SCENE Festival 2026 — Manchester’s LGBTQ+ Film & TV Festival opens with The Traitors live panel

SCENE returns to Aviva Studios for its third and biggest edition yet — an eight-day celebration of LGBTQ+ film and TV running from 20–27 August.

The festival kicks off with a live The Traitors panel hosted by TV journalist Scott Bryan, featuring contestants Amanda Collier (series 4), Maddy Smedley and Wilf Webster (series 1), plus a Traitors-themed opening party. The full programme includes Russell T Davies and Nicola Shindler in conversation, a Heartstopper event with Alice Oseman, a fifth-anniversary screening of It’s A Sin, drag parody Stop! That! Train! starring RuPaul, and premieres from Pedro Almodóvar and Gregg Araki.

Events take place across Aviva Studios, HOME, New Century Hall, Cultplex, Kampus, Treehouse Hotel and more. SCENE is an official Manchester Village Pride fringe partner.

Tickets and full programme: https://www.scenefestival.com/