Instigate Arts

Join us on an arts trail as Instigate Arts launches a new project through the Salford Centenary Fund in partnership with Result CIC.

Two exciting dates for your calendar:

Tuesday 18th August, 6-8pm: Community Welcome Celebration.
This is a real Instigate Arts CIC special occasion. A wonderful opportunity for you to meet our artists & hear more about what we do, as well as an opportunity to support some of our community work and creative projects and find out what wonderful things we can do for you. You can network with our other collaborators and partners and we will be showcasing some of our inspiring work. 

2026 marks the Centenary of the city of Salford and, as part of the centenary programme, Instigate Arts has been commissioned to deliver an arts project based around five of the city’s finest drinking establishments.

Five artists have immersed themselves in these pubs, speaking to locals and documenting folklore, rumours, and memories – all shared over a sherry or two. Out of this, they have created 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 her stories behind the buildings that make up the 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

Read more about the artists here.