We Invented the Weekend is back – the UKs only festival of freetime is here to celebrate summer with you!
We Invented the Weekend festival is back for 2026! Across Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June 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!
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MediaCity is an iconic waterside destination that’s part of Salford Quays in Salford, Greater Manchester and is throwing open it’s spaces and places to host the Festival of Free Time!
Home to some of the world’s most exciting creative, tech and media brands, MediaCity is a place bursting with creativity, independent food and drink, local art and immersive events – there’s something for everyone.
