More dates for a vibrant pop-up festival touring Salford neighbourhoods have been revealed, including a visit to Salford Pride.
Salford City Council has announced a major update to the Salford 100 celebrations involving city-wide art commissions and community events to mark the city’s big year.
A Wagon train bringing free, family-friendly entertainment, including music, poetry, karaoke and talent contests, is rolling through each neighbourhood in the city this summer.
Local outdoor arts and theatre organisation Walk the Plank is behind the touring festival, which began at Seedley Pavilion in Buile Hill Park on 23 May before passing through Broughton, Ordsall and Walkden in the last two weeks.
Organisers have now confirmed that the Wagon Train will set up shop at Salford Pride, which marks its 15th anniversary in the city.
A range of Salford-native LGBTQIA+ acts will take to The Wagon Train stage to provide family-friendly fun and entertainment for all, as well as a drop-in yoga session on Saturday 13 June.
The thousands in attendance will also have the chance to see a platinum-selling chart-topping disco group from the late 1970s, a MOBO award-winning hip hop act and a champion of RuPaul’s Drag Race headline the popular event celebrating Salford’s LGBTQ+ community.
This year’s milestone festival will feature a celebrity-packed line-up including performances from Boney M, Big Brovaz and drag superstar Kyran Thrax.
The Wagon Train will visit Peel Park for Salford Pride from 2.30pm-7.30pm, tickets for the event cost £8, while under-16s go free.
Less than a month later, the touring festival will return to the city at the free Middlewood Locks festival from 3pm-10pm on Saturday 4 July.
Visitors can expect a jam-packed programme of family activities, including music, kayaking, children’s workshops, makers’ markets, a brass band performance, DJ sets, street food vendors, face painting and arts and crafts before a sunset light and fire finale at 9pm.
The event is open to all, brought on by the Scarborough Group, Get Living and Walk the Plank, and supported by Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal Society and The Canal & River Trust.
Meanwhile, on 22 June, the hunt to find a new Salford anthem in the city’s centenary year will come to St Clements Church in Ordsall from 1pm – 3pm.
Salford residents and anyone with a sentimental memory of Salford are invited by creative producers From The Other to join a story-gathering and poetry-writing workshop with Meduulla and The Thirsty Poet.
All the colourful memories and creative poems shared will then have a chance of being included on the Songs of Salford album, which will be professionally released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the city of Salford.
