Events in Manchester October




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Thu Oct 1 2:00pm
Small Town - John Mellencamp Tribute
Ogunquit Playhouse  •  Ogunquit, ME
Thu Oct 1 7:00pm
John Cameron Mitchell
Shubert Theatre At The Boch Center  •  Boston, MA
Thu Oct 1 7:00pm
Jill Scott
O2 Apollo Manchester  •  Manchester, MN
Thu Oct 1 7:00pm
Unsane, Sexless Marriage & Alreckque
Middle East  •  Cambridge, MA
Thu Oct 1 7:00pm
Rise Against
MGM Music Hall at Fenway Park  •  Boston, MA
Thu Oct 1 7:00pm
The Tear Garden
Middle East  •  Cambridge, MA
Thu Oct 1 7:30pm
The Bald and The Beautiful
Wang Theater At The Boch Center  •  Boston, MA
Thu Oct 1 7:30pm
Joe Jackson
Corn Exchange Cambridge  •  Cambridge, CM
Thu Oct 1 7:30pm
Wicked
Citizens Bank Opera House  •  Boston, MA
Thu Oct 1 7:30pm
Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood
Palace Theatre  •  Manchester, NH
Thu Oct 1 7:30pm
Gorillaz
TD Garden  •  Boston, MA
Thu Oct 1 7:30pm
Pat Metheny
Nashua Center for the Arts  •  Nashua, NH
Thu Oct 1 8:00pm
Small Town - John Mellencamp Tribute
Ogunquit Playhouse  •  Ogunquit, ME
Thu Oct 1 8:00pm
Rocketship
The Rockwell  •  Somerville, MA
Thu Oct 1 8:00pm
Lynch Mob & Lone Wolf James
Blue Ocean Music Hall  •  Salisbury, MA
Thu Oct 1 8:00pm
Theo Katzman
Brighton Music Hall  •  Allston, MA
Fri Oct 2 6:00pm
Simple Plan
O2 Apollo Manchester  •  Manchester, MN
Fri Oct 2 7:00pm
Katherine Jenkins
Bridgewater Hall  •  Manchester, MN
Fri Oct 2 7:00pm
Randy Travis
Colonial Theatre  •  Keene, NH
Fri Oct 2 7:00pm
Post Sex Nachos
Sonia  •  Cambridge, MA
Fri Oct 2 7:00pm
Bebe Stockwell
Brighton Music Hall  •  Allston, MA
Fri Oct 2 7:30pm
The Bald and The Beautiful
Wang Theater At The Boch Center  •  Boston, MA
Fri Oct 2 8:00pm
Small Town - John Mellencamp Tribute
Ogunquit Playhouse  •  Ogunquit, ME
Fri Oct 2 8:00pm
Wicked
Citizens Bank Opera House  •  Boston, MA
Fri Oct 2 8:00pm
Eduardo Costa
Citizens House Of Blues  •  Boston, MA
Fri Oct 2 8:00pm
Hayden Pedigo
The Rockwell  •  Somerville, MA
Fri Oct 2 8:00pm
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Agganis Arena  •  Boston, MA
Fri Oct 2 8:00pm
The Takes
Cantab Lounge  •  Cambridge, MA
Fri Oct 2 8:00pm
Smashing Pumpkins
TD Garden  •  Boston, MA
Sat Oct 3 3:30am
Harvard Crimson vs. Colgate Raiders
Harvard Stadium  •  Allston, MA
Sat Oct 3 3:30am
New Hampshire Wildcats vs. Elon Phoenix
Wildcat Stadium  •  Durham, NH
Sat Oct 3 3:30am
Southern Methodist (SMU) Mustangs vs. Boston College Eagles
Gerald J. Ford Stadium  •  Dallas, TX
Sat Oct 3 2:00pm
Small Town - John Mellencamp Tribute
Ogunquit Playhouse  •  Ogunquit, ME
Sat Oct 3 2:00pm
Wicked
Citizens Bank Opera House  •  Boston, MA
Sat Oct 3 4:00pm
Forge FC vs. HFX Wanderers FC
Hamilton Stadium  •  Hamilton, ON
Sat Oct 3 6:00pm
Standup Showcase
Comedy Club At Duck Duck Goofs  •  Somerville, MA
Sat Oct 3 6:30pm
Public Image Ltd
Big Night Live  •  Boston, MA
Sat Oct 3 7:00pm
Kathy Griffin
Wilbur Theatre  •  Boston, MA
Sat Oct 3 7:00pm
Sub Urban
Sonia  •  Cambridge, MA
Sat Oct 3 7:00pm
Michael Mayo
Regattabar At The Charles Hotel  •  Cambridge, MA
Sat Oct 3 7:00pm
Bring Me The Horizon
TD Coliseum  •  Hamilton, ON
Sat Oct 3 7:30pm
Nicotine Dolls
The Workmans Club  •  Dublin, DN
Sat Oct 3 7:30pm
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy
Lebanon Opera House  •  Lebanon, NH
Sat Oct 3 8:00pm
Northern Cross
Rochester Opera House  •  Rochester, NH
Sat Oct 3 8:00pm
Wicked
Citizens Bank Opera House  •  Boston, MA
Sat Oct 3 8:00pm
Elder
Paradise Rock Club Presented by Citizens  •  Boston, MA
Sun Oct 4 1:00pm
Wicked
Citizens Bank Opera House  •  Boston, MA
Sun Oct 4 2:00pm
Small Town - John Mellencamp Tribute
Ogunquit Playhouse  •  Ogunquit, ME
Sun Oct 4 6:00pm
The World of Hans Zimmer
3Arena  •  Dublin, DN
Sun Oct 4 6:30pm
Wicked
Citizens Bank Opera House  •  Boston, MA
Sun Oct 4 7:00pm
Kanan Gill
Wilbur Theatre  •  Boston, MA
Sun Oct 4 7:00pm
Nurse Blake
Colonial Theatre  •  Keene, NH
Sun Oct 4 7:30pm
Small Town - John Mellencamp Tribute
Ogunquit Playhouse  •  Ogunquit, ME
Sun Oct 4 7:30pm
Damn The Torpedoes - Tom Petty Tribute
City Winery  •  Boston, MA
Sun Oct 4 7:30pm
John Cleese
FirstOntario Concert Hall  •  Hamilton, ON
Sun Oct 4 8:00pm
Switchfoot & Anberlin
Citizens House Of Blues  •  Boston, MA
Mon Oct 5 6:30pm
Pussycat Dolls
3Arena  •  Dublin, DN
Mon Oct 5 7:00pm
Nurse Blake
Nashua Center for the Arts  •  Nashua, NH
Mon Oct 5 7:00pm
Horse Lords
Deep Cuts Deli  •  Medford, MA
Mon Oct 5 7:30pm
The Rest Is Politics - Podcast
Wilbur Theatre  •  Boston, MA
Mon Oct 5 8:00pm
Begonia
Bridgeworks  •  Hamilton, ON
Mon Oct 5 8:00pm
Julia Wolf
Citizens House Of Blues  •  Boston, MA
Mon Oct 5 8:00pm
Buffalo Traffic Jam
Royale Boston  •  Boston, MA
Tue Oct 6 6:00pm
Serena Terry
Aviva Studios  •  Manchester, MN
Tue Oct 6 7:00pm
Wicked
Citizens Bank Opera House  •  Boston, MA
Tue Oct 6 7:00pm
Josh Thomas
Molson Canadian Studio at Hamilton Place  •  Hamilton, ON
Tue Oct 6 7:00pm
Briscoe
The Press Room  •  Portsmouth, NH
Tue Oct 6 7:00pm
Monty Python's Spamalot
Wang Theater At The Boch Center  •  Boston, MA
Tue Oct 6 7:30pm
Half-Baked Stories About My Dead Mom
Emerson Colonial Theatre  •  Boston, MA
Tue Oct 6 7:30pm
Yohay Sponder
Wilbur Theatre  •  Boston, MA
Tue Oct 6 8:00pm
Slift
The Sinclair Music Hall  •  Cambridge, MA
Tue Oct 6 8:00pm
Elder Island
Brighton Music Hall  •  Allston, MA
Tue Oct 6 8:00pm
Foster The People
MGM Music Hall at Fenway Park  •  Boston, MA
Tue Oct 6 8:00pm
Everything Everything
Royale Boston  •  Boston, MA
Wed Oct 7 7:00pm
Wicked
Citizens Bank Opera House  •  Boston, MA
Wed Oct 7 7:00pm
Monty Python's Spamalot
Wang Theater At The Boch Center  •  Boston, MA
Wed Oct 7 7:00pm
Both Sides Now: The Music of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen
Wilbur Theatre  •  Boston, MA
Wed Oct 7 7:30pm
The World of Hans Zimmer
Co  •  Manchester, MN
Wed Oct 7 7:30pm
David Sedaris
Capitol Center For The Arts  •  Concord, NH
Wed Oct 7 7:30pm
The Carpenters Songbook
Emerson Colonial Theatre  •  Boston, MA
Wed Oct 7 8:00pm
Small Town - John Mellencamp Tribute
Ogunquit Playhouse  •  Ogunquit, ME
Wed Oct 7 8:00pm
Bayonne
Arts At The Armory  •  Somerville, MA
Wed Oct 7 8:00pm
Smashing Pumpkins
TD Coliseum  •  Hamilton, ON
Thu Oct 8 7:00pm
Panopticon & Catharsis
Middle East  •  Cambridge, MA
Thu Oct 8 7:30pm
Wicked
Citizens Bank Opera House  •  Boston, MA
Thu Oct 8 7:30pm
Evil Dead - The Musical
Seacoast Repertory Theatre  •  Portsmouth, NH
Thu Oct 8 7:30pm
Randy Feltface
Wilbur Theatre  •  Boston, MA
Thu Oct 8 7:30pm
The Buena Vista Orchestra
Emerson Colonial Theatre  •  Boston, MA
Thu Oct 8 7:30pm
Monty Python's Spamalot
Wang Theater At The Boch Center  •  Boston, MA
Thu Oct 8 8:00pm
Small Town - John Mellencamp Tribute
Ogunquit Playhouse  •  Ogunquit, ME
Thu Oct 8 8:00pm
Monsta X
MGM Music Hall at Fenway Park  •  Boston, MA
Fri Oct 9 6:30pm
Professor Brian Cox
Co  •  Manchester, MN
Fri Oct 9 7:00pm
Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs. Edmonton Elks
Hamilton Stadium  •  Hamilton, ON
Fri Oct 9 7:00pm
Superdrag
Brighton Music Hall  •  Allston, MA
Fri Oct 9 7:00pm
Amber Autry
Laugh Boston  •  Boston, MA
Fri Oct 9 7:00pm
Alison Moyet
Corn Exchange Cambridge  •  Cambridge, CM
Fri Oct 9 7:00pm
Teddy Swims
TD Garden  •  Boston, MA
Fri Oct 9 7:00pm
Grand Kyiv Ballet: Swan Lake - Symphony of Lights
Emerson Colonial Theatre  •  Boston, MA
Fri Oct 9 7:30pm
Napoleon Dynamite Live!
Chevalier Theatre  •  Medford, MA
Fri Oct 9 7:30pm
Evil Dead - The Musical
Seacoast Repertory Theatre  •  Portsmouth, NH


Events in Manchester October 2026 schedule

Manchester in October 2026 is set to be a vibrant month filled with diverse events catering to all interests. Music enthusiasts can enjoy tribute performances at The Rex Theatre, featuring bands like Running On Jackson, a Jackson Browne tribute, on October 9th, and All Revved Up, a Meatloaf tribute, on October 10th. Fans of classic rock will appreciate Back In Black, a celebrated AC/DC tribute, performing on October 23rd, along with Daybreak, a Barry Manilow tribute, on October 24th. These concerts promise high-energy performances from talented tribute bands in an intimate venue setting.

For those interested in live sports, the month kicks off with the Saint Anselm Hawks football games at Grappone Stadium. Key matchups include the game against Southern Connecticut State Owls on October 3rd, with additional games against Assumption College Greyhounds scheduled for October 24th. These college football games offer an exciting atmosphere for sports fans and are among the top sporting events in Manchester this October.

Additionally, the city hosts the popular Chocolate Expo on October 11th at the DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown, where visitors can indulge in a wide array of sweet treats and enjoy a delightful culinary experience. Meanwhile, comedy fans can catch the hilarious performances of Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood at the Palace Theatre on October 1st, promising an evening of improvisational comedy.

Overall, Manchester’s October events feature a fantastic mix of live music, sports, comedy, and sweet indulgences, making it an ideal time to explore the city’s vibrant cultural scene.