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Quays Culture
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  • Making Waves Open Meeting primary image

    Making Waves Open Meeting

    Wed, Oct 7 • 5:30 PM

    Free

  • We Invented the Weekend 2026 Opening Meeting primary image

    We Invented the Weekend 2026 Opening Meeting

    Wed, Apr 15 • 5:30 PM

    Free

  • Ask Us Anything about We Invented the Weekend 2026 primary image

    Ask Us Anything about We Invented the Weekend 2026

    Wed, Mar 18 • 5:30 PM

    Free

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Quays Culture

Organizer of Open Meetings
Based at Lowry, Quays Culture works in partnership to enrich the cultural life of Salford Quays and MediaCity.We produce We Invented the Weekend, one of the UK's largest free festivals with 100,000+ visitors in 2026. It is a two-day event celebrating free time, established in 1843 by Salford Lyceum Director and activist Robert Lowes (also Sir Ian McKellen’s Great Grandfather) who campaigned for workers’ right to leisure time on Saturday afternoons.Since 2015, we have produced the Lightwaves festival in winter, presenting light art from across the North of England and internationally. Our commissions are available for hire. We are now building on this legacy to reimagine an bolder, more ambitious programme on light, sound, water and darkness in 2027.