IF: Milton Keynes International Festival 2010

The first IF: Milton Keynes International Festival takes place over 10 days from Friday 16th to Sunday 25th July 2010, the biennial festival will bring together a line-up of international artists and performers in a diverse programme of UK premieres and spectacular new commissions.

Celebrating the city's unique architecture and utopian vision of its 1960s founders, the festival will make use of the landmarks, parks, boulevards, disused buildings and unusual locations of central Milton Keynes in an ambitious programme of performances and family-friendly events, both ticketed and free, which include new circus, theatre, dance, music, visual arts and sound installations.

Programme

16 July: The World Famous with Terrafolk - Full Circle
16 July: Evelyn Glennie & Fred Frith
16-17 July: Karbido: The Table
16-25 July: The Stables presents music, comedy and cabaret in the luxurious Spiegeltent
16-25 July: Janek Schaefer: Asleep at the wheel installation
16-23 July: Architects of Air: Mirazozo sculpture
16-25 July: Outdoor performance events across Central Milton Keynes, including The Hub, Midsummer Place and Campbell Park
17-24 July: inStallation
18 July: Hetain Patel: Ten at The Spiegeltent
18 July: Flam: Rebecca Askew & Melanie Pappenheim at The Spiegeltent
18 July: Rich Hall at The Spiegeltent
20 July: Comedy with InTent - Pete Firman with Alexis Dubus as Marcel Lucont and Vikki Stone. Compere: Zoe Lyons at The Spiegeltent
20 July: Orkestra del Sol at The Spiegeltent
21 July: Frisky & Mannish's School of Pop at The Spiegeltent
21 July: Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds at The Spiegeltent
22 July: Bellowhead at The Spiegeltent
22 July: Sam Wills: The Boy with Tape on His Face at The Spiegeltent
23-25 July: Graeae & Strange Fruit: Against The Tide
23 July: Antonio Forcione & Adriano Adewale at The Spiegeltent
24 July: Sierra Maestra at The Spiegeltent
24 July: Lucky Dip Disco for Under 7s with Janek Schaefer at The Spiegeltent
25 July: The World Picnic

Tickets

Tickets are available, and priced depending upon event. to buy tickets call the box office number: 01908 280800, or click here.

Accommodation

This event does not have camping but there are a number of hotels, hostels and guest houses in the area.

More information will be here when available.

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