Manchester Music Walking Tour: Uncover the City's Iconic Musical Heritage

Embark on a Manchester music walking tour and trace the footsteps of legendary bands like The Smiths and Oasis. Dive into diverse neighborhoods and uncover hidden stories from passionate guides.

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Manchester - Embark on a captivating Manchester music walking tour to immerse yourself in the city’s rich musical history. Traverse iconic venues where legendary bands like The Smiths and Oasis emerged. Explore the vibrant neighborhoods that inspired iconic songs, discovering the beating heart of a city that shaped the global music scene.
What's Included
  • Expert local guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities (optional)
Additional Information

Embark on a Manchester music walking tour for an immersive odyssey through the city’s unparalleled musical heritage. See the locations of iconic venues, tracing the footsteps of legendary bands like The Smiths and Oasis. Dive into diverse neighborhoods that birthed movements, feeling the pulse of Madchester in the Northern Quarter. Uncover hidden…

Location
M2 3WS
Lower Mosley Street
Meet your guide 10 minutes prior to the start of the tour outside the entrance of The Bridgewater Hall Lower Mosley Street Manchester M2 3WS.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Wombatus_10
Sep 23, 2024
Fantastic walking tour - Tour guide is very knowledgable. It was nice to see the history of where a lot of the Manchurian bands played. Development has torn the original buildings down in many cases. Warning: It does not include a visit to Salford Lad's Club since it is outside the city center. I can't remember the guide's name but she went above and beyond and she helped us visit the club. Thank you for a great tour!
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Anna_r
Sep 8, 2024
Brilliant, irreverent and knowledgeable - Jonathan Scholfield was funny, irreverent and had a fund of great stories and a brilliant play list. All 12 of us ( including sone real Mancunian music buffs) had a cracking time. As did the rest of the group. He also spoke loud enough for us slightly hard of hearing
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Aguero9320
Sep 2, 2024
Informative tour with a great guide - Informative tour around Manchester City Centre highlighting points of interest of the Manchester scene from the 60s to 90s, linking to the importance of the City’s industrial heritage. Emma was a great guide, bringing the tour to life with her stories and music choices. Would highly recommend.
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Peter_w
Aug 18, 2024
Great insights - Jonathan was an excellent guide imparing a lot of knowledge and wit. Captured that era really well !!
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Highpeaker2015
Aug 6, 2024
Superb tour will brilliant guide - This was my first Manchester Music Walking Tour and it was superb. Our knowledgeable, informative, engaging and amusing guide Jonathan Schofield related stories on iconic local bands from The Hollies, 10cc, Simply Red to the 'Madchester' bands including the Smiths, Joy Division, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays to Oasis, and the current Manc music scene. Highly recommended.
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Elenaby4129sb
Aug 3, 2024
Awesome - I had a great time, absolutely to do. Strolled the musical streets of Manchester, learning a lot about where top musicians and singers were born and raised.
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Corcoran108
Jul 15, 2024
Entertaining and so much information - We learned so much about Manchester music history over the last century, but focusing on 1960s to present day. So many bands started here and lots of firsts. Emma Fox added music and humour to the tour and we explored buildings from the beautiful Manchester Library to canals and renovated public toilets! She even got us doing a simian walk down an alley! Even though the tour said it wasn’t accessible, Emma led us on ramps and lifts as one of us was in a mobility scooter. A great way to spend a typical Manchester afternoon.
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Tour68682464315
Jul 7, 2024
Manchester music tour - Great tour of the Manchester music scene history. The guide was very knowledgeable and passionate about what she does. We both really enjoyed the tour and would recommend this to anyone else.
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Debora
Oct 14, 2024
Music in everywhere - Guide is very prepared, nice and ironic person. I had hoped to visit some more iconic place but unfortunately many were put down; as for Oasis our Guide only mentioned briefly; I would have liked to hear something more.
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656kikir
Apr 21, 2024
Fun Little Tour! - Fun tour stomping around Manchester hearing about not just the 80's scene, but other musical fun facts. Our guide was engaging and quick witted...very entertaining. He was obviously involved in the scene here, so it's great to hear his anecdotes and learn about Manchester music from a true resident. :)
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