Events
The Milton Keynes Rose is used throughout the year for events and gatherings.
Everyone is welcome to come along. You can also visit at any time simply to enjoy the space.
The Milton Keynes Rose is used throughout the year for events and gatherings.
Everyone is welcome to come along. You can also visit at any time simply to enjoy the space.
Next event: Sunday 26 January 2025
Holocaust Memorial Day is a national commemoration day dedicated to the remembrance of those who suffered in the Holocaust under Nazi persecution and in subsequent genocides. A short service is held at The Milton Keynes Rose annually with readings and performance from a local choir.
Next event is on Sunday 26 January 2025.
*Please note that due to the adverse weather forecast for Sunday 26 January, this event will now take place at 3pm, in the Worship Area, The Church of Christ the Cornerstone, CMK and not at the MK Rose.*
Tuesday 4 March 2025
The City’s Corporate Pancake Day Race was back again this year, for once with teams competing in glorious sunshine! The annual City event which raises money for the MK Rose Trust is organised by partners The Milton Keynes Rose Trust and The Parks Trust. The Mayor of Milton Keynes, Cllr. Marie Bradburn who was our race starter on the day, presented the winning teams with their inscribed pancake pans. Congratulations to Mercer and Hole, winners of the 2025 Corporate Pancake Race and the team from MK SNAP who won the para-Pancake Race.
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Saturday 8 March 2025 was International Women’s Day and the theme for 2025 was Accelerate Action. The first International Women’s Day was held in March 1911. It is a day of collective global activism and celebration that belongs to all those committed to forging women’s equality.
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15 June every year – Next event will take place at 3pm, Sunday 15 June 2025.
Held on 15 June each year, Albert French Day commemorates Rifleman Albert French who was born in Wolverton and was killed in action in the First World War when he was only 16 years old. The event commemorates the ultimate sacrifice of young people in war and all those who served.
This annual service will include readings, speeches and reflections and all are welcome.
Annual event every July
With welcome and speeches, collaborative art, music and picnic. All welcome.
See the MK Disability Awareness Day website for details for this year’s event.
Everyone is welcome to the annual service at the Milton Keynes Rose for Armistice Day on 11 November with silence at 11am followed by wreath laying. Nearest recommended parking located at centre:mk car parks (John Lewis end) and use the Redway bridge that leads into the park.
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May 2025
On Thursday 8 May 2025 hundreds of people from across Milton Keynes came together at The MK Rose to commemorate VE80 and mark the historic 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe.
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April 2025
The Open University, with its main campus in Milton Keynes, gained its Royal Charter 56 years ago on 23 April 1969. To mark its 56th birthday, a ‘Charter Day’ event was held at their pillar at the MK Rose on Wednesday 23 April 2025.
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March 2025
On 9 March 2025, the Milton Keynes Ukrainian Appeal organised a celebratory event at the Milton Keynes Rose to celebrate the birthday of Taras Shevchenko — Ukraine’s great poet, artist and national icon. More than a literary genius, he was a revolutionary voice, a fighter for freedom and a symbol of Ukraine’s unbreakable spirit.
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23 January 2024
The Milton Keynes Rose was delighted to welcome the Mayor of Milton Keynes, Mick Legg on 23 January 2024 to mark the 57th anniversary of the designation of Milton Keynes as a New Town.
22 February 2024
The Milton Keynes Rose was delighted to celebrate World Thinking Day on Thursday, 22 February 2024. On this day 10 million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts all over the world connect to shout about the things that they do.
The theme this year was Our World, Our Peaceful Future and the event was celebrated at the MK Rose by representatives of the Guides, Brownies, Rainbows and the Trefoil Guild.