London Borough of Culture 2025

Creative opportunities for local businesses

Wandsworth's year as London Borough of Culture will provide lots of opportunities for businesses to get involved, not just through sponsorship. Here are some examples of things already going on that will benefit local businesses.

Re:Create - free online business skills course for Wandsworth’s creative businesses creativeunited.learnworlds.com/course/ recreate-business-skills

Re:Create Wandsworth is Wandsworth Council’s bespoke business support programme for creative businesses, delivered in partnership with Creative United. Wandsworth-based creative and cultural businesses, artists and makers can access this business skills e-learning course, featuring four modules covering Marketing and E-Commerce, Funding, Business Resilience, and Team Building. All these are available to access now and are free until September 2025.

Wandsworth Artists Open House 2024

Sat 5th & Sun 6th and Sat 12th & Sun 13th October 2024

Discover over 150 artists with Wandsworth Artists Open House 2024, the annual art fair dedicated to Wandsworth’s local artists and their work.

Across the borough, artists will be opening their doors for you to enjoy and buy art in their homes and studios, 11-6pm, over two weekends in October. There will be four walkable art trails: Southfields, Putney, Battersea and Wandsworth Town, and Tooting, Furzedown and Balham.

Pick up an Art Trail map or visit www.artistsopenhouse.co.uk to plan your route.

Become a Wandsworth Arts Fringe

Venue for 2025

Imagine transforming your business into a vibrant hub of creativity, where artists from all walks of life come together to showcase their extraordinary talents.

Opening your doors to Wandsworth Arts Fringe (WAF) can open a world of possibilities for you: increasing venue exposure and building new audiences, creating a potential increase in revenue, and enabling you to provide a supportive platform for artists. As an open access festival, WAF don’t book artists or programme shows for you - so you can curate a programme that works for your business.

If you are interested in hosting events and activities as part of WAF from 6-22 June 2025, then get in touch with us at arts@wandsworth.gov.uk.