Portobello Window Wanderland 2024
Portobello High St and Surrounding Area
Took place on 1‑4 Mar 2024
This event has already taken place.
As the nights grow lighter, we*, are inviting our local community to join us and say ‘Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring!’ We would like to connect people across our community and encourage local outdoor walks to look at the window displays.
It’s FREE to take part and everyone is welcome to participate by making a window display OR taking a walk to view the windows, OR both.
Fancy taking part?
Design a window and display it between Friday 1st March and Monday 4th March from 6pm to 9pm by leaving your curtains open and your light on.
Register your window for to be included on our interactive online map showing all the different window locations.
You can make a display in one or more windows of your flat, house, business, shop, school, nursery, car, campervan,– or your front garden!
Our theme this year, if you’d like to follow it, will be ‘Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring’. This could mean something to you which reflects the change of seasons in Portobello or it could be more conceptual relating to light, new life, hope etc. The theme is only a guide, there’s no need to follow it! In previous years the windows have been so varied, inspired, amazing that we don’t want to set any limits. Your only boundary is your imagination and anything goes… as long as it’s family-friendly! That said, please consider your safety and do not use candles or naked flames in your displays.
Think about how the window will look when lit from inside – you could create an image using silhouettes, tissue paper, or objects. It could be a three-dimensional display, for example using Lego™. Remember that with the lighter evenings coming, the window will also be viewed in daylight too.
We strongly encourage people not to buy new, but instead to use what you have creatively. Empty plastic bottles, or cartons, cereal boxes, colourful tissue paper etc. can all be repurposed. We’ll aim to share some ideas and examples over the next few weeks and encourage you to do likewise.
Next steps:
· Click on ‘Take part in this event’ (Orange button at top of page) to register your window and add your location to our map. You should get a confirmation email (remember to keep an eye on your junk mail!).
· Tell your friends and neighbours and ask them to get involved!
- Follow our Facebook event page https://fb.me/e/6CJECHfjN and Instagram account @BellfieldPorty for ideas or check out the gallery from other events on windowwanderland.com
· If you have any questions, ideas, suggestions or offers of help please contact us through Contact organiser (Orange button on the right) or email: windowwanderland@actionporty.com
· Please keep checking back to this page to see our map grow!
· Plan to walk around the area to view window displays, using the interactive online trail map to help guide you.
Please note: The organisers and participants of ‘Portobello Window Wanderland’ cannot accept liability for any loss, damage or injury sustained by any member of the public visiting any of the Window Wanderland displays. Visitors should be alert to the variety of every-day hazards and visit at their own risk. Please supervise children carefully.
*’We’ are Action Porty.
This event is made possible by Action Porty using our own funds to pay for the £150 Window Wanderland tool kit and other promotional materials.
Action Porty is the charity and Community Benefit Society which operates Bellfield.
Action Porty, Community Benefit Society 8834 (formerly Company number: SC542465); Charity Number: SC047358
