A few things that feel worth keeping in your week.

Not a directory. Not a packed calendar. Just a personal shortlist, with enough detail to decide whether to make a plan.

Your example profile

South coast · a 10-mile comfort zone · usually under £25

Live musicIndependent foodUnusual plansThu–Sun

This week

Three good reasons to leave the house.

Easy Thursday plan

Late table, small band

Example: Harbour Listening Room

Example details

Example Thursday · 7:30pm3.2 miles away£18 entry

A fictional late-kitchen set built around soul, Latin and low-lit conversation — the sort of plan that makes a weekday feel less ordinary.

Why this made the brief

You said live music matters more when it is intimate, nearby and easy to turn into dinner as well.

The Saturday one

Night market after dark

Example: The Old Depot Yard

Example details

Example Saturday · 6pm–10:30pm7.6 miles awayFree entry

An illustrative mix of independent food traders, a vinyl booth and a one-off maker session — enough going on without needing to make a whole night of it.

Why this made the brief

This is the kind of unusual, low-commitment plan you tend to save — and it stays within your normal radius.

A slower Sunday

The shared-table supper

Example: Canal House Kitchen

Example details

Example Sunday · 5:45pm6.1 miles away£42 per person

A made-up one-night menu from two local cooks, with a communal table and a welcome drink. A proper plan, rather than another place to scroll past.

Why this made the brief

It costs more than your usual quick dinner, but it matches the food-led one-offs you make room for when they feel genuinely special.

Plan ahead

Catch it early.

The bigger things are kept separate, so they do not get lost in this weekend's plans.

Early

Catch it early

An autumn set worth the longer trip

Example: The Assembly Hall

Example details

Example Saturday, 14 November · 7pm22 miles away£28 ticket

A fictional small-room show from an artist whose sound sits somewhere between the soulful, jazz-adjacent music in your brief. In a real digest, this is the sort of announcement IRL would surface early, while tickets are still a simple decision.

Why this made the brief

It is outside your usual 10-mile radius — but it gives you a good enough reason to go further, rather than sending every distant listing your way.

Make it yours

One brief. Every Monday. Made for you.

Tell IRL where you are, what you enjoy, when you are free and how far feels realistic. Then let it keep looking.

Build my IRL

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