Instigate Arts

Instigate Arts launches a new project through the Salford Centenary Fund in partnership with Result CIC.

2026 marks the Centenary of the city of Salford and, as part of the centenary programme, funds have been made available for projects celebrating the city.

Instigate Arts has been successful in applying to deliver an arts project based around five of the city’s finest drinking establishments.

Five artists will immerse themselves in these pubs, speaking to locals and documenting folklore, rumours, and memories – all shared over a sherry or two. Out of this, they’ll create five original bespoke artworks – film, sound, animation, story, paint, all giving voice to a previously unknown archive, a people’s story, which you are invited to explore. 

‘Trails, Pales, and Centenary Tales’ offers you an interactive map, an afternoon or evening’s walk, to explore the changing face of Salford, his and herstories behind the buildings that make up the map, and the histories of the buildings that make up our map, and a means to add to the archive that these artworks open up. 

Salford-based community interest company Result CIC will provide development coaching to the five artists creating the project. This organisation specialises in working with people from marginalised backgrounds. 

The pubs forming the trail are:
Wandering Palate, Monton Road: artist Harri Shanahan
Oats and Honey, Monton Road: artist Greg Thorpe
Queens Arms, Green Lane: artist Traë England-Shortt
Worsley Stores, Barton Road: artist Dean Brocklehurst
Worsley Old Hall, Worsley Park: artist Anne Louise Kershaw

If you have stories, memories and something you’d like to share, come along and take part on these dates from 3pm – 8pm:
Oats and Honey 12^th – 13^th June
The Queens Arms 12^th – 13^th June 
Wandering Palate 12^th – 13^th June 
Worsley Stores – 19^th – 20^th June
Worsley Old Hall 19^th – 20^th June 

Dates for Trails, Pales and Centenary Tales will be announced soon.