6:30pmFree
Hackspace Manchester, Pollard Street East
Bi-monthly collaborative Rust coding night at Hackspace Manchester. Bring ongoing projects, beginner questions, or just curiosity. Food and drinks included. 17 of 24 spots filled.
SaaS
6:00pmFree
The Lawn Club, Manchester City Centre
Silicon Mingle Manchester's monthly tech networking evening — no speakers, no presentations, no pressure. Just tech founders, professionals and investors in a relaxed setting. One of Manchester's most consistent monthly networking events for the tech ecosystem.
Founders
6:00pmFree
Street Group HQ, Manchester M1 1JU
Laravel Manchester's second meetup with two talks: Matilde Enevoldsen (Socket) on building a ChatGPT interface clone with PrismPHP and Laravel, and James Seconde (Vonage) on application monitoring with Laravel Nightwatch. Food and drinks by Tact. 84 of 90 spots filled.
SaaS
6:00pmFree
Maxwell Bond, 2nd Floor
Senior leaders from AstraZeneca, Softwire and beyond discuss the gap between AI ambition and real business impact. Paul Ordman (Director of Software Engineering, AstraZeneca), Claudia Federico (Senior Director of AI Transformation) and Farooq Ansari (Softwire) share case studies on governance, cultural adoption and ROI. Limited spaces — filling fast.
AI & MLFounders
9:30amPaid
Manchester (venue via Manchester Digital), Manchester
Manchester Digital's annual ecommerce conference — a full-day gathering of the North's best digital commerce operators, covering platform strategy, growth, AI in retail, and what's actually moving the needle in 2026. Manchester Digital is the region's leading tech trade body; their events draw serious operators and decision-makers.
SaaSMarketingFoundersOther
5:00pmFree
Matillion HQ, Stanley Street
Manchester's fastest-growing AI and data community event returns to Matillion HQ in Salford. Fresh perspectives from industry speakers on AI and data, lively discussions, pizza and drinks. Sold out — 100 attending with 6 on the waitlist.
AI & ML
5:45pmFree
Robert Walters Group, Number 1 Spinningfields
Two sharp talks at Spinningfields: Alan Harman-Box explores what it means when AI agents can build Power BI reports and write DAX (and who owns the output), followed by Bob Pearman of Forge Holiday Group on implementing medallion architecture and Data Vault 2.0 in Microsoft Fabric. Drinks and pizza included.
AI & ML
6:30pmFree
Krakenflex, No.2 Circle Square
PyData Manchester returns to Krakenflex at Circle Square. Hurma Ehtesham on why inconsistent data definitions undermine AI systems ('Garbage Semantics In, Garbage AI Out'), followed by Hugh Evans mapping the PyData community using Meetup data and Folium. Catering provided, post-event social planned.
AI & ML