“It reminds us, each year, that people genuinely like what we do. We particularly enjoy the diversity of the people who come each year.”
— Open House Festival 2023 contributor
Open House Festival is a London-wide festival that opens up and celebrates the city’s architecture and neighbourhoods, with open days and events taking place across all 33 London boroughs. The festival is a chance to explore the remarkable buildings and landscapes of the capital, and an opportunity for individuals, communities and organisations to tell their stories.
As a festival contributor you can run an open day at a building or outdoor space, put on a walking or cycling tour, or organise an event such as a film night, children’s activity workshop or exhibition.
You can find all the information you need to become a festival contributor here.
You will need to register for an account then submit an expression of interest, before completing an application. Full details of this process can be found here. You can register for either a visitor account or a volunteer account. If your expression of interest is approved, your account will automatically be upgraded to a contributor account.
Great! Log in and start your expression of interest via the link on your dashboard. Full details of this process can be found here. If your expression of interest is approved your account will automatically be upgraded to a contributor account.
Log inAs an existing contributor you don’t need to submit a new expression of interest, unless you’re planning to do something completely different to what you’ve done previously, like opening a different building or running a different tour. However, you do need to tell us how you plan to contribute to the festival this year. To secure your place in this year’s festival programme, log in, go to your dashboard and complete the application form. Full details of this process can be found here.
Log inPlease contact openhouse@open-city.org.uk with further details and our team can advise you.
Open House Festival is run by Open City, a charity dedicated to making architecture, special sites and neighbourhoods more open, accessible and equitable. If you enjoy the festival and would like to support us to keep staging it, while at the same time enjoying a year-round programme of specially curated tours and events, please consider becoming an Open City Friend.
Your support will enable life-changing educational programmes for children and young people from under-represented communities, help open up critical debate on the big issues that shape the urban landscape today by supporting Open City’s year-round programme of free podcasts, films and advocacy, and help us to keep running the Open House Festival, allowing tens of thousands of people access to places and conversations they are normally locked out of.
If you’d like to know more about the Friends scheme, its benefits and how we use your money, email friends@open-city.org.uk or visit this page.
Open House Festival attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors. We work with leading private and public sector organisations including most London boroughs and the Greater London Authority to engage large audiences with built projects and brands.
If you are interested in becoming an Open House Festival partner, please get in touch by writing to sponsorship@openhouse.org.uk.