Open Doors Festival Glasgow

In 2020 the festival website is the only address you need to explore the city.

Open doors festival glasgow. Since 1990 the free festival. The best way to find out what s on is to download the festival brochure below then navigate to the programme using the menu bar at the top of this page. Explore some of the city s iconic historic buildings and architectural gems and get behind the scenes. During doors open days join pollokshields heritage for a guided bus tour of this magnificent victorian garden suburb.

Glasgow doors open days festival is an annual event celebrating the city amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp 39 s architecture culture amp amp amp amp amp amp amp. Glasgow doors open days festival pollokshields heritage bus tour. See listed buildings discover splendid villas tenements and nature areas see various communities and hear many stories dating from 1849 pollokshields is a fine example of a victorian garden suburb. Doors open days gives you free access to hundreds of fascinating buildings across scotland every september.

The finnieston crane is a symbolic reminder of our city s industrial past first casting its reflection in the river clyde in 1932 and going on to play a heavy role in transporting locomotives built in glasgow to the rest of. Scotland s festival for scottish women s writing run by the glasgow women s library returns for its third edition. The festival sees over 100 buildings and sites open their doors for anyone to visit along with an extensive programme of walks talks tours and much more all for free. Glasgow doors open days has announced details of its 2020 programme which will be heading online this year in light of ongoing concerns around the covid 19 pandemic.

Glasgow doors open days festival 2019. Glasgow doors open days festival is an annual event celebrating the city s architecture culture heritage through a free programme of open buildings and events taking place over one week in september. The open university is delighted to support open the door 2019 scotland s literary festival that puts women to the fore. Commissioned in 2020 by gbpt cathedral of iron horses is a new film work by curator thomas abercromby and filmmaker conor reilly that explores the rise and fall of the built environment of the post industrial neighbourhood of springburn.

Glasgow doors open days is organised by glasgow building preservation trust a charity. We re planning to release the film online this september as part of our newly digitised glasgow doors open day festival. Glasgow doors open days festival takes place every september celebrating and promoting the city s diverse architecture and heritage.