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Pilkington's Pottery Collection
Sunday 6 January to Thursday 31 December 2009
Pilkington's Tile and Pottery Company Limited was established in 1891 and began production of tiles in 1893...

The Ghostly Galleon
Friday 6 June to Monday 30 March 2009
Sail the seven seas with the spirits of the deep at Ordsall Hall - dare you board the spooky ship and explore the galley, decks and captain's quarter? Fire the cannons, stash your bounty and keep an eye out for ghostly goings-on...

BBC tours
Tuesday 1 July to Wednesday 1 July 2009
You'll have no doubt heard about the BBC's move to Salford Quays, so now's your chance to have a look behind the scenes at BBC Manchester before it crosses the border to its new home...

Build it, Race it, Win it
Tuesday 1 July to Wednesday 1 July 2009
Join the ranger at the youth club for remote control car racing and building...

Pop-up
Saturday 27 September to Sunday 15 March 2009
This exhibition explores the art of pop-up, with work by some of the world's leading illustrators ' plus the opportunity to create your own...

A Song for the Lovers by Sarah McDonald Hughes
Thursday 9 October to Sunday 11 October 2009
A funny, compelling story about an unlikely friendship and an impossible evening from emerging Manchester-based company Monkeywood...

A Long Exposure: 100 Years of Guardian Photography
Saturday 18 October to Thursday 1 January 2009
Celebrating the work of The Guardian newspaper's most famous photographers from 1908 to the present day...

Quiffs, Riffs and Tiffs
Sunday 19 October to Wednesday 31 December 2008
Celebrating Salford's popular music scenes from 1950 to today...

The Beautiful Game - Harold Riley Football Pictures 1942-2008
Saturday 8 November to Sunday 15 February 2009
Born in Salford in 1934, Harold Riley sold his first painting to the City Art Gallery when he was just 11 years old...

Nico Icon Play
Wednesday 12 November to Saturday 22 November 2008
Ultraviolet Productions...

Clouds Descending - Jem Southam
Saturday 15 November to Sunday 22 March 2009
These remarkable images by photographer Jem Southam re-trace Lowry's lesser-known footsteps along the Cumbrian coast...

Dog
Saturday 15 November to Sunday 4 January 2009
The dog is a familiar sight to everyone but this exhibition of artworks takes a new look at man's best friend through the eyes of children from around the world...

An eventFULL! eventSalford Film Festival
Saturday 15 November to Sunday 23 November 2008
Dim the lights and settle down with the popcorn for the fifth annual celebration of the cinematic talent of Salford...

Greenland comes to the Lowry Outlet Mall
Sunday 16 November to Friday 2 January 2009
Join in a whole host of festive entertainment including the popular Santa's grotto, breakfast with Santa, festive face painting...

Oh Whistle...: Two Ghost Stories/ A Pleasing Terror: Two Ghost Stories
Sunday 16 November to Tuesday 25 November 2008
Nunkie Theatre Company...

Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands
Tuesday 18 November to Saturday 22 November 2008
This sharp and poignant production, based on the classic Tim Burton film, returns to The Lowry to delight the whole family...

Eccles Christmas Continental Market
Friday 21 November to Sunday 23 November 2008
Get at taste of a European Christmas this year at Eccles town centre as a continental market comes to town...

Feed the birds
Saturday 22 November 2008
Come along & make a variety of bird feeders to take home or put up in the park
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Bulb Planting
Saturday 22 November 2008
An event suitable for families with children aged between 5 and 12...

Autumn Walk
Saturday 22 November 2008
A stroll around the Cadishead area...

Brilliant bulbs
Saturday 22 November 2008
Come and plant a bulb and decorate the plant pot with a wintery theme...

Movements for Peace
Saturday 22 November to Sunday 25 January 2009
A radical recent history of Peace and Anti-Nuclear Campaigns in Salford and Greater Manchester...

Bulb Planting
Sunday 23 November 2008
Help the ranger and The Friends of Ordsall Park plant some bulbs to add a splash of colour to the park...

Brilliant bulbs
Sunday 23 November 2008
Come and plant a bulb and decorate the plant pot with a wintery theme...

Walk with the Clifton ranger: Celebration of Trees
Sunday 23 November 2008
Autumn is the time to celebrate the contribution made to our landscape and ecology by trees...

Action Day ' Rhododendron Control
Sunday 23 November 2008
Come along and help to keep this invasive species under control...

Rapunzel and the Tower of Doom
Sunday 23 November 2008
The traditional tale is taken right back to its roots ' as poor Rapunzel is trapped in a tower with someone using her locks as a stepladder...

Art-is-tree
Monday 24 November to Friday 12 December 2008
Enjoy the start of the festive season with our exhibition of Christmas trees...

The Marchini String Quartet
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Musicians: Dania Alzapiedi & Rachel Porteous (violins), Nick Howson (viola) and Miriam Skinner (cello)...

A Tale of Two Cities
Wednesday 26 November 2008
Illustrated talk by Margaret Curry on the history of Salford and Manchester...

Jazz 610 Special: New Sense Brass
Thursday 27 November 2008
A mix of brass, woodwind and percussion instruments and performing wacky entertaining arrangements of popular tunes...

Tim Crouch's England
Thursday 27 November to Friday 28 November 2008
Taking place in the Galleries, this award-winning play about the search for a new heart continues Tim Crouch's fascination with the nature of the theatrical experience...

+ Fun Day
Saturday 29 November 2008
Join in at our family fun day where there will be help on hand and all the materials that you need to make some fabulous Christmas decorations of your own...

The Wizard of Oz
Saturday 29 November to Thursday 1 January 2009
Pelé Productions in association with The Lowry...

Family Christmas Workshops
Saturday 29 November 2008
In the run up to Christmas we are holding three Christmas craft workshops for families...

Arts and Crafts
Sunday 30 November 2008
Join us at Salford Museum and Art Gallery for a Sunday afternoon of family craft activities...

Wreath Making
Sunday 30 November 2008
Learn how to make a Christmas wreath...

The Powell Piano Trio (Young Artists in Residence)
Tuesday 2 December 2008
Musicians: Oliver Heath (violin), Christopher Murray (cello) and Benjamin Powell (piano)
Programme: Judith Weir: Piano Trio, Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat major, Op...

Robert Sheppard
Tuesday 2 December 2008
Robert Sheppard's most recent poetry publication, Complete Twentieth Century Blues, is a network of interrelated texts that he wrote and assembled between 1989 and 1999, at the heart of which is an alternative history of the twentieth century...

Death of a Lily
Wednesday 3 December to Saturday 6 December 2008
The premiere of Tatty Band's musical journey set in 1930s Berlin - the show is an impressionistic trip through the world of a troupe of cabaret performers...

Cinderella
Wednesday 3 December to Saturday 6 December 2008
Barton Theatre Company present a magical pantomime packed with fun and special effects...

Vitae Aeternum
Wednesday 3 December 2008
The Salford University Brass Band provides a musical canvas unveiling works expressing themes of life and its experiences...

Freeflow Live
Wednesday 3 December 2008
A night of live music by student rock and pop bands
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Cinderella
Wednesday 3 December to Saturday 6 December 2008
Barton Theatre Company present Cinderella by Tracy Rogers and Helen Dunn...

Family Christmas Workshops
Saturday 6 December 2008
In the run up to Christmas we are holding three Christmas craft workshops for families...

Football Family Fun
Saturday 6 December 2008
A chance to win prizes at this fun quiz and penalty shoot out with Tom Palmer...

Christmas Playhouse
Saturday 6 December 2008
Get ready for the festive season and create your own sparkling decorations and colourful cards inspired by our Christmas show The Wizard of Oz...

Feathered Friends
Saturday 6 December 2008
Come and help our feathered friends by making bird feeders to take home...

Christmas Crafts
Saturday 6 December 2008
Come along and make a fantastic mini garden for the elves to stay in this Christmas...

Winton Park
Sunday 7 December 2008
Come and help our feathered friends by making bird feeders to take home...

Celebration of Christmas Evening
Sunday 7 December 2008
Now in it's seventh year, Age Concern Salford is again hosting a Celebration of Christmas Evening at Salford Cathedral on Sunday 7 December at 7...

Tapestry of Music
Sunday 7 December 2008
It's nearly Christmas so why not relax and get into the festive spirit with the sounds of Tapestry of Music? There will also be Christmas crafts taking place at the hall...

An eventFULL! eventBHF Hearts First Santa Jog
Sunday 7 December 2008
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat and hundreds of jolly joggers will pull on their beards and work off those mince pies in this annual festive jog around The Quays...

MAPAS Concerts at Christmas
Monday 8 December to Thursday 11 December 2008
A showcase of music, drama and dance from recent participants of the citywide Salford Music and Performing Arts Service (MAPAS)...

Christmas Cats and the Pudding Pirates
Monday 8 December to Monday 22 December 2008
Blueberry Theatre Company present this wonderful, exciting and fun Christmas story for the whole family...

Violin & Piano Recital
Tuesday 9 December 2008
Musicians: Rakhi Singh (violin) and Jennie-Helen Moston (piano)...

Worsley Woods Conservation Mornings
Tuesday 9 December 2008
Come and try these alternative practical conservation coffee mornings...

Film and Tea Dance Days - timeless Christmas classic
Wednesday 10 December 2008
Join in one of special group days - a great way to catch up with friends or make new ones...

Celebration
Wednesday 10 December 2008
The festive spirit of Christmas celebration is shared by 'Brass and Voices' in the annual St...

Cup Tie Fever
Wednesday 10 December 2008
1960s Eccles Film presented by Tony Flynn...

Embryo 49 & 50
Friday 12 December 2008
Eclectic cabaret evening of new and in-progress work...

Five Gold Rings
Saturday 13 December 2008
Start your festive season with a singsong of carols...

Christmas Playhouse
Saturday 13 December 2008
Get ready for the festive season and create your own sparkling decorations and colourful cards inspired by our Christmas show The Wizard of Oz...

Art Club
Saturday 13 December 2008
Pen and Wash ' continuing with local scenes from the past...

Get Arty!
Saturday 13 December 2008
Come along & make some Christmas themed gifts...

Family Christmas Workshops
Saturday 13 December 2008
In the run up to Christmas we are holding three Christmas craft workshops for families...

An Audience with Gavin Cromwell - paranormal evenings
Saturday 13 December 2008
Join renowned psychic Gavin Cromwell for an evening of paranormal activity and ghost hunting - you may even be lucky enough to have your own personal reading on the night too! End the evening with a tour around Ordsall Hall, searching for evidence of the hall's many resident ghosts: look hard enough and you may even catch a glimpse of the infamous White Lady...

Christmas Family Funday
Sunday 14 December 2008
We welcome back Monton Voices to Salford Museum and Art Gallery to get you in the mood for Christmas with festive songs and carols...

Friends of Buile Hill Park
Sunday 14 December 2008
The Friends group host their Santa's letter day on at the park hall...

Plant legends of the season
Sunday 14 December 2008
Join us on this winter walk to find some of the plants which have produced legends and stories over the centuries...

Salford Symphony Orchestra Family Christmas Concert
Sunday 14 December 2008
Featuring Roger Quilter's Children's Overture; Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite; John Williams' Jurassic Park; Leroy Anderson's Christmas Festival and choir and carols...

Manchester United Santa Run ' for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Sunday 14 December 2008
Join us for a fun one-mile walk, jog or run around the outside of this world famous stadium, raising vital funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust...

Salford University Big Band
Monday 15 December 2008
Salford University Big Band is delighted to welcome as special guest soloist world renowned trombonist Mark Nightingale...

Hallé Brass
Tuesday 16 December 2008
Musicians: Gareth Small & Tracy Redfern (trumpets), Julian Plummer (French horn), Andrew Berryman (trombone) and Ewan Easton (tuba)...

'Allo 'Allo!
Tuesday 16 December to Thursday 1 January 2009
This new stage adaptation of the classic British TV comedy follows the adventures of René, a hapless café owner in war-torn occupied France...

Clifton Volunteers
Wednesday 17 December 2008
Local people and members of the Croal Irwell Valley Voluntary Ranger Team carry out regular conservation tasks in the country park...

Toddler Walk
Wednesday 17 December 2008
Come and meet Father Christmas and have a warming drink after walking round the park...

A Christmas Carol, By Charles Dickens
Wednesday 17 December to Thursday 18 December 2008
The University of Salford's drama students perform Charles Dickens' well-loved classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge...

Christmas sing-a-long in the park
Wednesday 17 December to Tuesday 23 December 2008
Bring your loudest singing voices and wrap up warm to join in with one of these fantastic free festive sing-a-longs in parks across Salford...

Salford Choral Society Christmas Concert
Thursday 18 December 2008
Come and listen to carols new and old and join in with your favourites in the impressive surroundings of St Philip's Church, where you'll also be entertained by David Walton with Christmas readings to make you laugh or pause for thought...

Earthwatchers: Crafty Christmas
Saturday 20 December 2008
Come along and make your own Christmas gifts and decorations...

Kingfisher Kids: Festive Fun
Saturday 20 December 2008
Help us decorate for Christmas...

Christmas Playhouse
Saturday 20 December 2008
Get ready for the festive season and create your own sparkling decorations and colourful cards inspired by our Christmas show The Wizard of Oz...

Festive Fun
Monday 22 December 2008
Come along and make some festive decorations using natural materials to hang on your tree...

The Night Before Christmas
Saturday 27 December to Thursday 1 January 2009
By Adam Bampton-Smith...

Artist's talk
Wednesday 14 January 2009
Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear Harold Riley talk about his life and work as well as see him unveil a new portrait of Ryan Giggs...

Mother Goose
Monday 19 January to Saturday 24 January 2009
Edgefold Players...

Buddy, The Buddy Holly story
Monday 26 January to Saturday 31 January 2009
Buddy 'The World's most successful Rock n Roll musical' is coming to The Lowry and there's a special ticket offer for all Salford residents...

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