Creative industries festival All Flows to take place in MK this week

Creative industries festival All Flows will take place in Milton Keynes this week.

The festival will be holding its fourth edition from 13–15 May 2026 at Milton Keynes Gallery, with the organisers confirming that the team have curated a full three-day programme of talks, screenings, workshops, and social events.

This year’s guest speakers include Grammy Award–winning graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook, celebrated Magnum Photos photographer Olivia Arthur, cause-led branding agency TEMPLO, Designer for Film Annie Atkins, and Nada Hesham, founder and creative director of Cairo-based 40 Mustaquel, to name just a few.

“This year we’re incredibly excited to welcome several speakers for their first talks in the UK,” explained co-founders Richard Wiggins and Simon Wright.

“As a relatively small event held outside of a major creative city, we’re super proud that All Flows has steadily gained an international reputation.”

Other notable programme highlights workshops led by Lever Street (formerly Foxall Studio) and motion design maestros Studio Dumbar. For the late-night crowd, All Flows is also teaming up with cult event Heavy Pencil for its opening party. Expect a heady mix of music and live drawing.

Copenhagen-based photo software company Capture One will present an interactive photo booth, MK based photographer Sabre Majid will lead an architectural photography walk, and cycling crew Hands will host an informal ride around Milton Keynes to explore the new city from a different perspective.

Ticket holders will also have access to MK Gallery’s forthcoming exhibition Euan Uglow: An Arc of the Eye, which brings together more than 40 of Euan Uglow’s most ambitious paintings alongside works by key influences including Paul Cézanne, Alberto Giacometti, William Coldstream, and Victor Pasmore. It is a rare opportunity to see the work of one of Britain’s most significant 20th-century painters in person.

For more information visit: https://allflows.live