Open Day: 2 Years of Open House!
Saturday 14th February
Join us for a day of celebrating 2 years in community - with a John Parsons x Simon Foster West African kitchen takeover, music and dancing with Afrofunk band KONTIKI and our community samba band, free taster Open Classes, and 10 Trees Open Table.
John Parsons x Simon Foster: West African Kitchen Takeover.
From 11am-7pm, Saturday 14th February
Local chefs John Parsons and Simon Foster will be taking over the Open House kitchen for the day, cooking iconic West African dishes such as spicy Jollof Rice, Yassa (lemon-marinated chicken), Maafe (peanut stew), Fufu (pounded fermented cassava), fried Plaintains, and Beignets (French-Creole deep fried pastries).
Our pop-up bar will also be open serving hibiscus margarita cocktails, mocktails and more.
No booking required - just turn up!
Open Classes.
From 9am-3pm, Saturday 14th February
The Open House teachers are marking this milestone by throwing open the doors upstairs as a space to gather and sharing a day filled with free 45-minute taster classes. All as a way of saying thank you for being part of the community!
Drop in anytime to say hello, there’ll be free teas and snacks upstairs throughout the day, creative things to do around the table and yoga teachers floating about (as they do). Drop by for a class or simply come by to share a cuppa and a natter.
KONTIKI | SixWeekSamba.
From 7pm-10pm, Saturday 14th February
Celebrate 2 years of Open House with a double bill featuring Bradford/Leeds-based Afrofusion-funk-jazz band KONTIKI and roof-raising samba from the pop-up community samba band SixWeekSamba.
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KONTIKI are now a well established Afrofunk/Afro-Jazz unit whose band members are based in Bradford and Leeds. To date, they have self-released three EPs/albums since 2019 – "Zucchini Weather", "Brother Chumbo" and "Mangrove Big Head" – and the latter two received support and airplay across Jazz FM, BBC 6 Music, Worldwide FM, BCB, Reform Radio and Totally Wired Radio.
They've sold out/packed out Leeds venues such as Hyde Park Book Club and Hifi Club, and played shows across the north in York, Manchester, Sheffield, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden. They've also supported a host of African music artists in Leeds at Brudenell Social Club and Howard Assembly Room, including K.O.G, London Afrobeat Collective, ONIPA and Jembaa Groove. Pure Afrofunk fireworks meets psyche and jazz, 100% dancefloor friendly.
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SixWeekSamba is a community Samba Band project running at Open House is January and February 2026. The band will be formed from scratch over a period of 6 weeks after which the band will warm up for KONTIKI at the Open House anniversary gig.
10 Trees: Open Table.
10am-12pm Saturday 14th February
As part of our anniversary celebrations, we'd like to invite everyone who has contributed to our new community garden at 10 Trees this year to join us for a complimentary coffee and cake as a thank you for your support.
We'll also be making willow hearts - and everyone is welcome to join in and make a token for someone you love. Come find out what's going on in the garden this year!
No booking required - just turn up!
