Freedom Fest 2026 Agenda
The Freedom Fest 2026 agenda opens on Thursday 19 November with a screening at the Cotton Theatre, followed by post-screening drinks at The Tap House, then returns on Saturday 21 November for a full day of talks, panels and hands-on workshops across the Cotton Theatre and Edgerton Suite, Manchester.
Filter a day by zone, or open a day to read it straight through.
Thursday 19 November
Screening
Cotton Theatre3Samurai Short
1st Bitcoin Miner
The Six Billion Dollar Man
Drinks
The Tap House1Post-screening drinks
Saturday 21 November
Freedom Stage
Cotton Theatre17Welcome to Freedom Fest
Human Rights Foundation CBDC Tracker — Nicholas Anthony
Why Nostr
Goatpocalypse - how fiat money destroyed Africa
Rain - when the cloud lands on your roof (Digital independence)
Human Authority Hardware
Censorship-resistant news with AI and Nostr
Archipelago - Become The Internet
Open source: decentralised in theory, hosted by Microsoft in practice
Kindred.software - Family Freedom Tech
Protecting your smartphone and building a private and secure mobile OS
Six Billion Dollar Man - Q&A
Handshake: The Foundation Of A Decentralized Internet
A Guide to Building a Sovereign Plan-B
Free Cities: The Global Movement to Build Freer Societies
The Freedom Guild - Announcement
If Your Money Needs Permission, Are You Really Free? (remote)
Workshops
Edgerton Suite3Socratic Seminar: A manifesto for global governance reform
Omarchy workshop
GrapheneOS Workshop
Updated automatically. Times can still move before the event.
Tickets for Freedom Fest
Freedom Fest runs inside the Bitfest weekend — one ticket covers every zone, every stage and the Saturday programme.
