Category: What’s On
Ordsall to host free Olympic sports festival this weekend
A community group in Ordsall will capitalise on the Olympic and Paralympic spirit this weekend when they host a sports and community festival this Saturday. Ordsall...
Top 8 things to do in Salford this weekend
The weekend is almost upon us and as a special treat we have eight suggestions for you instead of our usual five. Love Eccles is the big weekend choice but the charity...
Love Eccles festival comes to town
Eccles is gearing up to share the love as four days of new plays, comedy, markets, music, street food and drink, heritage and art take over the heart of the town. From...
Things are hotting up at Swinton shopping centre
Head down to Swinton Square on Saturday 17th September for the ‘Chilli Festival’ – A -One-day event with markets and entertainment themed on all things Chilli. As...
A powerful glimpse into the 1960s slums of Manchester and Salford
For the first time, an iconic collection of photographs which reveal the appalling housing conditions of the late 1960s are going on display in Manchester. The shocking...
Eccles and District History Society celebrates 60 years
The first meeting of the Society was held at Eccles Library on 1st February, 1956, since then, the Society has promoted local history through its regular meetings and...
Brothers In Arms: Forces and Foundation will benefit as Salford band set poignant poem to music
A local Salford band have put their pens down and picked up their instruments in a bid to let ‘a voice of war’ take the stage. The band in question –...
New series of Invisible Histories talks at Working Class Movement Library
The Library’s popular series of free ‘Invisible Histories’ talks begins again on Wednesday 14 September at 2pm with a talk by Granville Williams entitled...
Free kingfisher trail festival winds through Salford next month
A guided trail spotting one of the country’s most recognisable and iconic birds is to start running next month. The brightly-coloured kingfisher is at the heart of...
In pictures: Eccles celebrates in style at Manchester Pride
Salford celebrated in style at this year’s Manchester Pride parade over the weekend. Salford entered two floats into the parade that toured Manchester city centre,...
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