#carefullyplanned

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The aptly named Carefully Planned All-Dayer has been a fairly regular occurrence over the past couple of years. Handpicking a variety of acts to take the stage, the brains behind Everything You Need first took up a whole chunk of Manchester’s daylight hours back in 2009 – and before that entertained Huddersfield. The modus operandi is merely ‘alternative’, which remains pleasingly vague and probably translates as: ‘a bunch of stuff you haven’t yet heard of’. This time around that equates to 66 acts scheduled across two days and four Northern Quarter venues.

Review of ‘A Carefully Planned Festival #1′

By Ian Pennington (Now Then, Manchester)

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Artwork for ‘A Carefully Planned Festival #1′ in 2011. 

By Greta Santagata

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25th CAREFULLY PLANNED ALL-DAYER @ THE CASTLE, MANCHESTER, MARCH 2015 

So this was the 25th and final CP all-dayer. I used a new lens which was a bit tricky but I got the hang of it eventually. My three faves of the day were: 

https://grawlix.bandcamp.com/

https://irkband.bandcamp.com/

http://matriviere.bandcamp.com/

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Tomorrow We Sail will be at ACPF#4 this weekend along with the likes of Post War Glamour Girls, Gymnast, Conquering Animal Sound, Tekla, Songs for Walter and more! 

We are one of Manchester Wire's standout bands for the weekend and are so looking forward to it, we've released 'December' from our debut album for your aural pleasure. 

We'll be at the Mint Lounge, Sunday 4pm. See you there! 

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23rd Carefully Planned All-Dayer @ Gullivers, Manchester, June 2014 (Part 2/2)

Seperate post for E Numbers, Aeroplane Flies High, Screaming Maldini. The lighting improved for these acts so I was able to get some kind of decent shots. They are all amazing bands anyway, listen to them here: 

http://screamingmaldini.bandcamp.com/

http://aeroplaneflieshigh.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/e_numbers

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http://aeroplaneflieshigh.bandcamp.com/

23rd Carefully Planned All-Dayer @ Gullivers, Manchester, June 2014 (Part 1/2)

Another great all-dayer at Gullvers: the last one of the year before ACPF#4 in October. I particularly enjoyed Hot Shorts and Cecille Grey. I didn’t enjoy how dark it was when shooting though! 

http://hotshorts.bandcamp.com/

http://cecillegrey.bandcamp.com/