– THE CASTLE HOTEL, MANCHESTER – After a quiet few weeks for gig goers, the Manchester based live music promoters Carefully Planned helped wreck our New Years resolutions of a sober January by hosting the 15th CP All Dayer at Oldham Street institution, The Castle Hotel. I’m eager to see what the day has in […]
A Carefully Planned Festival is to bring more than 60 national and international acts to Manchester’s Northern Quarter for a weekend of live music, all for just a tenner. Spread over four intimate venues, the event will see some of the most interesting and cutting edge bands from across the UK take the stage for […]
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