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Midsummer Festival – Open Call Opportunity 

Milton Keynes City Council (MKCC) will be delivering the second edition of the Midsummer Festival on 22nd June 2025 in celebration of all things summer solstice, with a fun-packed free family-friendly programme of music, maypoles, magic and more!

Building on the success of the inaugural Festival, Midsummer Boulevard East will once be transformed into a pop-up festival site, where everyone is welcome to join us as we celebrate midsummer as a time of renewal, healing and good health. 

With the return of The Pavilion of the Hopeful Sun by Wild Rumpus taking centre stage, the free, all-day programme will be once again packed with performances, workshops, installations, music, a street food market hosted by Sophie Etc. and much more. 

Currently confirmed programme highlights include a newly commissioned interactive installation by Leap then Look; a new fairytale folkloric performance by storyteller, playwright and kindness campaigner Bernadette Russel and a celebration of local folk music curated by Drywood. 

Brief: 

The Midsummer Festival team are looking to appoint creative practitioners and/or cultural organisations to develop and deliver a new commission that will temporarily activate Midsummer Boulevard East, for the duration of the Midsummer Festival 2025. 

We are interested in proposals that explore the festival's theme of Summer Solstice and in particular ideas that explore folkloric traditions historically practiced during this time. 

All details are included in the full commission Brief here

Deadline for submissions – 17th February at 12noon

If you have any questions about the Festival or Brief please email culture@milton-keynes.gov.uk