BAROC CAFE BAR, Halliwell Road, Bolton. Every Tuesday, Dave Gee; every Wednesday live jazz with Munch Manship; Thursday September 28, local band No Ball Games; Sunday karaoke. Ring Bolton 847300.

BURY MET CAFE BAR, Market Street, Bury.

Horwich RMI CLUB, Chorley New Road, Horwich. Ring Bolton 468085 (9am to 5pm) or Bolton 468911 (6.30pm to 9pm).

MOSES GATE HOTEL, Farnworth.

GYPSY'S TENT, Deansgate, Bolton.

BULLS HEAD, Bury Rd, Breightmet.

SHARMAN ARMS, Halliwell Rd, Bolton, Saturdays, live artist.

ROSE AND CROWN, Bury Rd, Edgworth, Bolton, Saturdays, live entertainment.

THE LAMB, Blackburn Rd, Bolton, Saturdays, live entertainment.

ST GREGORY'S SOCIAL CLUB, Church St, Farnworth, live cabaret, open the box and bingo on Sundays.

THE BROOKLYN, Green Ln, Bolton, Sundays, live entertainment.

BOLTON CRICKET CLUB, Green Lane, Bolton. Jazz Club, Thursdays.

WITCHWOOD, Old St, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Wednesday October 4, 8pm, Martin Stephenson and The Daintees. Admission £7/£8. Ring 0161 344 0321.

MANCHESTER ACADEMY, Oxford Rd, Manchester. Friday September 29, Morcheeba, Saturday September 30, Bugged Out, Saturday October 7, Ericsson Muzik Awards Tour featuring Roni Size Reprazent and MJ Cole. Sturday October 14, Toploader, Sunday October 15, Coldplay, Friday October 20, Placebo. Friday October 27 The Waterboys, Saturday October 28, Badly Drawn Boy, Friday November 3, Reef, Wednesday November 1 Mansun, Friday November 10, Delirious, Saturday November 11, Embrace, Friday November 17, Queens of the Stone Age, Friday November 24, Thin Lizzy, Thursday December 14 The Levellers. Ring 0161 275 2930.

NIGHT AND DAY, Oldham Street, Manchester. Ring 0161 236 1822/4597.

THE ROADHOUSE, Newton St, Manchester. Ring 0161 237 9789.

HAWTHORNS, Spa Road, Bolton. Ring Bolton 388322.

BLUE CAT CAFE, Shaw Road, Stockport.

BAND ON THE WALL, Swan St, Manchester. Tuesday September 26, Showcase Well North of London and Live Atom featuring unsigned bands and artists. Starts 8pm. Tickets £3.50. Also, Thursday September 28, Sister India featuring female artists from British Asia. Starts 9pm. Tickets £8. Also, Friday September 29, Headspin, a night of hip-hop reveltry. Starts 8pm. Tickets £6, £5 and £3. Also, Saturday September 30, Salford University Millennium Ball featuring Atlanta Soul. Ring 0161 833 0682, or 0161 832 6625.

MANCHESTER CRAFT AND DESIGN CENTRE, Oak St, Northern Quarter, Manchester. Ring 0161 832 4274.

THE MET ARTS CENTRE, Market St, Bury. Ring 0161 761 2216

JOSHUA BROOKS, 106 Princess St, Manchester. Ring 0161 273 7543. Mondays, Indie Night, 8.30pm. Tuesdays, House music with Dave McCormack, 8pm. Weds, House music with Matt Hadlow, Lee Fletcher, Francis Wooff and Stephen Reilly. Starts 6pm. Fridays, Funk & soul music with Dave Glynn. Starts 9pm.

JABEZ CLEGG, 2 Portsmouth St, Manchester. Ring 0161 272 8612. Mondays, The Freestyle Factory. Starts 7pm. Tuesdays, The Big Quiz and Resident DJs. Wednesdays, funk and acid jazz. Thursdays, Super disco brakes - a night of funk and disco. Fridays and Saturdays, The Bop, a mixture of dance and pop, 9.30pm.

THE MOON & SIXPENCE, 1 Bernard Street, Glossop. Ring 01457 865203.

THE GUZZLING GOOSE, Bentinck Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. Ring 0802 581308.

IRISH WORLD HERITAGE CENTRE, 10 Queens Road, Cheetham Hill, Manchester. Ring 0161 973 5780.

BREWERY ARTS CENTRE, Highgate, Kendal.Tuesday September 26, Chameleon perform a variety of music from jazz to tango. Starts 9pm. Ring 01539 725133.

MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION, Manchester. Tuesday September 26 Rachel Stamp, Wednesday September 27 World Party, Thursday September 28 The Yo-Yos, Wednesday October 4 Elliott Smith, Thursday October 5 Sam Brown, Thursday October 5 Delgados, Friday October 6 Jeff Healey Band, Tuesday October 10 The Crocketts, Wednesday October 11 Fastball, Friday October 13 Caravan, Saturday October 14 JJ72, Sunday October 15 Allison Moorer, Sunday October 15 Queen Adreena, Monday October 15 Vigilantes of Love, Wednesday October 18 Idlewild, Thursday October 19 Porcupine Tree, Friday October 20 Eliza Carthy Band, Saturday October 21 Fools Gold, Sunday October 22 Slaid Cleeves, Monday October 23 The Go-Betweens, Monday October 23 Soulwax, Tuesday October 24 Lonestar, Wednesday October 25 Less Than Jake, Friday October 27 LA Doors, Saturday October 28 Kill II this, Saturday October 28 Faust, Monday October 30 Kathryn Williams, Tuesday October 31 The Almighty, Wednesday November 1 Biohazard, Thursday November 2 Teenage Fanclub, Friday Novembr 3 Snapcase, Saturday November 4 Red Snapper, Sunday November 5 Johnathan Richman, Wednesday October 8 Ian "Mac" McLagan and The Bump Band. Friday November 10 Hefner, Sunday November 12 Bast, Wednesday November 15 Jill Scott, Thursday November 16 Lo Fidelity Allstars, Friday November 17 Glenn Tilbrook, Saturday November 18 Roachford, Friday November 24 The Oysterband, Wednesday December 6 Willard Grant Conspiracy, Saturday December 9 The Australian Pink Floyd, Thursday December 14 The Alarm, Sunday December 17 Cradle of Filth. Ring 0161 275 2930.