
Josie Cahill
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Head of Partnerships & Engagement, BBC Salford. Co-founder and Chair, We Invented the Weekend festival. All views my own.
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Find us at MediaCity & Salford Quays! MediaCityUK are a founding partner of We Invented the Weekend and will be throwing open their spaces and places on 3rd and 4th June to host the Festival of Free Time, right here in Salford! 🙌 #MediaCity #SalfordQuays #Festival #mcrlife



Friends, please join us WeInventedTheWeekend in just 2 weeks time 🥳. This is a real labour of love for the whole team and it’s going to be fab (plus it’s all FREE ❤️). Hope to see you down MediaCityUK ! #mediacity #salfordquays #culture #placemaking

That's it, our 8-week stint at The Oracle has come to an end! Thank you so much to everyone involved for making our very first pop-up outside of London such a great success. Next stop … WeInventedTheWeekend at MediaCityUK & #SalfordQuays - see you in less than 2 weeks!


The warm up before the warm up. 🎤 Heading to see Arctic Monkeys at Emirates Old Trafford this Saturday with The Hives & the mysterines? Why not stop by MediaCityUK first for our free festival with Unity Radio taking over centre stage. #Salford #Trafford #Manchester #ArcticMonkeys

We Invented the Weekend festival starts TOMORROW at MediaCityUK! ✨🌻🎉☀️ Download YOUR guide to the weekend here: weinventedtheweekend.com/wp-content/upl… See you there for a huge FREE joyful celebration of the weekend! #WITW #MediaCity #WhatsOnMcr #SalfordQuays #manchesterevents #festival


We couldn’t have hoped for a better first WeInventedTheWeekend festival. A true partnership project. Feet tired, heart full ❤️ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

The amazing finale moment WeInventedTheWeekend MediaCityUK (sound on!) ❤️



Delighted and grateful that WeInventedTheWeekend has received part of this funding from Arts Council England which supports another two festivals MediaCityUK 🙏🏻🥳

Exciting news today as we confirm a huge funding boost from Arts Council England. This will help bring the biggest ever city-wide programme of creative activities and events to the city over the next 3 years. Read the full story here ➡️ orlo.uk/UE3Nw



GM invented the weekend in 1843 but centuries later is this hard-fought free time under threat? Screens, time pressure, rising prices – can we ever truly disconnect and live in the moment? Vote for WeInventedTheWeekend SXSW to take this debate, & MediaCityUK and Salford global 🌏


Delighted to see the economic and importantly, social impact of WeInventedTheWeekend . And thrilled that the festival will be back next June with another huge and joyful FREE celebration 🥳


The move will create 22 jobs in Salford and expand the BBC News (UK) hub in the city. It is also the first time a daily BBC TV news bulletin has been delivered outside of London on an ongoing basis. Read more here: bbc.in/News2023 #MadeInSalford

