Westbury Arts Centre, working with talented textile artist Vinny Stapley, and schools, community groups and residents of Milton Keynes, will have produced over 500 commemorative banners. These banners will form part of a large-scale dance piece, choreographed by Helen Parlor, Effie McGuire-Ward and Chris Bradley, that involves over 100 dancers and will move around Campbell […]
The successful Walking With Giants parade returns this year, with a vibrant street parade including stilt walkers, dance and live music, along with the festival's incredible giant puppets and sculptures. In connection with this year's commemoration of the centenary of the First World War, the parade will also include a life-size bicycle-powered wooden WWI tank. The procession will […]
Come along to Campbell Park for a cultural event celebrating Eid with food stalls, cookery demonstrations, charity stalls, art exhibitions, music and dance stage. Please see www.mkiac.org for more details. There is no public parking in the park. The nearest recommended parking is at Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre. For more information contact events@theparkstrust.com or 01908 […]
This friendly, informal exhibition tour is for blind and partially sighted visitors, as well as their carers, family members and friends. Guide dogs are welcome. Audio describer Alex Evans will greet you in the entrance foyer and introduce the exhibition over free tea and biscuits. You will have the gallery to yourselves as it is […]
The Festival of Nations is back on July 30th 2015, will be held at Arts Central and run from 1pm – 9pm. It is all about the celebration of International dance, music, poetry, storytelling, photography, film, fashion show, native dress, games & food! There will also be a ‘World Art’ exhibition. It’s about the integration […]
The annual Milton Keynes Filipino Festival returns this year, celebrating Filipino food, music, dance and culture. There will be a traditional fayre and entertainment on offer.
The Milton Keynes City Orchestra will be performing at an evening of uplifting music, fireworks and fizz at the Campbell Park Amphitheatre on 14 August. The precise musical programme is still to be confirmed, but the performance is expected to last approximately two hours, including an interval. Guests are advised to bring their own seating and warm clothes. Picnics […]
A city-wide cycling event and a "skate jam" at the Buszy are just two of the events that will form part of the Milton Keynes Heritage Open Weekend, taking place between Thursday 10 and Sunday 13 September. For more information on the Skyride cycling events, please go to http://www.goskyride.com/milton-keynes. More information on the open days […]
MK Forum is planning a series of talks as part of the build-up to the city's 50th anniversary in 2017 under the title of "MK Pioneers” and the first event will feature speaker Bill Berrett. Bill was an architect working for Bucks CC in the early 1960s and one day he was approached by Fred Pooley (the County Architect) […]
Artists Gareth Jones and Nils Norman are proposing to take the ideals represented by the unbuilt City Club scheme as a starting point to consider future use of the public spaces around the soon to be expanded MK Gallery. Planned in the 1970s as a unique combination of physical recreation and entertainment, City Club was to be a place […]
This event is an open session for musicians, sound artists and non-musicians who are interested in exploring improvisation and developing new musical relationships. Artists should bring their own instruments/equipment/objects (and amplification should you require it). MK Gallery will provide the PA, Mics, DIs and the space for exploration. For more information, please see the event page […]
To celebrate Rugby World Cup 2015, the streets of Milton Keynes will become the setting for an explosive and thrilling outdoor spectacular as international companies Les Commandos Percu (from France) and Deabru Beltzak (from the Basque region of Spain) do battle in "Clash of Drums / Danbor Talka". The two tribes will meet in a […]
