independence Day.

For bookings in our restaurant ahead of the show please enquire at bookings.manchester@theblueskitchen.com.

This is an 18+ event

The Queens of Blues: A Live Celebration

Misty Blues

The brass-house trio bring their incendiary live show to Manchester this Summer.

With a distinctive brand of high-energy dance music, the viral sensations first emerged as NYC buskers back in 2013 before evolving into a globally recognized phenomenon. Since then it’s been a meteoric rise, with successful tours around the world, millions of YouTube views and appearances on superstar albums including Beyonce’s Lemonade.

This is an 18+ event

Too Many Zooz

The UK soul pioneers celebrate 5 decades of glorious music here at The Blues Kitchen, led by legendary duo Chris Amoo and Dave Smith.

Formed in 1972, The Real Thing are Britain’s longest-established – and best-loved – black group in UK entertainment history. Universally known for their legendary hits ‘You To Me Are Everything’, ‘Can’t Get By Without You’ and ‘Can You Feel the Force’, as well as their ground-breaking 1977 song, ‘Children of the Ghetto’, The Real Thing remain pioneers in soul, funk and dance music.

This is an 18+ event

The Real Thing

Westlife - Hit You With the Real Thing

Rita Ray

Manchester’s soul songstress presents a lovingly curated evening of Sade’s most cherished hits.

Expect songs from the depths of her repertoire, film feature tracks and hits like “Sweetest Taboo”, “Smooth Operator”, “By Your Side”, “Paradise” and many more.

The ultimate night of 80s nostalgia, performed by a band of Manchester’s finest.

This is an 18+ event

A Night of Sade with Yemi Bolatiwa

The New Mastersounds have been delighting audiences with their infectious brand of funky soul-jazz since they formed in Leeds, UK in 1999. For the first five years of the band’s career they were regulars at the Jazz Cafe, before they began to turn heads on the funk scene in the US.

A staple act of the late-night scene during New Orleans’ annual Jazz Fest, they’ve collaborated over the years with such musical luminaries as Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Corinne Bailey Rae, Art Neville, Bernard Purdie and Lou Donaldson.

Always at their best on stage as a tightly-packed quartet – bass, drums, guitar and Hammond organ – they\[ll be firing scorching funk grooves off each other and feeding off the energy of the grinning dancers in the front row this July.

This is an 18+ event.

The New Mastersounds

The New Mastersounds - Yokacoka

Legendary Brooklyn natives Smif-N-Wessun are survivors of the game of hip-hop.

Their street slick rhymes, personal chemistry, and ability to trade the mic smoother than a Henny and Coke, are a testament to team work.

With a fast break into success, legal trouble that forced a brief name change, and moving into the driver’s seat, from emcees to entrepreneurs, Tek and Steele have stood tall in the face of adversity as an impenetrable force.

They made their first appearance to the world of hip-hop on Black Moon’s 1993 debut Enta Da’ Stage, with tracks 'Black Smif N’ Wessun' and 'U Da Man' showcasing their fierce and unrestricted lyrics before the release of their seminal album Dah Shinin’.

This is an 18+ event.

Smif-N-Wessun

Wreckonize - Remix Vocal

Smif-N-Wessun - Let Me Tell Ya (feat. Rick Ross)

If there is one R&B artist for whom the neo-soul categorisation seemed limiting, it is Philadelphia native Bilal. His voice, classically trained and capable of singing opera in seven languages, makes him one of the most dynamic artists of our time.

His individuality led him into the Soulquarians, a rotating collective of collaborators who included Common, Jay Dee (aka J Dilla), the Roots' Ahmir Thompson, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Q-Tip, and Raphael Saadiq within its ranks.

His exemplary neo-soul release featuring collaborations with Mike City, Robert Glasper, and many of the Soulquarians reached the Top Ten of Billboard's R&B albums chart. Bilal has featured on songs by Beyoncé, Musiq, Clipse, Sa-Ra, Jay-Z, and several others, as well as a Grammy nomination in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category, making this show an unmissable performance.

This is an 18+ event

Bilal

Bilal - Soul Sista

August Charles

Konny Kon

Manchester's renowned AMC Gospel Choir present a one-off, early-evening session of classics given the full gospel treatment.

One of the UK’s leading choirs performing timeless tracks by Beyonce, Pharrell, Etta James, Stevie Wonder and more – you’ll always be left wanting more.

This is an 18+ event.

The Gospel Service

Beyoncé - Drunk In Love (feat. Jay Z)

Beyoncé - CUFF IT

We take time to explore Frank Ocean's two pivotal albums, Blonde & Channel Orange, performed by a 12-piece orchestra.

From Channel Orange classics 'Lost' and 'Thinking Bout You' to Blonde's seminal 'Pink + White' and 'Nights', Untold Orchestra will delve in to the both albums, creating a unique score.

You can expect:

\- A full orchestral performance with string, brass, percussion and vocalist' sections-- A bespoke light show -- A unique, custom-made orchestral music score -- World class audio quality -- An unforgettable, intimate, live musical experience -Live music from 8pm.

Stick around after the show as our house band and DJs carry on the party ’til late.

This is an 18+ event

Blonde vs Orange: Frank Ocean Orchestra

Since forming in 1968, Odyssey have gone on to become one of the most successful disco groups of all time.

Starting out performing in New York dance clubs they hit the big time in 1977 with their iconic disco cuts “Native New Yorker” and “Easy Come, Easy Go”, two gems that brilliantly captured the NY scene at the time.

“Don’t Tell Me, Tell Her” and the smash hit “Going Back to My Roots” soon followed, cementing the group’s place in disco history. This July they’ll bring all the favourites from their unbeatable discography.

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Disco Icons: Odyssey

We're delighted to announce a second date for our renowned orchestral rendition of Frank Ocean’s Blonde and Channel Orange.

From Channel Orange classics 'Lost' and 'Thinking Bout You' to Blonde's seminal 'Pink + White' and 'Nights', Untold Orchestra will delve into both albums, to create a unique score for two of the world’s most iconic albums.

You can expect:

\- A full orchestral performance with string, brass, percussion, and vocalist' sections -\- A bespoke light show -\- A unique, custom-made orchestral music score -\- World class audio quality -\- An unforgettable, intimate, live musical experience -Live music from 8pm. Stick around after the show as our house band and DJs carry on the party ’til late

This is an 18+ event

Frank Ocean’s Blonde vs Orange Orchestrated

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