ART will be bringing the streets of Sale alive this summer.

Sale Arts Trail is returning for its third year next weekend, with 50 artists showcasing their work across 21 venues.

This year the trail will take place over the weekend of July 9-10, with a mix of locations; 12 artists’ studios, 6 independent cafes a pop up woodcraft event, a gallery barge and an art market at Sale Masonic Hall.

The event will give Sale’s residents and visitors to the town the opportunity to enjoy work by local artists and to explore the studios and working lives of the participating painters, ceramicists, photographers, sculptors, jewellers, textile artists, visual artists, woodcrafters and glass makers.

It will also feature demonstrations and talks by various artists and the Manchester Urban Sketchers will be sketching and tweeting the trail as they go.

One of the organisers, Sophie Nixon, said: “We're really excited about this year's trail, in our third year now and we are still unearthing more incredible talent on our doorstep. We try to bring a different feel to each year’s trail and this year brings new disciplines including woodcrafters, a tailor and a milliner and many new artists and makers.

“We'll be uncovering some new studios and visitors will be able to meet 15 makers in one hub at the Masonic Hall. We've been touched by the huge support our trail gets from both the visitors, our sponsoring businesses and the artists and this year we are really excited that the Manchester Urban Sketchers have chosen to walk our trail and sketching their route."

Highlights of the weekend include; “Meet Martha at Minikin Café”, illustrator and children’s author John Hamilton painting a large mural based on his book “The Boy who Really Really Really Loves Lizards”, demonstrations by a willow weaver, stone carver, woodcrafters, ceramicists and jewelers and solo shows by painters Jen Orpin at Bianco and Sophie Nixon at Serendipitea.

Organisers are hoping to surpass the 1,000 visitor mark they achieved at last year’s trail.

“We really love putting on this annual event, the feedback we get is that it brings together the residents of Sale of all ages to see some amazing art work, beautiful gardens and hidden artistic workspaces,” added Sophie.

“We hope it celebrates the incredible untapped potential of our lovely town.”

The Sale Arts Trail leaflet with a map showing where each participant can be found is available from local cafes, libraries and public venues.

For more information visit saleartstrail.com or facebook.com/saleartstrail.