Let’s Party MK50

Posted 6th June 2017

Milton Keynes’ 50th birthday will be celebrated on Saturday 24th June with a free public garden party in Central Milton Keynes.

Residents are being invited to enjoy an afternoon of music, dance, street food and children’s entertainment in Fred Roche Gardens, a beautiful public park behind Christ the Cornerstone church in CMK.

Let’s Party MK50 has been organised by The Fred Roche Foundation to celebrate 50 years of Milton Keynes with music from local performers and the chance for residents to share their memories of the new city with new and long-lost friends.

It will take place in the gardens named after the late Fred Roche, the General Manager of Milton Keynes Development Corporation who was one of the original town planners of the city to keep the MK spirit of creative innovation and vision alive.

The event is being supported by MK City Centre Management, Milton Keynes Council, Jeanius Consulting and Ringway.

Music will include classical soprano Emily Haig, the band Okai, folk singer Sian Magill and MK Brass, along with performances from the Chinese Fan Dancers and Forsyth Coles Dance.

There will also be plenty of street food available, as well as a Pimms tent, beer and wine bar, ice cream and smoothies.

Let’s Party MK50 will take place between 3pm and 7pm with further entertainment continuing into the evening until 11pm.

For more details, please visit www.fredroche.org