What's On in Salford

Salford Museum & Art Gallery invited 100 groups and individuals from across Salford to help create an exhibition marking the city’s centenary in 2026.

Based at the Energise Centre in Salford, the Be Creative community group have been busy building intricate dolls houses.

Jessica Brodigan (b. 2001, Manchester, UK) is a painter exploring parallel spaces and figures as vehicles to explore memory, identity and vulnerability.

The I’ve Never Read Elizabeth Gaskell exhibition features work by three young writers Georgia Affonso, Princess Arinola Adegbite and Guruleen Kahlo, who completed a residency at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, the home of the Victorian writer famous for writing Cranford and North and South.

The Open is back for 2026! Celebrating the work of artists any age living, working, studying or were born in Salford.

Their new art installation will be making the rounds across Salford Libraries for the remainder of 2026. The team at Divided Culture have been asking young people around Salford, ‘What does culture mean to you?’ – with some amazing answers.

Artist and photographer Yan Wang Preston presents a new body of work inspired by a 300 year old sweet chestnut tree at RHS Garden Bridgewater in Salford.

This event will showcase a co-created photovoice exhibition developed alongside people with lived experience of the UK asylum system.