The Johnson Hall Homegrown Series is a new series that will always feature local artists.
City Planners is a five-piece, female-fronted indie band based in Portland, Maine.
Fusing post-punk attack with synth-pop melodies, they play upbeat, guitar-driven
songs drenched in reverb and anchored by catchy hooks and raw energy.
In 2025, the band released their debut album, Plastic and Metal, recorded at Acadia
Recording Company and mastered by Pat Keane Audio Mastering in Portland. Since
forming, they’ve played well-loved New England venues like Sun Tiki, Blue, Novel,
and Munjoy Hill Tavern (Maine), and Auspicious Brew and The Press Room (New
Hampshire), along with regional festivals such as Resurgam Music & Arts Festival
and Porchfest. They’ve also been featured on local radio stations 90.1 WMPG and
98.9 WCLZ, and Boston’s 92.5 The River WXRV.
https://www.instagram.com/city_planners_music/
This show will feature opening act Lousia Stancioff.
Louisa Stancioff
Born and raised in the foothills of Western Maine, Louisa Stancioff learned to entertain herself by singing songs with her sister and playing the piano, fiddle, guitar and any other instrument lying around the house. Stancioff grew up learning traditional Balkan music from her paternal grandfather’s side of the family, and reveled in singing American folk and roots tunes with her friends. She moved through life nomadically in her early adulthood, living in upstate New York, Western North Carolina, Montana and California, and gathered her songwriting material along the way, playing in multiple bands throughout those years.
Currently settled in Midcoast Maine, she has toured this iteration of her indie folk band all across the country, headlining and opening for bands such as Blitzen Trapper, Pokey Lafarge, Darlingside, The Dead Tongues, Micaela Davis and more.
Backed by her talented bandmates, her intelligent and soulful writing pairs with a confident and catchy indie sound drawing on folk, rock, pop, and her own balkan heritage.
Louisa’s debut album When We Were Looking was released in 2024 under Yep Roc Records. Check out the Official Press Release.
This show will take place on the Logan Stage (1st Floor)
Doors open at 7:00 Show time is 7:30
