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As we continue to celebrate the city’s centenary, the programme features a fantastic line up of cultural events, including The Wagon Train, Salford Everywhere and Songs of Salford, delivered by cultural producer partners Walk the Plank and From the Other.
Plus, there’s an unmissable range of events and activities taking place across communities throughout the city.
There’s something for everyone to enjoy, but here’s just a few highlights.
The Wagon Train: A Pop-Up Festival Inspired by Local Communities
This May, celebrate the heart and soul of Salford across some of its green spaces. With free, family-friendly entertainment throughout the month and more to come throughout the summer. You can expect music, poetry, play space, karaoke, talent competitions and much more, in a programme developed by Walk the Plank and co-created with Salford’s local community groups.
- Saturday 23rd May, 5pm-9pm, Seedley Pavilion, Buile Hill Park
- Sunday 24th May, 2pm-6pm, Albert Park, Broughton
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Bank holiday Monday 25th May, 1pm-5pm, Ordsall Park, Ordsall
- Saturday 30th May, 1pm-4.30pm, Parr Fold Park, Walkden
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Salford Everywhere: A Living Monument to the People of Salford
A video portrait of Salfordians, projected as giants moving across its buildings. Weaving together people and place, the ‘living portrait’ will feature local heroes and community groups from across the city.
This ambitious public artwork will be created by award winning artist Matthew Rosier and will culminate in a two-day city gathering at Peel Park in Autumn.
The finale will see the film projected onto buildings, forming a monumental living portrait that will light up the city alongside a bespoke live mix created by Salford based composer and DJ AFRODEUTSCHE, featuring Salford's rich musical heritage remixed and reworked into a contemporary and celebratory finale score.
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Songs of Salford: Creating Salford’s Next Anthem
‘Dirty Old Town’ has had its time as Salford’s song; it’s time to write the city’s new anthem!
Salford-based creative producers From The Other present a new body of music that reflects life in the city in 2026, inviting music producer and songwriter, Charlie Deakin-Davies, to bring together a range of collaborators to create new songs that celebrate the character of Salford.
Young songwriters, musicians and performers from Salford Youth Zone and members of Age Friendly Salford will be part of the songwriting process, sharing their stories and memories to inform the final record.
The final body of music will be released later on in 2026.
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Community Events
There’s a range of events firmly rooted in communities across the city, such as Weaste Fest, the Summer Centenary Celebration at Light Oaks Park, Print Lives Here at Islington Mill, Irlam Live and the Then and Now Photography Exhibition at Height Library.
There’s also special centenary themed editions of uniquely Salford events such as Pink Picnic, UK Chinese Dragon Boat Race, and We Invented the Weekend, as well as some great events especially created for our centenary year.
Paper Party - 10,000 young people across Salford will take part in creating artworks in the form of birthday gifts for the city, to be exhibited at Salford Museum and Art Gallery.
BBC Philharmonic will perform at Swinton Palais for local audiences.
Contains Strong Language - the BBC’s national poetry and spoken word festival celebrates its 10th year in Salford as part of the centenary celebrations. Expect four days of performances, poetry and live recordings across the BBC.
RHS Garden Bridgewater, Brick Explorers - invites visitors to discover and learn through incredible wildlife sculptures, created from hundreds of thousands of bricks, set throughout the garden this summer, with a special centenary addition to look out for.
Check out the full line up on the Salford 100 website.
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