Press Releases

Press Release – Winter 2024

The Winter Artists Open Houses returns for 2024 with over 50 houses to explore across Brighton & Hove this festive season. From Hove and Portslade to Fiveways, Seven Dials  to Kemptown, stunning seaside neighbourhoods will come alive with arts and crafts displayed in the homes of a vast range of artists and makers. This year’s […]

Press Release – May 2024

Artists Open Houses will take place over four weekends this May, with venues across Brighton & Hove participating in the festival’s 42nd year. We are delighted to now share the joyful Spring brochure cover, created by artist Sarah Arnett, whose popular venue The Little Picture Palace is a highlight in our calendar Press Release – […]

May 2023 Press Release

The Artists Open Houses festival (AOH) is the UK’s first and now the largest event of its kind. Around 200 houses and studios in , and beyond, throw open their doors to the public over four weekends this May for the 2023 edition.    

AOH May 2023 Press Release

  Registration Opens Today For Artists Open Houses (AOH) May festival 2023 May 6&7 | May 13&14 | May 20&21 | May 27&28 Registration open 6 January – 28 February 2023 (Special Early Bird Rates until 31 January) Artists Open Houses returns this May after an especially successful 40th anniversary year. The Winter Festival offered an alternative Christmas shopping experience […]

Artists Open Houses Winter Festival 2022

Blue Angel, Scoffin, Northern Lights, 29 Lancaster Rd, Brighton, BN1 5DG November 26|27, December 3|4, December 10|11 Download the brochure from 1 November at aoh.org.uk Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, Artists Open Houses Winter 2022 is a special edition. Fifty-three houses across the Brighton and Hove area will be opening their doors to the public. […]

Artists Open Houses Winter Festival 2022 Press Release

  26|27 November, 3|4 December, 10|11 December Registration open 1 September – 1 October   Registration opens today for Brighton’s Artists Open Houses (AOH) 2022 Winter festival. Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, AOH encourages new houses to join the established AOH portfolio. Everyone in the Brighton area is invited to create an exhibition and open […]

Brighton and Hove’s Artists Open Houses festival celebrates 40th Anniversary

Dates announced for May Festival and registration for artists now open. Weekends in May from May 7 2022 will be a very special year for Brighton and Hove’s Artists Open Houses festival as it celebrates its 40th Anniversary. Brighton and Hove Artist Open Houses, the originator of the Open House movement, dates back to 1981 […]

Artists Open Houses Winter Festival 2021

  Weekends from November 27 Brighton and Hove’s Artists Open Houses Winter Festival 2021 will run over weekends from November 27 to December 12, 2021.   During this time, hundreds of artists and makers across the city will be opening their houses and studio spaces to the public, offering the rare opportunity to buy direct […]

AOH Winter Festival Press Release

Katie Spragg – Robertson Road Studios Picture credit: Dominic Tschudi Artists Open Houses announce Winter Festival 2021 dates. Winter Festival now open for artist registration. Brighton and Hove’s Artists Open Houses Winter Festival 2021 is now open for registration. Artists and makers across the city can register to take part in the most exciting event […]

Press Release – July 2021

WINNERS OF THE ARTISTS OPEN HOUSES 2021 SUMMER FESTIVAL AWARDS ANNOUNCED A DOUBLE WIN FOR ARTIST FAYE BRIDGWATER! Following a hugely successful festival that saw hundreds of artists across Brighton, Hove and beyond opening their houses and studios to exhibit and sell their works, The Artists Open Houses are proud to announce the winners of […]

AOH 2021 Press Release

  Over 1000 artists across Brighton, and Hove Brighton’s Artists Open Houses Festival 2021 29th May – 27th June. The Artists Open Houses festival, the largest event of its kind in the UK, will take place across Brighton, Hove and villages beyond over five weekends, starting on the bank holiday weekend of May 29 and […]

Winner of Latest TV’s Best Open House 2020

The Artists Open Houses Festival announces  new June dates for the 2021 festival. Plus the Winner of Best Open House 2020 The Artists Open Houses festival has decided to move its May festival to June this year, to ensure maximum safety for the artists and visitors. The festival, the largest event of its kind in […]

Statement from The Artists Open Houses Festival

Issued: March 18, 2020 Following careful consideration in response to the current Covid-19 outbreak, we will be postponing Brighton and Hove’s Artists Open Houses Festival, which was due to take place throughout the city and beyond over the month of May 2020. The Festival will now be rescheduled for September/October 2020 . Judy Stevens, Festival […]

The Artists Open Houses Festival, Brighton and Beyond, Starting May 4, 2019

The Artists Open Houses festival 2019, the largest event of its kind in the UK, will take place in Brighton, Hove and beyond over four weekends in May, starting Saturday May 4, 2019. Free to visit, the festival will see over 1500 artists and makers opening the doors to their houses or studios to exhibit […]

The Artists Open Houses Festival May 2019

The Artists Open Houses festival 2019, the largest event of its kind in the UK, will take place in Brighton, Hove and beyond, over four weekends in May, starting Saturday May 4, 2019.   The Artists Open Houses festival dates for 2019 are: May 4 & 5 May 11 & 12 May 18 & 19 […]

Registration for the 2019 Artists Open Houses Festival now open

Artists and makers wishing to take part in the 2019 Artists Open Houses May festival can register online from now until February 4, 2019. Artists Open Houses Festival will run over four weekends throughout May 2019. The 2018 festival saw over 1,500 artists taking part and exhibiting in 200 venues across the city and beyond. […]

Brighton and Hove Artists Open Houses Christmas Festival 2018 Starts November 24

Brighton and Hove’s Artists Open Houses Festival, the biggest of its kind in the UK, has announced the dates for its 2018 Christmas Festival. The festival kicks off on November 24th and will run over the following three weekends, ending December 9th. During this time, hundreds of artists and makers across the city will be […]

Focus on Homelessness, Recovery and Outsider Art for 2018

The Artists Open Houses festival 2018, the largest event of its kind in the UK, will take place in Brighton, Hove and beyond over four weekends of May, starting Saturday 5th May. Last year over 200,000 people visited the festival. The festival offers the chance to buy artworks directly from the artists and makers themselves. […]

Introducing Neptune Hove as Headline Sponsor of Artists Open Houses 2018

Artists Open Houses is pleased to announce Neptune Hove as the Headline Sponsor of Artists Open Houses 2018. The first time Neptune Hove has sponsored the festival, Neptune Hove is a beautiful interiors store set on Kingsway in Hove, selling everything from home accessories to sofas and armchairs, kitchens and lighting to garden furniture. Judy […]

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