
The next IF: Milton Keynes International Festival is in 2016.
Mark out Friday 15 - Sunday 24 July in your diary now!
In the meantime, here are some amazing facts about the 2014 Festival:
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25,000 tickets sold making this the largest audience yet
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140,000 attendances at free events
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190,000 people encountered pop-up and roving installations
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143 performances presented
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267 professional artists were presented from 8 countries
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4 new commissions were produced: Under The Vaulted Sky by Rosemary Lee, The lock shift songs by Kaffe Matthews, Equinox by Jackie Kay and Falling by Melanie Pappenheim
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39% more tickets sold than for the Festival in 2012
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81% of tickets sold were to new customers
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65% of the programme was free to experience
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Over £7.4 million economic impact
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Over £1 million - the value of PR and social media coverage
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725 hotel bedroom nights were booked for artists, crew and staff
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117 volunteers were involved over the 10 days
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2 years was the time taken for Artist-in-Residence Rosemary Lee to create Under The Vaulted Sky featuring over 100 people - the youngest aged 8, the oldest aged 80
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The Festival opened on the hottest day of the year and 10 days of sunshine followed!
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