Bring your community together in 2026 – Make a Fun Palace.
Take what you do for fun. Share it with your friends, neighbours or people in your area – that’s a Fun Palace.
Sign up to make your own Fun Palace now.
A Fun Palace is a free event made by local people for their own community. At Fun Palaces people come together to share their skills, passions and interests, and to show the world just how brilliant and packed full of genius their community is!
Absolutely anyone can make a Fun Palace (yes – that means you!). No experience needed. (Promise).
They can be just a few people or a few hundred and can happen anywhere! Fun Palaces have previously happened in libraries, theatres, community centres, gardens, swimming pools, sports centres, allotments, museums, town centres and National Trust properties. Our finding a venue toolkit can help if you need to find a venue to host your Fun Palace.
Click here to find out more about what a Fun Palace is (and what it is not).
What happens at a Fun Palace?
Whatever you want. There is no right or wrong way for a Fun Palace to happen. Fun Palaces are packed with arts, sciences, history, heritage, tech, sports and more.
When can they happen?
Whenever you want. A Fun Palace can last for 15 minutes or three days. On the first weekend of October there is the annual Weekend of Action. A lot of people choose to make their Fun Palace on this date as they like to be part of something big happening all at once across the UK. However if this doesn’t work for you, then hold it at a time that does.
Why make a Fun Palace?
Fun Palaces participants and Makers tell us that being part of a national and international campaign helps them shine a light on the amazing work that are already doing locally. Making a Fun Palace grows local links and people meet who may not have done otherwise. More reasons here.
How do I get started?
First, get yourself on the map. Even if you don’t quite know what you’re doing.
Then head to the Makers’ toolkit for more ideas.
WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR?
Maker Stories
Handing Over Our Library Space to the Community
We have had some fabulous heart-wrenching, scary, wonderful moments being part of Fun Palaces. And a big part of that was letting go and handing over our library space to the community and saying it’s yours, what would you like to do?
“Generous, radical creativity in action …”
The “Fun Palace Maker” hat is really helpful as it’s a conversation starter and there is enormous strength in being part of an ever-growing international movement.