The best: Gigs happening around Manchester this November

Cat Power is coming to Manchester’s Albert Hall this Wednesday as part of a year-long anniversary tour for her milestone album The Greatest.

Following two sold-out outdoor shows at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl this summer, Mike Skinner and The Streets will return to the city to perform their seminal album A Grand Don’t Come For Free for the final time ever in the UK at Depot Mayfield as part of The Warehouse Project season.

The Hallé’s Principal Conductor, Kahchun Wong, conducts the RNCM Symphony Orchestra through Shostakovich’s heroic Fifth Symphony, plus Strauss’ Four Last Songs with alumnus Esther Shea.

Manchester-born La Discothéque celebrate a decade of filling dancefloors with a special anniversary show at Depot Mayfield. The stacked bill includes Basement Jaxx (DJ Set), Groove Armada (DJ Set), Annie Mac, Dombresky presents Disco Dom, DJ Paulette, Gerd Janson b2b Krystal Klear, Jayda G, Hunee b2b Luke Una, CC:DISCO! and more across the Depot, Concourse, Archive, Vault and Star & Garter 54.

Legendary singer, songwriter, musician and producer Stevie Wonder brings his Songs In The Key of Life 50th anniversary tour to Manchester’s Co-op Live.

Brian Fallon, best known by many as the frontman of The Gaslight Anthem, brings his Americana-influenced solo project to the Albert Hall on Wed 11 Nov.

A landmark collaboration with the V&A East Museum and Friday Night is Music Night comes to the BBC Philharmonic Studio at MediaCity, celebrating the impact of Black British music on British culture.

The critically lauded The Australian Pink Floyd Show brings their remarkable audio/visual homage to one of the most iconic groups of all time to the O2 Apollo Manchester. Over the last three decades, the ensemble has cemented itself as the seminal Pink Floyd tribute, selling more than five million tickets worldwide.

Step into the world of the Brontë sisters with Kantos Chamber Choir in a unique evening of choral music and spoken word inspired by the lives and imaginations of one of literature’s most famous families.

Blending post-punk and good, old-fashioned fuzzy rock and roll, New York outfit Bodega are at The Abbey for a two-night stint. Describing their latest sound, they cite a “late 80s/early 90s Stone Roses-meets Jane’s Addiction thing”, which has us instantly hooked in.

Two of indie rock’s most influential bands share the stage in a special co-headline show at Aviva Studios this November.

Fresh from the release of Jungle’s new record Sunshine, the British funk-disco hitmakers head to Co-op Live for a massive Friday night headline show on Fri 27 Nov. Jungle will be joined by special guest Rio Kosta.

Following their huge headline show across town, Jungle will swiftly head over to Albert Hall on for an exclusive after-party DJ set, extending the celebrations well into the night.

The bizarrely brilliant duo of Ben Sadler and Josh Law, AKA Getdown Services, are coming to Manchester Academy at the end of the month. The pair’s latest album, Massive Champion, is an incredible work, so if you can bag a ticket, do it.