Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2025 Programme is LIVE!
Discover Glasgow, for free, this September!
Scotland’s largest free heritage and community festival returns from 18 - 21 September 2025, inviting you to step - or wheel - behind the scenes of our visionary city!
Enjoy rare access to more than 150 captivating buildings, hidden spaces, factories, theatres, museum stores and architectural and cultural gems across the city.
Organised by Glasgow Building Preservation Trust, the festival celebrates the city’s rich built and cultural heritage, encouraging civic pride and connection through stories, spaces and shared experiences.
Get ready for four vibrant days:
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Open buildings
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Guided walks & talks
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Performances, exhibitions & ceilidhs
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Hands-on workshops for all ages
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Family-friendly activities
What's On
With more than 150 events to choose from, whether you're a lifelong Glaswegian, a new resident, or a curious visitor, Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival is your invitation to celebrate the soul of the city - its stories, its spaces, and the visionaries who built it.
Festival Hub @ ARC – Talks Programme Launching Soon
At the heart of the action will be our Festival Hub at the Advanced Research Centre (ARC) at the University of Glasgow. Get ready for a full line-up of engaging talks featuring fresh perspectives, fascinating stories, children’s activities and lively conversations all focused around our 2025 festival theme: Glasgow The Visionary City.
On Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September we will be joined at the ARC by Explorathon Festival who will be celebrating the incredible diversity of research happening across the country through an extravaganza of shows, talks, family activities, comedy and discovery. Keep an eye out for the launch of our Festival Hub at the ARC Talks Programme coming in August!
Pick up Our New Festival Leaflet
Grab a copy of our eye-catching festival leaflet from locations across the city and discover a full list of buildings, events, and trails, plus a handy key highlighting family-friendly spots and venues celebrating Glasgow 850.
Unfold it to A3 to reveal a festival map showing the locations of all participating venues, tour starting points, and four cycle routes specially curated by our partner, Bike for Good.
Explore the Festival by Bike!
Go to Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival to download our fold-out Festival Friendly Cycle Routes map. It pinpoints the locations of all our participating venues, walking tour starting points, and includes four specially curated cycle routes created by our festival partner, Bike for Good.
It’s the perfect way to plan your festival day out on two wheels!
Glasgow The Visionary City
This year’s festival theme, Glasgow: The Visionary City, focuses on exploring and showcasing the people, places, buildings, and projects that have shaped Glasgow’s identity as a city of ambition, imagination, and forward-thinking ideas.
To find out more about our festival theme, click this link
Countdown to the Festival: Don't Miss These Events!
Don’t miss out on two exciting events taking place just before festival kick-off!
Page / Park Architects Studio - Talk & Exhibition - Tuesday 16th September
Lost Glasgow: Lost Buildings Talk at Kelvin Hall on Wednesday 17th September
Visit glasgowdoorsopendays.org.uk to find out more.