Open House Festival 2023: when to open
This year we will split the festival into two weekends and offer guidance with which boroughs should open on which weekends. The full break-down is below.
Contributors are welcome to open at any time during the festival, including weekdays, and indeed for the entirety of the festival should they wish. For contributors who want to open for a day or two, this is guidance as to which weekend to open, the aim is to help contributors to open up and run events at the same time as others in their neighbourhood or borough. This will also help visitors explore more in one go.
You are not obliged to follow our guidance, but it will help them open up at the same time as others nearby.
If you are thinking of joining our community of festival contributors and planning on proposing an opening or event for the festival, we are running in person drop-ins and online briefings throughout spring and summer to help contributors through the planning and submission process.
Weekend One: 9th and 10th of September
Barnet
Brent
Camden
Croydon
Ealing
Hammersmith and Fulham
Harrow
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Kensington and Chelsea
Kingston
Lambeth
Merton
Richmond
Sutton
Wandsworth
Westminster
Weekend Two: 16th and 17th of September
Barking and Dagenham
Bexley
Bromley
City of London
Enfield
Greenwich
Hackney
Haringey
Havering
Islington
Lewisham
Newham
Redbridge
Southwark
Tower Ham
Waltham Forest