A CAREFULLY PLANNED CHRISTMAS PARTY – THIS FRIDAY

The team behind A Carefully Planned Festival have announced a special Christmas gig happening this Friday, 16th December at The Eagle Inn, Salford. The lineup includes:  Living Body (featuring Jeff T. Smith (formerly of Juffage), Katie Harkin (Harkin, Sky Larkin, Wild Beasts, Sleater-Kinney) and Tom Evans (Vessels), Peaness, Chuman, and Chrissy Barnacle. Tickets are £5 – […]
– THE EAGLE INN, SALFORD – A Carefully Planned Festival is best known for taking over the Northern Quarter every October to shine a light on some of the country’s unknown acts, commonly known only to those in-the-know *hush hush* *sniff *sniff*. Tonight I cannot stroke my beard or nod along knowingly though, as tonight […]

LIVE: THE TUTS / BABY BRAVE / GURGLES – 11/02/2016

LIVE: A CAREFULLY PLANNED FESTIVAL #5 – 18/10/2015

– VARIOUS VENUES, MANCHESTER – It’s been a hard week, and as I get to Manchester’s gem The Northern Quarter, I doubt whether I’ll be able to fulfill the rather ambitious programme that I’ve arranged for A Carefully Planned Festival. It’s bloody Sunday and I feel so bloody tired, but I come across with a bizarre […]
The fourth A Carefully Planned Festival, which includes more than 120 bands playing seven venues, will hit the Northern Quarter this Saturday and Sunday. The eclectic festival, which has previously attracted the likes of Alt-J, Everything Everything and Peace, will be held in The Castle, Cord, Gullivers, Kraak, Mint Lounge, Soup Kitchen, and the Whiskey Jar. This […]

TWO-DAY FESTIVAL HITS NORTHERN QUARTER THIS WEEKEND