An incredible 4,500 people turned out in windy weather to attend the Festival of Giants event in Campbell Park in June. Among the guests were the Mayor and Mayoress of Milton Keynes, along with pupils from various local schools and people from across the city and beyond. The event, which was sponsored by CMK Town…
Do you have a memory of Milton Keynes that you’d like to share? Local community organisation Living Archive is looking for people who have lived or worked in the city to contribute their thoughts and memories about the city. It is expected that around 50 of these digital memoirs will be selected for filming and…
Few things demonstrate the strong sense of community developing in CMK as the ‘Love Where You Live’ spring clean events. This year, a group of Central Milton Keynes staff and residents will gather at the Centre:MK branch of McDonalds for a spring clean at 12pm on Thursday 25 May. A quick briefing will be given,…
One of the largest and most spectacular events on the CMK calendar is Proms in the Park, the annual classical performance by the Milton Keynes City Orchestra in the Campbell Park Amphitheatre. The Parks Trust has now announced this year’s proms will be held on 18 August. Tickets for the event are now on sale…
The stunning ‘Paraffinalia’ Fire Festival in Campbell Park in December 2016, supported by a grant from CMK Town Council, has been captured brilliantly in this newly released video from organisers Festive Road:
The “Paraffinalia” fire festival in Campbell Park, supported this year by CMK Town Council, drew big crowds and high praise at its spectacular display on Saturday 17 December. One of the shortest days of the year was warmed up by an evening of fire performances, drummers, lantern parades and local food, drawing a crowd of…
Milton Keynes Gallery is looking for young people aged between 14 and 19 to produce and submit a short film of up to 3 minutes in length for their Young Filmmaker of the Year Competition. Entrants are being asked to consider how they might respond creatively to the “City Club” theme. City Club was the…
With the MK International Festival on the horizon, organisers Festive Road are on the look-out for dance leaders and groups for the ‘Colour of Time’ street performance event. This colourful explosion of activity is produced by French dance company Compagnie Artonik, and the spectacle of their similar event in Adelaide can be seen here. The…
It’s election season again! In a little over a month the people of Milton Keynes will go to the polls to vote in three different elections; those for borough councillors, parish councillors and the police and crime commissioner. Each year different parishes reach the end of their terms and Central Milton Keynes is one of…
A project which aims to refresh the area around Milton Keynes Gallery and the Theatre has won a £750,000 grant from Arts Council England. The City Club project will create a series of three welcoming public spaces, a piazza, a playground and a garden, drawing influence from the original visions for the city. The project…