Cellar Bar, Blackburn: MISSED HER BLISS, free, 9pm to 1am

throughout town, Burnley: BLUES FESTIVAL

King George's Hall, Blackburn: THE FIFE, GONE BEGGIN', beer festival folk, 50p to £3, from 6.15pm

Cubes, Blackburn: DJs GILLY, ANDY G play house and garage, free, 9pm to 1am

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: SEDUCTION, chart and party tunes, 10pm to 3am

Preston Charter Theatre: STEVE HARLEY

Band On The Wall, Manchester: DUB NATION, reggae weekender £5/£6, 8pm

throughout town, Burnley: BLUES FESTIVAL

Cubes, Blackburn: DJs GILLY, GRANT HOLMES, DAMIAN LEE, ANDY G, ALEX, garage and house, free, 5pm to midnight

Throughout town, Burnley: BLUES FESTIVAL

Cellar Bar, Blackburn: BATTLE OF THE BANDS featuring LBJ, CAMBERSLANG, CHEVRON, PRETEND GIRLFRIEND, battle begins around 6pm, DJs from midday, free

Manchester Academy: INCUBUS, £8.50

The Witchwood, Ashton-under-Lyne: AZIZ, ex-Stone Roses and Smiths, £5, 8pm

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

Band On The Wall, Manchester: KATY MOFFATT, £6/£8, 8pm

Manchester University: DAVID GRAY, £8

Empress Ballroom, Blackpool: IAN BROWN

Manchester University: JACKIE LEVEN, £8.50

Band On The Wall, Manchester: PAUL LAMB AND THE KING SNAKES, £6/£7.50, 8pm

Oxygen, Blackburn: STUDIO 55, house night

Manchester Apollo: PANTERA, £11

Cellar Bar, Blackburn: THE SOUP, indie night, free, 9pm to 1am

Burnley Mechanics: BOYZONLY, STEP BY STEP, pop tributes, £5.50, 7.15pm

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

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