Get Involved
There are plenty of ways to take part and support the UK City of Culture 2029 Bid – come along, get creative and share your ideas. Everyone is welcome.
Join a session
Meet the team, connect with others and help imagine the future of Milton Keynes.
Future City Workshop
Join artists Tom Eke and Ciara Callaghan for a collaborative workshop exploring Milton Keynes as UK City of Culture 2029. Through drawing, large-scale mapping, model-making and conversation, we’ll reimagine the city – its festivals, public spaces, architecture and stories.
Add your ideas, dreams and provocations to a growing shared vision of what’s to come.
Locations:
The Box Arts Club
18–20 Burners Lane, Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes MK11 3HB
Friday 5 June, 1:30–7pm
Market Hall, Wolverton
Glyn Square, 171b McConnell Drive, Milton Keynes MK12 5JQ
Friday 26 June, 5–7pm
The Book of Ideas
Ursula White and Rachel Wright with a team of artists are inviting people who live and work in MK to take part in a ‘Book of Ideas’. They are hosting 8 pop-up events with lots of activities designed to inspire creativity and conversation. Everyone is welcome. Everything created will be added to the Book of Ideas, capturing what MK means to the people who work here and call it home – its stories, hopes, imagination and identity.
Special Request…if you have a favourite family recipe to add to city recipe chapter of the Book of Ideas, please bring it along and pop it in the big cooking pot.
Book of Ideas POP-UP Events:
Saturday 6 June 1.30pm – 6.30pm
Art in the Park, Campbell Park Plateau, MK9 4BL
Saturday 13 June 10.30am – 12.30pm
Central Library (Foyer), Silbury Boulevard, MK9 3HL
Sunday 14 June 12pm – 7pm
Folk on the Green (The Memorial Garden), Horsehair Green, Stony Stratford, MK11 1JP
Sunday 21 June 10am – 6.30pm
Midsummer Festival, Midsummer Boulevard, MK9 3QA
Tuesday 23 June 10.30am -12.30pm
Kingston Library, Winchester Circle, Kingston, MK10 OBA
Thursday 25 June 11am – 4.30pm
Milton Keynes Market (opposite the shopping centre clock just outside centre:mk), MK9 3BB
Sunday 28 June 11am – 4.30pm
Middleton Hall (Near Pret A Manger), centre:mk,
Saturday 4 July 12pm- 3pm
African Diaspora Festival 2026, Campbell Park, MK9 4BA
Creative Collage with Robin Clements
Join Milton Keynes Arts Centre and artist Robin Clements for a series of fun, relaxed collage sessions. Meet the team, get creative and share your hopes, dreams and ideas for 2029. There are sessions suitable for both adults and children*. People who prefer not to get their hands dirty are also very welcome to come along and tell us their ideas. Refreshments will be provided.
Dates and locations are as follows:
Mon 15 June – Rowans Family Centre
Family: 4pm & 5pm | Adult (16+): 6pm
13a Moorfoot, Fullers Slade, MK11 2BD
Tue 16 June – Frank Moran Centre
Adult (16+): 3pm, 4pm & 5pm
12 Melrose Avenue, Bletchley, MK3 6PA
Wed 17 June – Eaglestone Activity Centre
Family: 3:30pm & 4:30pm | Adult (16+): 5:30pm
5 Harrier Court, MK6 5BZ
Thu 18 June – Ellen Pettit Memorial Hall, Woburn Sands
Family: 4pm & 5pm | Adult (16+): 6pm
High Street, MK17 8RH
Fri 19 June – New Bradwell Community Centre
Family: 3pm & 4pm | Adult (16+): 5pm
Church Street, MK13 0DA
Tue 23 & Wed 24 June – Bow Brickhill Pavilion
Adult (16+): 7pm & 8pm
Rushmere Close, MK17 9JB
Thu 25 June – Broughton Pavilion
Family: 12pm, 1pm & 2pm
139 Tanfield Lane, MK10 9NJ
Fri 26 June – Oxley Park Community Centre
Family: 4pm & 5pm | Adult (16+): 6pm
Redgrave Drive, MK4 4TA
All workshops are FREE but due to limited space book a free ticket here: https://www.miltonkeynesartscentre.org/events
Please note: Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Activities are suitable for ages 7+.
