We Invented the Weekend 2026

Name: We Invented the Weekend 2026
Start: 2026-06-06T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-06-07T18:00:00+01:00
Location: MediaCity & Salford Quays, M50 2EQ Salford, United Kingdom

Schedule

Sat, 06 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am to Sun, 07 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

MediaCity & Salford Quays, M50 2EQ Salford, United Kingdom | Salford, EN

We Invented the Weekend festival is back for 2026! Across Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June 2026, Salford Quays and MediaCity will be buzzing with over 200 free activities in the UKs most ambitious, creative, original and fun-filled festival celebrating the most precious of commodities – our free time! Communities from across Greater Manchester, the North West and beyond are invited to celebrate the amazing variety of ways in which we spend our weekends.
The two-day FREE festival throws open the doors of MediaCity and Salford Quays with activities ranging from live music, interactive sports, gardening, team games, family fun, theatre, dance, creative crafting, workshops, talks, food and drink, wellbeing and much more.
As always, there will be lots of different activities to try out - jump on a boat and sail across the Quays whilst enjoying the sound of Northern Soul. Or if sport is your thing then you can sample everything from rock-climbing to BMX to football, skateboarding, skipping and hula hooping, or find out what British Cycling, Taekwondo and the National Football Museum have on offer.
We'll announce more details soon and you'll be the first to hear. So for now save the date and get ready to celebrate the ultimate weekend!