O2 Apollo Manchester

O2 Apollo
Stockport Road
Manchester
M12 6AP
United Kingdom

Getting Here

By train / bus

Nearest mainline train station: Piccadilly*

Nearest Metrolink (tram) stop: Piccadilly Station*

Taxis: Hackney carriages (black cabs) available; private hire details available from staff

Buses: There are frequent buses from the city centre to the venue: 192 / 201 / 203 / 204 / 205. Please check Transport For Greater Manchester for more information

* Please check Facebook and TFGM for travel updates

Parking / By car

There are two official car parks immediately adjacent to the building both priced £10.00 (cash only).

The smaller car park on the Hyde Road side of the building caters for our patrons with access requirements, with a limited number of spaces used on a first come first served basis.

Both car parks are open & supervised from one hour before the event doors. Spaces and/or tickets may not be reserved in advance.

Use Postcode M12 6AJ for satellite navigation.

*** Patrons are strongly advised to use official car parks at all times ***

Hotels 

The closest hotels to the venue are:

MacDonald Manchester Hotel

Malmaison

DoubleTree by Hilton

aBode

Motel One

Premier Inn (Piccadilly)

Holiday Inn - Manchester City Centre

Travelodge (Upper Brook Street)

Travelodge (SportCity).

For further options please go to VisitManchester

Restaurants

There is a McDonalds restaurant a short walk from the venue, on Stockport Road.

House Of Beijing is opposite the venue on Polygon Street.

For further restaurant options please go to VisitManchester  (Please see our FAQs for details of our food & drink restrictions)

Venue opening times

Box office times

Counter sales - the box office counter at the O2 Apollo Manchester is open from 5.00pm on event days only.

Postal bookings - we accept postal bookings by Theatre Token and O2 Academy voucher. Please include a covering letter.

Post to: Box Office, O2 Apollo Manchester, Stockport Road, Ardwick Green, Manchester, M12 6AP [Please confirm the availability & price of your ticket/s beforehand. All tickets are subject to a restoration levy.]

Telephone - we only take Live Access bookings over the telephone at the venue. All other box office enquiries and bookings should go through our Ticketmaster number 08444 777 677 

Door / stage times

We'll have opening times, stage times (if we know them on show days) and curfew times if they're out of the ordinary for seasoned gig-goers (7pm-11pm) on the event page of this website and on our social channels too. They are usually available around 2pm on the event day but can be later - we post as soon as we have them. All timings are subject to change, so check before you travel. 

Age restrictions

Children under 2 do not require a ticket. Please carefully check specific event restrictions and suitability prior to purchasing a ticket. 
*No refunds will be issued*.
Everyone over 2 years old must have a valid ticket. Accompanying adults may be asked to remove disruptive children.
If any discounts are available for children, the maximum age to qualify is 14 years old.

Facilities

Four licensed bars (including O2 Priority Lounge), confectionery kiosk
All bars now accept contactless payment
No cash machine available
No air conditioning
Cloakroom (standing events only, subject to availability): £3.00 [cashless]
St John Ambulance First Aid staff on duty at every event
Merchandise stand in the main foyer [card payments accepted]
Capacity: 2693 (seated events); 3500 (standing events)
Ear plugs available free of charge from all points of sale

O2 WIFI

O2 Wifi is available throughout the venue.
Want to make friends jealous of the epic crowd but have no data? Don't worry, O2 Wifi is free for everyone, regardless of your network!

Charity

Live Nation (Music) UK Ltd supports Cancer Research UK.  We operate a number of fundraising initiatives throughout the venue and as such are unable to accommodate further charity requests.
Find out more about Cancer Research UK.

We donate items of lost property to Cancer Research UK and have raised over £9,500 in the past seven years.

 

Have we got it all covered?

Hopefully, but if we have missed anything it will be in our FAQs.