Grow is part of Open House London 2025 this September!
Grow has participated in Open House Festival and always enjoys being part of this London wide festival run by Open City, a charity empowering communities to learn about, feel connected to, and have a role in shaping places where they live.
This year, we’re spotlighting our live music and DJ sets on Sat 20 and Sun 21 September, aligning with this year’s focus on East London’s creative energy and Hackney Wick’s cultural spaces.
Join us on Saturday during the day (1- 4pm, free entry) for live music for Canalside Sessions and in the evening from 8pm we have Volta45 and Plantfood (Live), which is free before 9pm.
These events support the representation of historically under-represented communities by showcasing Afro-Latin musical traditions led by Williams Cumberbache, a master percussionist whose practice is rooted in the diasporic musical heritage of the Global Majority.
The Saturday night event on the 21 September also contributes to this through Volta45’s curation of PlantFood, a diverse Leeds-based future jazz ensemble, followed by a DJ set by this Ghanaian-born, London-based archivist and selector, as he explores rare African and Latin records, to add to a weekend of global musical histories and diasporic narratives.
On the Sunday Canalside Sessions (1- 4pm, free entry), Williams invites guest bands every week, set against the scenic backdrop of the canal, showcasing a carefully curated selection of London’s finest jazz and Afro/Latin musicians. Expect high-energy jazz fusion to the rhythmic grooves of Latin, Brazilian, and African music. This experience is inclusive, family-friendly and we welcome dancing if you feel like it!
Come down to see live music at this formerly industrial, now contested urban space in action! Take a look at our timeline.
We operate as a non-profit experiment in ethical and sustainable business, which also aligns with the Open House Festival’s focus on sustainable forms of architecture and use of spaces that might otherwise be inaccessible to the public.