IF: Milton Keynes International Festival was founded in 2010 and takes place every two years. It is produced by The Stables, one of the UK’s leading music organisations and venues, based in Milton Keynes.
Creating unique and memorable experiences, the Festival is designed to encourage residents and visitors to see a different side to Milton Keynes. Presenting a world-class, multi-arts programme the Festival includes new commissions, site-specific and community participation projects, large-scale/outdoor and family events, concerts, theatre, dance, music and visual arts installations.
Engaging over a million people in seven previous editions (2010 – 2023), the Festival takes place in locations across Milton Keynes, including parks, public squares, commercial and retail spaces, as well as in the online and digital realm.
The Festival is supported by Arts Council England and Milton Keynes Council, and also raises funds through trusts and foundations and partnerships with individuals and businesses.
Outdoor Programme Includes:
- Pan~//Catwalk by Zwermers
- Serving Sounds by Working Boys Club
- Noisy Noise Noise by Working Boys Club
- Human Time – Tree Time by Klub Girko
- Xics del Xurrac by Tombs Creatius
- Bamboo by NoFit State
- Symfeuny by Deabru Beltzak
- Whose Hair Dares by Osadia
- Les Patineurs by 15ft6
- One Sky by Pagrav Dance
- Fugit by Kamchatka
- Warning Notes by Mark Anderson
- Nyx by Gijs van Bon
- Memory of Birds by Tania El Khoury
- DNA, Vertical Odyssey by Transe Express
- The Lost Colour by Half a String
- Drop Me If You Dare by Joli Vyann
- Gandini Juggling and Say
- Wire Attire by Sam Goodburn
