The West End Open House Neighbourhood Festival kicks with a celebratory musical and dance performance in Soho Square Gardens, reflecting the festival theme of "Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner!", celebrating the many communities that have come to live and work in the West End and and made London their home.

Richard Frith, 1680

A special exhibition exploring the people and places that shaped the area during the Second World War. Tracing famous figures who made Soho their home, and the ordinary everyday heroes who kept the area functioning and our spirits up!

Soho is a unique neighbourhood of creativity and diversity. Join us at the former Warner Brothers De Lane Lea studio at 75 Dean Street, home of the Museum of Soho. Explore an exhibition of Soho's 300 year history.

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, 1960

Hear about the history of Soho on a walk around some of the sites associated with colourful characters of yesteryear. From Soho's beginnings as a fashionable suburb in the seventeenth century up to the 1950s, I regale you with delicious snippets of history. We end the tour with the option of refreshments at the birthplace of British RocknRoll.

The leafy Georgian streets of Bloomsbury were shaken up in the 1930s by a new wave of development, from great academic institutions to speculative flats for modern urban living, plus probably the most stylish car showroom in London. We'll explore the range of 1930s architectural styles used in some famous and not so famous buildings, and even take a peek inside where we can.

A Grade II listed art deco theatre in the heart of London. Built in 1929, this stylish building has had a varied and colourful history as a cinema, variety hall and music venue, as well as its original and current life as a theatre.

William & TR Milburn, 1929

The Smallest Gallery in Soho is a historic shop-front which faces onto 62 Dean Street, in the heart of Soho. The aim of this creative space is to display artwork that captures people’s attention on their journey through Soho and encourage them to stop, think and be inspired. The art displays are only to be viewed from the street and can be seen at any time of the day for free.

, 1911

The first purpose-built new-build community centre to be built in the heart of Soho for generations, located within the renowned Phoenix Gardens. Winner: RIBA London Award. Designed by RIBA London Architect of the Year Winner.

Office Sian Architecture + Design, 2018

The area post 1700 became very cosmopolitan with immigrants mainly from Europe, and their influence on food and drink became increasingly important. This tour is based on food and drink, passing by restaurants, pubs, coffee bars, pâtisserie and delis that have been present for decades, finishing at a relatively new site.

Discover the many ordinary and working class people who lived and worked in Bloomsbury. Join me on a tour of Bloomsbury's mews and back streets to learn about slum quarters and social housing, street traders and factories, listening to marginalised voices from the time along the way.

Start your exploration of the Open House Soho Neighbourhood with a shot of coffee, a refreshing cold drink and a bite to eat. Explore our timeline of Soho, and our existing display on the church's history. Relax in our calm and welcoming gardens.