Summary
Manchester Digital is rebranding and expanding its Digital Skills Festival into Manchester Digital Festival 2027 to reflect the maturity of Greater Manchester's tech economy. The original festival, which ran for over a decade, focused on early careers and talent pathways but has outgrown that remit as the region's tech sector has doubled in size since the organisation's founding.
The new festival will run across Manchester city centre venues including Bruntwood Sci Tech and St John's with Department, spanning five themed days covering ecommerce, fintech, defence-tech, AI, quantum, and cyber sectors. Core elements such as Talent Day—the North's largest specialist tech careers fair—and Future Innovators for school children will continue alongside new keynotes, roundtables and networking events for senior leaders.
Manchester Digital is inviting member businesses, communities and partners to host fringe events across the city-region and has opened sponsorship packages and speaker submissions. The festival is positioned as a platform for the entire tech ecosystem to participate in shaping the region's future direction.
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Common questions
- What is this article about?
- Manchester Digital has evolved its Digital Skills Festival into a broader Manchester Digital Festival 2027, reflecting the region's tech sector growth to £5 billion in value. The week-long event will span ecommerce, fintech, AI, defence-tech and leadership across city centre venues.
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- This article was published on 9 July 2026.
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- This article was published by Manchester Digital.