Manchester University: GONG, £9.50

Band On The Wall, Manchester: UFBI, funk, £5/£6, 8pm

Accrington Town Hall: LUNASA, folk, £7.50, 7.30pm

The Witchwood, Ashton-under-Lyne: MIDGE URE, £11, 8pm

Band On The Wall, Manchester: THOMAS MAPFUMO, African sounds, £10, 7pm

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: BUS STOP, '70s sounds, 10pm to 2am

The Bridge, Accrington: BATTLE OF THE DJs FINAL

Adelphi, Preston: THE GOOD SONS

Oxygen, Blackburn: STUDIO 55, house night

Blackpool Opera House: VAN MORRISON, £18 to £23.50

Manchester Apollo: THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES, NINE YARDS, £16

Manchester University: KILL II THIS, plus support, £7

Band On The Wall, Manchester: ESTELLE KOKOT, jazz, £5/£6, 8pm

Jazzy Kex, Blackburn: OUTASIGHT, funky DJ sounds till 3am

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: LUST, 10pm to 3am

Cellar Bar, Blackburn: SPONTANEOUS, dance and funk sounds, free, 9pm to 1am

Band On The Wall, Manchester: FREEDOM MASSES, plus other roots reggae acts, £5/£6, 8pm