CONCERTS

KING GEORGES HALL, Blackburn. What A Feeling! A feel-good 80s show with Gwen Dickey and Limahl of Kajagoogoo. The show features songs and dances celebrating the rock and pop movies and musicals of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Sunday November 26. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £15.50, £14.50 and £12.50. Also, Ga Ga a tribute to Queen. Thursday November 30. Starts 8pm. Ring 01254 582582.

VICTORIA HALL, Knowsley Street, Bolton. Christmas Concert featuring the Greater Manchester Police Band and Rossendale Festival Choir. Saturday December 2. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £5 and £4 concessions in aid of the Hearing Dogs for the Deaf available on the door or by ringing 399323.

ROYTON ASSEMBLY HALL, Market Square, Royton, Oldham. Ashton under Lyne Brtass Band. Sunday November 26. Starts 1.30pm. Tickets including a hot pot lunch £6, £5 concessions and £4 for children and students. Ring 0161 911 4072.

QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL, West Street, Oldham. Manchester Camerata perform Mozart, Elgar and Schubert. Wednesday November 29. Pre-concert talk starts 6.30pm. Concert starts 7.30pm. Tickets £12, £10 and £7 concessions. Ring 0161 911 4072.

OSWALDTWISTLE CIVIC THEATRE. Gerry and the Pacemakers. Sunday November 26. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £12.50 and £11.50 concessions.

MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS ARENA, Manchester. Savage Garden, Thursday, November 30; AC/DC, December 1. Ring 0161 930 8000. The Beautiful South, Sunday, December 17. Tickets £20. Savage Garden, Saturday December 9, tickets £19.50. Ring 0161 930 8000.

THE DANCEHOUSE THEATRE, Oxford Road, Manchester. Box Office 0161 237 9753.

MANCHESTER APOLLO, Manchester. Ring 0161 242 2560. UFO and Uli Jon Roth, tonight; Status Quo, Thursday November 30; Craig David, Tuesday, December 5, tickets £16. Richard Ashcroft, Monday, December 4, tickets £17.50. Smash Hits Tour, Saturday, December 2, tickets £15. Shaolin Monks, Saturday, November 25, tickets £18.50, £16.50, £12.50 Thursday, February 1, Melanie C, tickets £16.50.

HALLE, BRIDGEWATER HALL, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester. Nov 25, Halle Pop; The Russian Experience. December 9, Dancin' All Over The World. A Gala concert in aid of the Halle Appeal. All concerts start at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated. Full-priced tickets from £7. Ring 0161 907 9000.

BRIDGEWATER HALL, Manchester. Tonight, 7.30pm, Emmylou Harris and Spyboy with special guest Patty Griffin, tickets vary from £25 to £29.50. Sunday, November 26, sixth Annual Greater Manchester Youth Prom. Starts 7pm. Tickets £5.50, £7.50 and £9.50. Monday, November 27, East Meets West Specatcular featuring the Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines and the Central Band of the White Russian Army, The Belarussian National Folk Dance Academy and The Massed Chorus. Starts 8pm. Tickets £9.50, £10.50 and £11.50. Tuesday, November 28, 7.30pm, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, tickets from £10 to £21.50. Wednesday, November 29, 7.30pm, Bryn Terfel, tickets vary from £15 to £45. Thursday, November, Elizabeth Weber and Midori Tamora perform Mozart and Brahms. Starts 1.10pm. Tickets £5. Sunday, December 3, Handel's Messiah, Halle Orchestra and choir, tickets vary from £7 to £29.50. Wednesday, December 6, 1.10pm, Manchester midday concerts' society, Travelling by Tuba, £5. Wednesday, December 13, Thursday, December 14, Sunday, December 17, 7.30pm, Halle Orchestra, tickets vary from £7 to £28.50. Ring 0161 907 9000.

MANCHESTER ACADEMY, Oxford Road, Manchester. Ring 0161 275 2930. Thin Lizzy, Tonight, £17.50. Reef, Saturday, December 2, £12.50. The Levellers, Thursday, December 14, £12.50.

NIGHT AND DAY CAFE, Oldham Road, Manchester. Ring 0161 236 4597.

PRESTON GUILD HALL & CHARTER THEATRE. Leyland Band and Band of HM Royal Marines (Scotland) perform the best in brass and military music. Sunday, November 26. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £11, £12 and £13.50. Also, a lunchtime recital with Heejung Kim playing the Appassionata Sonata. Tuesday, November 28. Starts 1.05pm. Tickets £3.50. Also, Hall Orchestra perform the Mastersingers overture, the Faur Pavane, The Lark Ascending and In the South. Tuesday, November 28. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets from £11. Also, The Naughty Rhythms Tour. Thursday, November 30. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £13. Ring 01772 258858.

BUXTON OPERA HOUSE, Water Street, Buxton. Magic. A Tribute to Freddie Mercury and Queen. Tuesday, November 28. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £8.50, £10 and £11.50. Ring 01298 72190.