PlannerFest: a different event for planner, journal and stationery lovers
Next Event Provisional Date: Saturday 12th June, 2025
Manchester Central, Manchester, UK
About PlannerFest
PlannerFest
If you are obsessed with planning, stationery or journalling, PlannerFest is not to be missed - a great opportunity to connect with like-minded planner lovers.
PlannerFest celebrates our shared love of planners and stationery, all with a festival vibe.
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The Location
PlannerFest takes place in the North West of the UK, easily accessible by road, rail and air!
Manchester Central is the fantastic, award-winning venue for the event. Located in the city centre, this world-class conference and exhibition centre is the perfect location to bring our vision to life!
The venue is fully accessible.
What is the PlannerFest Story?
Bex (@PlannerUK on Instagram and YouTube) is addicted to planning, stationery, journalling, memory keeping and fountain pens! A professional event manager for over 20 years, she is passionate about pretty & functional planning for productivity, organisation, creativity & growth. Combining her event organising skills and passion for planning is her ultimate dream - PlannerFest is born!
why is plannerfest different?
Amazing Shopping
Amazing Shopping
Amazing Shopping
PlannerFest offers an unrivalled opportunity to shop for all types of stationery and planner supplies under one roof, including stickers, notebooks, covers, washi tape, stamps, and more!
Over 100 fantastic brands and businessees attended in 2024, making this the biggest planner and stationery shopping area at any B2C European planner event (to the best of our knowledge).
This award winning venue gives us lots of space for a busy shopping area with lots of shops, from small independent businessess through to bigger, established brands
Unique Content
Amazing Shopping
Amazing Shopping
Enjoy a full day and unique programme of exclusive workshops, presentations and panel discussion, with speakers and exciting content you do not want to miss!
We also have creativity stations, demos, campfire sessions and mini meet ups going on throughout the event.
Attend all the sessions or dip in and out of the sessions as you choose - this is your event, your way! You can shop at any time, or simply chill out and join in when you wish.
A Festival Vibe
Amazing Shopping
Connections that Matter
The event will have a festival vibe, including a chill out area, festival theming, and various photo opportunities across the venue.
Overall, PlannerFest is a jam-packed, fun-filled day!
We really hope you can join us for the party!
Connections that Matter
Connections that Matter
Connections that Matter
Campfire sessions, creativity stations and mini meet ups will allow attendees to find others that share their interests and to discuss planner passions, lusts, trends and problems that matter to the planner community.
A Warm Welcome
Connections that Matter
Professional Planning
PlannerFest offers a warm welcome to everyone, particularly those that are new to planning, attending alone, shy, anxious or unsure.
We will work hard to ensure everyone leaves having met lifelong planner friends.
Professional Planning
Connections that Matter
Professional Planning
PlannerFest is organised by a professional event manager with a lifelong obsession for planners and stationery and a love for the planning community. Born in Yorkshire and settled in Lancashire, NOW is the time for a large planner event in the North of England! And it will be delivered in a safe, professional, and organised way to maximise enjoyment!
WHAT IS Included in YOUR ticket?
WHAT YOUR VIP PLANNERFEST TICKET INCLUDES:
Your VIP PlannerFest ticket includes:
* Access to the event
* A full day of planner content with an inspiring and unique programme of keynote presentations and workshops
* Meet new planner friends, enjoy conversations with "your tribe" and other people that share your passions
* Table plan confirmed in advance so you can get to know your planner table buddies in advance
* VIP Creativity Zone
* Unlimited access to the shopping market place, including many of your favourite planner brands, plus new sellers to discover. Exclusive shopping time for VIPs, 9-10am and 5-6pm.
* Campfire sessions and mini meet ups
* Extensive swaps/sharing tables
* Epic goodie bag
* Lunch and refreshments
* #plannerstack
* Chill out zone
* A festival vibe!
* Photo opportunities
* Interactive social elements
* Raffle
* VIP Facebook Group
FAQ
What are Mini Meet Ups?
What are Creativity Stations?
What are Campfire Sessions?
Mini meet ups gather together planners that share passions and similar interests so you can share and discuss your experiences and inspire each other. We will set up mini meet ups for different planner types and styles so you can meet friends new and old that use the same set up (e.g. Erin Condren meet up, Hobonichi meet up, Bullet Journa
Mini meet ups gather together planners that share passions and similar interests so you can share and discuss your experiences and inspire each other. We will set up mini meet ups for different planner types and styles so you can meet friends new and old that use the same set up (e.g. Erin Condren meet up, Hobonichi meet up, Bullet Journal meet up, etc). This is the opportunity to coo over other peoples planners and to find out how they do things!
For anyone that is new to a particular planner type/brand or interested in seeing one in action before they buy one, it will also be really useful to ask questions of more experienced users.
You are not tied to attending any mini meet ups but you may wish to attend one or several mini meet ups throughout the day.
What are Campfire Sessions?
What are Creativity Stations?
What are Campfire Sessions?
Campfire sessions are smaller, more intimate conversations about the topics that interest you with small groups of other like-minded people. A different focus is outlined on different tables and attendees can choose which group to join if they wish. You are free to stay with one group or during the allocated session time you may want to m
Campfire sessions are smaller, more intimate conversations about the topics that interest you with small groups of other like-minded people. A different focus is outlined on different tables and attendees can choose which group to join if they wish. You are free to stay with one group or during the allocated session time you may want to move between several different groups and discussions that interest you.
Imagine sitting around a campfire at a festival with friends and talking about the things that really interest and inspire you. This is how campfire sessions work. (Minus the fires of course!)
Share your planner questions - this can be absolutely anything you want to discuss at the event: things that puzzle you, things you want to learn more about, things you want to see. We will use these ideas, as well as ideas of our own, to create topics for the different campfire sessions. If you want to create your own campfire session on the day you can also let us know and we can make it happen.
What are Creativity Stations?
What are Creativity Stations?
What are Creativity Stations?
Creativity Stations are short opportunities to get creative, learn a new skill, try something out or make something to take away.
Creativity Stations will happen throughout the event. All attendees will have a programme detailing all of the different interactive stations and you can visit as many or few as you wish.
Each Creativity Station
Creativity Stations are short opportunities to get creative, learn a new skill, try something out or make something to take away.
Creativity Stations will happen throughout the event. All attendees will have a programme detailing all of the different interactive stations and you can visit as many or few as you wish.
Each Creativity Station has a dedicated host, an expert or enthusiast who can demonstrate, show you the ropes, and offer top tips and inspiration.
Creativity Stations enable you to build your own itinerary, and focus on the things that appeal to you most and suit your personal planner style.
This unique and groundbreaking approach is just one of many ways PlannerFest is different to other planner events!
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Worried About Attending Alone? Don't Be!
It is really important to us that anyone new to planning, new to planner events, attending alone or just wanting to meet more planner friends will do so at PlannerFest.
Even if you do not know a single person before you attend I guarantee that you will leave with lots of new planner friends from this fantastic, supportive community.
About Bex the Organiser
I work as a university lecturer by day and I am a planner and journal addict by night. I have three children. Without my (fountain) pen and paper I would not be able to keep everything on track! After 24 years of event management experience, and 20 years running my own small business, I wanted to combine my skills and passion to create an exciting new event for planner addicts and stationery lovers everywhere.
As a proud Northerner myself, the North West is the natural location for PlannerFest and Manchester is such an exciting city to explore.
I have lots of ideas and a strong vision for the event and PlannerFest is already well on its way to being the largest annual must-attend event for the planner community, which can continue to grow year on year.