Mossley Market Ground will be transformed into an open-air gallery of colour, creativity, and community spirit as 100 towering silk flags take flight during the monthly farmers market.
Each flag is a unique artwork, hand-painted and standing up to six metres tall. Together they create over 540 square metres of art – the equivalent of half a kilometre if laid end to end, enough to rise higher than Blackpool Tower.
These flags have been years in the making. From school workshops to care homes, from neighbourhood projects to artist studios, hundreds of people across Greater Manchester – of all ages, cultures, and traditions – have shared their voices, memories, and hopes to create them. Side by side, their stories are woven into the fabric of every design.
Across history, flags have marked identity and belonging. In this exhibition, they mark something greater: resilience, unity, and shared pride. This is a movement that welcomes, not excludes – showing what can be achieved when communities come together to listen, share, and create.
And here in Mossley, that story runs deeper still. The town was once at the heart of the Industrial Revolution, its mills powering a textile trade that carried designs and fabrics from Greater Manchester to communities across the world. Textiles here have always been about connection, creativity, and exchange across cultures. Flags of Hope continues that legacy, returning textile artistry to the town where it once shaped identity and industry, and reimagining it as a living symbol of community pride and collaboration.
The Flags of Hope Exhibition is presented by Global Grooves and Cabasa CIC, two Mossley-based organisations dedicated to bringing people together through art and celebration.
The exhibition has been made possible in collaboration with with Mossley Town Council and the support of many local volunteers, including and local artists.
We invite you to explore the farmers market, stand among the flags, reflect, and celebrate the pride and creativity that unites our communities.
Mossley Market Ground
Sunday 31st August
9am – 5pm
These are not just flags.
They are memories.
They are voices.
They are hope.
find our more and how to get involved here:
https://the-vale.co.uk/event/first-flags-of-hope-exhibition-mossley-market-ground/
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