The Palace’s Creative Learning programme is at the heart of our charity’s commitment to our community.

Taking inspiration from Ally Pally’s amazing history, events and spaces, we provide an eclectic range of projects and workshops which aim to help local people of all ages and backgrounds to gain skills, explore their creativity and improve their well-being.

From music and theatre, through to film-making and technology, our Creative Learning programme offers something for everyone. Discover it for yourself today!

Whatever next?

2025

10 Dec 2025

Transmission

11 Dec 2025

Adult Creative Painting Workshop

2026

Ally Pally Performing Arts School. A dancer in casual attire strikes a dynamic pose against a solid pink backdrop. She wears a cap, a plaid shirt, and sneakers, conveying energy and movement.

10 Jan 2026

Ally Pally Supernovas – Spring Term

A child in a long-sleeved shirt joyfully sings into a pen as a microphone, against a green background, conveying a playful, carefree mood.

10 Jan 2026

Ally Pally Shooting Stars – Spring Term

Ally Pally Performing Arts School. A smiling child with pigtails and a denim jacket twirls joyfully on a peach-colored background, conveying a sense of happiness and playfulness.

10 Jan 2026

Ally Pally Little Stars – Spring Term

free

19 Jan - 16 Mar 2026

Café Palais

2026

just announced

23 - 26 Apr 2026

North London Book Festival

for kids

23 Apr 2026

Jeffrey Boakye: Musical World

for adults

23 Apr 2026

Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason: To Be Young, Gifted and Black

for kids

25 Apr 2026

Michael Rosen

for kids

25 Apr 2026

Onjali Q. Raúf: The Boy At the Back of the Class

for adults

25 Apr 2026

Tessa Hadley: The Party

for adults

25 Apr 2026

Tom Rob Smith: Twenty Years Together

for adults

25 Apr 2026

Ben Aaronovitch: Stone and Sky

for adults

25 Apr 2026

Alan Hollinghurst: Our Evenings

for kids

26 Apr 2026

Simon Mole: A First Book of Dinosaurs and Bugs

for kids

26 Apr 2026

Kate Pankhurst

for adults

26 Apr 2026

Rachel Parris: Introducing Mrs Collins

for adults

26 Apr 2026

Nell Frizzell: Brave and Bold (in All Weathers)

for adults

26 Apr 2026

Kate Muir & Charlotte Mendelson

for adults

26 Apr 2026

Laura Bates: The New Age of Sexism

for adults

26 Apr 2026

Alan Ereira: Gold: How it Shaped History

for adults

26 Apr 2026

Natasha Brown: Universality

for adults

26 Apr 2026

Natalie Haynes: No Friend to This House

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