Manchester TV Festival Reveals Dates, Sites and Chair

WHO:

Variety - The TV Festival, previously known as the Edinburgh TV Festival, is organizing its inaugural Manchester event.

Deadline - Wayne Garvie, Sony’s international productions boss, will serve as advisory chair for the festival’s first Greater Manchester edition.

WHAT:

Variety - The TV Festival unveiled the first details of its inaugural event in Manchester.

Variety - The festival will retain its four-day schedule.

Deadline - The festival revealed plans for its first launch in Greater Manchester, including dates, venues and an advisory chair.

WHERE:

Variety - The inaugural event will be held in Manchester, a northern English city.

Deadline - The festival’s first edition will take place in Greater Manchester.

WHEN:

Variety - The event is planned for next year and will take place later in the month than the festival usually does.

Deadline - The festival will move one week later than its traditional Edinburgh slot, to the week after the August Bank Holiday.

Deadline - The festival is scheduled to run from Tuesday August [article text is truncated; no complete date is provided].

WHY:

Variety - The festival is relocating its event to Manchester for its inaugural edition there.

HOW:

Variety - The festival will maintain its four-day format while holding the event later in the month than usual.

(UPDATED October 22, 2026 13:21 UTC)

The TV Festival, formerly known as the Edinburgh TV Festival, has unveiled plans for its first event in Greater Manchester. The four-day festival will be held in Manchester, marking a new location for the event. Sony international productions chief Wayne Garvie will serve as advisory chair for the inaugural edition. Organizers say the festival will keep its familiar four-day format, while taking place later in the month than it traditionally has. The move shifts the event one week later than its usual Edinburgh slot, to the week after the August Bank Holiday. The festival is planned for next year, but a complete calendar date has not been announced. Its first Greater Manchester edition brings the established TV gathering to a new city while retaining its existing schedule.