Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival

17/06/2026

Kids! We want you to take over Sauchiehall Street!

Join Glasgow Building Preservation Trust for a weekend of fun games and play activities exploring the senses, and stories of the street. Test your balance, listen to the secret sounds of trees, score a film, try some Tutti Frutti ice cream, impersonate a pigeon and make your own tile!

📅 Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June

⏰ 11am–3pm

🗺️ Sauchiehall Street & Garnethill Park

All activities are FREE to attend.

Drop-in sessions available, but please note, some session must be booked in advance.

Visit the link for more information about activities, times and booking.
Adults allowed (if well behaved!): https://bit.ly/49TBLxj

This event is a part of the Weekend of Play programme, organised by Glasgow Building Preservation Trust and the Sauchiehall Street: Culture and Heritage District. Our work is kindly funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

05/06/2026

🤔 Thinking of participating in Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival This year? Don’t worry, you still have time!

📆 Applications close Monday 8 June

We welcome applications from all kinds of individuals and organisations, including community and volunteer groups, heritage and walking‑tour guides, council‑owned buildings, private building owners and cultural organisations and many more!

👉 Visit our website for all the information you need to take part. Link in our bio.

Image: GDODF 2025. Photo: Tiu Makkonen ()

01/06/2026

🕓 One Week Left! – Participate in Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2026

There is only a week left to apply to participate in Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2026. Don't sleep on the chance to be part of Scotland's largest free annual heritage and community festival!

Whether you run or own a building, organise tours, manage a green space, or are a creative or heritage enthusiastic with an idea - we want to hear from you.

🔗 Visit our website for all the information you need to take part:
https://glasgowdoorsopendays.org.uk/participate/

🚨 Applications close Monday 8 June

Explore Glasgow’s buildings, heritage and hidden spaces through the city’s annual Doors Open Days Festival.

29/05/2026

🌟 There are many reasons to take part in Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival. But don’t take our word for it! Read what 2025 participants said:

→ “[The Festival allows us to] promote multiculturalism and unity within our community, while fostering integration and encouraging a positive understanding of cultural differences.”
→ “It created the space to shine a light on Glasgow’s only medieval castle.”
→ “It brings people together and bridges understanding.”

📆 Thinking of opening up a building or putting on a trail? You still have till 8 June to apply! Visit our website for details: https://glasgowdoorsopendays.org.uk/participate/

Images: GDODF 2025. Photo: Tiu Makkonen ()

27/05/2026

📩 Sign up to our newsletter!

The best way of staying up to date with all our activities is to sign up to our regular festival newsletter. Be the first to hear about important dates, our festival programme, ticket launches, opportunities to work with us and more!

👉 Sign up here: https://glasgowdoorsopendays.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2c0e9c0a4afc44b105118bbe3&id=42cba87d21

25/05/2026

⏳ Two weeks to apply!

Thinking of participating in Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival This year? Don’t worry, you still have two weeks left to apply to take part.

We welcome applications from all kinds of individuals and organisations, including community and volunteer groups, heritage and walking‑tour guides, council‑owned buildings, private building owners and cultural organisations and many more!

👉 Visit our website for all the information you need to take part: https://glasgowdoorsopendays.org.uk/participate/

📆 Applications close Monday 8 June

Image: The Pipe Factory, GDODF 2025. Photo: Tiu Makkonen

22/05/2026

🤔 Why take part in Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival?

Many participants tell us that the festival is one of their busy times of the year and allows them to connect to new audiences from across the city and beyond:

→ “It gives us a unique platform to tell our story.”
→ “[The Festival] allowed us to get more publicity… we had a lot of visitors who hadn’t heard of us.”
→ “There is always a real buzz about the place.”
→ “[We take part to] help people discover hidden heritage… places hiding in plain sight.”

📆 Thinking of opening up a building or putting on a trail? You still have till 8 June to apply! Visit our website for details: https://glasgowdoorsopendays.org.uk/

20/05/2026

✨ Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2025 was one of our most successful editions yet.

With almost 40,000 visits, 320 primary pupils engaged and 178 participants taking part, the 2025 festival was our largest post covid.

The programme included 129 buildings, 30 walking trails and 79 exhibitions, workshops and events. We can’t wait to see what 2026 brings!

Thinking of being a part of Scotland's largest annual heritage festival? Visit the participant page of our website to find out more: https://glasgowdoorsopendays.org.uk/participate/

📆 Applications close Monday 8 June

Image: GDODF 2025. Photo: Tiu Makkonen ()

15/05/2026

🙌 We're looking for first time Festival participants!

Never taken part in Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival before? Don’t worry! We are particularly interested in inviting first time participants to join us this year.

We welcome applications from all kinds of individuals and organisations, including community and volunteer groups, heritage and walking‑tour guides, council‑owned buildings, private building owners and cultural organisations and many more!

🤔 Want to find out more? Head over to the Participate page of our website. Link here: https://glasgowdoorsopendays.org.uk/participate/

📆 Applications close Monday 8 June

Image: The Pipe Factory, GDODF 2025. Photo: Tiu Makkonen

Doors Open Days

13/05/2026

✨ 2026 Festival Theme: ‘Glasgow Goes Out – The Places That Made Us’

This year, we are celebrating the places, people and nights that have brought Glasgow to life over the past 100 years.

💃 From cinemas, tearooms and dancehalls to grassroots music venues, artist-led spaces and legendary club nights, we’re inviting everyone to rediscover the city’s creative energy and shared memories.

🧭 Join us across the North, Southside, East End, West End and City Centre for walks, talks, exhibitions and events celebrating Glasgow’s unforgettable days and nights out.

🤔 Have you got a space you’d like to open, a walking trail in mind or an event that celebrates the city's rich cultural and architectural heritage? Visit our website by clicking on the following link and download the Participant Pack to get involved today: https://glasgowdoorsopendays.org.uk/

Image: The former Locarno Ballroom, Sauchiehall Street.

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