This event has now passed!
See photos from the City Gathering, and read more about the entire project, below.
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︎Peel Park + Salford Shopping Tower
Salford Everywhere:
A City Gathering
Friday 9th and Saturday 10th October
This October saw the world premiere of Salford Everywhere, a monumental living portrait of Salford and its people created by award-winning visual artist and filmmaker Matthew Rosier.
Video artworks featuring 1,553 Salfordians were projected onto buildings in the city. The 45-minute installation, shown for two nights only, were projected at scale onto the University of Salford’s Maxwell Building, viewed from Peel Park.
This was accompanied by a live score celebrating the city’s rich musical heritage, arranged by Michael Betteridge, with music direction by Salford-based composer and DJ, AFRODEUTSCHE. With live performances from Eccles Borough Band, Pendleton Sixth Form College Choir and Poet Lynn Walton, as well as the voice and poems of the late Rob Dunford, taken from his beloved Salford City Radio.
The tower at Salford Shopping Centre in Pendleton was also illuminated simultaneously each evening with all 1,553 local contributors who feature in the project, silently projected at monumental scale, creating a powerful tribute to the people who make up Salford’s story.
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From pigeon fanciers, NHS workers and builders to supermarket teams, school children, chess players, dementia support groups, food bank charity teams, local athletes and Royal Mail staff, Salford Everywhere captures the spirit of the city through the people who make it.
This event was commissioned by Salford City Council as part of Salford 100, celebrating one hundred years of our city. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Find out more at: salford100.org.uk.
With thanks to all the participants, Salford City Council, Arts Council England and the University of Salford.
A Living Monument to the People of Salford
From The Other have developed the work with Matthew Rosier and a creative team that includes music direction by AFRODEUTSCHE, movement direction by Company Chameleon and videography by Izzy Pye.
Throughout 2026, the creative team have been meeting communities across Salford, inviting groups and individuals to be part of this ambitious public artwork. Over two busy weeks of filming, at locations as diverse as Lower Kersal Social Club, Grand Palais Swinton, Media City and Salford Lads Club, 1553 Salfordians were captured on camera. The faces in the final piece will represent over 150 community groups, including: community Rugby League club Cadishead Rhinos ARLFC, specialist college Chatsworth Futures, community health initiative Dancing with Dementia, Irlam & Cadishead Foodbank, workers from the Royal Mail, staff from St Mary's Church Ellenbrook and The Yemeni Community Association.