Events for Adults

The Fulham Palace gardens have a long and colourful history and are home to an array of interesting and unusual trees.

Our Evening Garden walk begins in the museum before taking in all of the gardens including the Walled Garden with the vinery and knot garden.  A highlight is our beautiful wisteria, one of the oldest in London.

Tickets £12, Fulham Palace Museum Associates £10
Booking is via The Lyric Hammersmith, telephone 020 8741 6850 or click here.
Meet in the Museum for a glass of wine at 6.30pm, garden tour begins at 7pm.

• The UK’s slowest growing organism lives here
• A certain voracious predator here lacks eyes
• One bird here has evolved faulty waterproofing
• Some of the largest living things can’t be seen

Intrigued?! Come along on a free guided walk with Brenna Boyle, a professional wildlife guide. Learn about the fascinating species behind these facts, and many more.  To join the walk, meet by the Wild Capital sign on Fulham Palace lawn.

Free, all ages welcome, booking is advisable as places are limited.  To book email mail@fulhampalace.org or call 020 7736 3233.

Please note, children must be accompanied by an adult throughout.

Join Thames Explorer Trust for some ‘mudlarking’ on the Thames Foreshore to discover what archaeological remains can found there, such as pottery, smoking pipes, tiles and Victorian drain pipes. The walk will be led by an experienced member of staff from the Thames Explorer Trust, who will be able to tell you something of the history of the Palace and its relationship to the river as well as help identify anything you may find.

The foreshore is muddy, so wear walking boots or wellingtons as footing can be slippery.  The walk will last between 1.5 and 2 hours and starts from Fulham Palace’s Tudor Courtyard by the fountain.

Adults £8, children £5, payable on the day. To book email foreshore-walks@thames-explorer.org.uk or call 0208 742 0057.

Please note, the foreshore steps are steep and inaccessible for wheelchairs, prams or pushchairs.

As part of Celebrating Fulham Week, join Miranda Poliakoff, Curator of Fulham Palace, for a free talk on Bishop Compton, plant collector and one of the longest serving Bishops of London.

During the lecture, there will also be the opportunity to handle objects.

Free, no booking required, takes place in Bishop Sherlock’s Room at Fulham Palace.

 Help us celebrate 25 years of jazz at the 606 Club on this weekend of fabulous entertainment hosted on the main lawn of Fulham Palace.

Bring your friends, find a spot on the lawn and dance the night away under the stars.

Tickets £15. Booking is via The Lyric Hammersmith, telephone 020 8741 6850 or click here.
Please note – seating is not provided.

Friday, 5 July
Manteca featuring Martha Acosta

This vibrant 8-piece salsa band, formed by famed Colombian singer Martha Acosta, has been “salsa-ing” across the UK and Europe for over 7 years now. Martha drives the band along with her searing Latin vocals and powerhouse personality. Ably supported by some of the finest Latin musicians on the scene this is undoubtedly one of the best salsa bands working the scene today.

Saturday, 6 July
Ronnie Scott’s Allstars, directed by James Pearson

The 606 Club and Ronnie Scott’s Club have a long history of co-operation, dating back to when Ronnie Scott, used to frequent the Club.  A great supporter and friend of the 606 Club, Ronnie and his band played the opening night in 1988 and performed again throughout the 90’s. Still in close contact, it is with great pleasure that we welcome the Ronnie Scott’s Allstars, directed by Ronnie’s resident pianist, James Pearson.  With excellent saxophonist, Alex Garnett, and featuring one of the UK’s finest vocalists and Ronnie Scott regular Polly Gibbons this will be a performance not to be missed.

The gardens at Fulham Palace provided much of the food for the households of the Bishops of London.  Keeping bees would have ensured the pollination of the plants and provided honey for eating.  Join us for an engaging talk on Bees and Pollination by Mark Paterson of Groundwork and London Bee Keepers Association.

Tickets £8, concessions £5 (Fulham Palace volunteers and museum associate, concessions, unwaged)
Booking is via The Lyric Hammersmith, telephone 020 8741 6850 or click here.
Location – Carriage Room, Jessie Mylne Education Centre

Shakespeare’s ultimate romantic comedy, performed outdoors on our main lawn!

Four people find their perfect soulmates in the Forest of Arden. One pair leap straight into bed, another are instantly struck by each other’s beauty, the third torment each other endlessly – while the fourth enjoy a courtship that is so witty and playful that love itself is stretched to the limit. But pitted against political intrigue, multiple disguises and overwhelming cynicism, can love win through in the end…?

Adults £12, child £8, under 3 £2
Booking is via The Lyric Hammersmith, telephone 020 8741 6850 or click here.
Takes place on our main lawn, gates open at 7pm.
Please note seating is not provided, bring along a rug or low backed chair.

This is a fabulous comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan.

In the town of Titipu flirting has been made illegal. The penalty is death. Too bad then that the main culprit is the Lord High Executioner Ko-Ko, who wishes to marry his beautiful young ward Yum-Yum, and who has no intention of executing himself. So when Nanki-Pu, a wandering minstrel, decides to end it all because his own love for Yum-Yum is doomed, Ko-Ko has the perfect candidate for execution. Except that Yum-Yum, by tradition, would have to be executed with Nanki-Pu. And Nanki-Pu turns out to be the Mikado’s own son. And the Mikado himself is about to arrive on a state visit to Titipu….

Adults £12, child £8, under 3 £2
Booking is via The Lyric Hammersmith, telephone 020 8741 6850 or click here.
Takes place in our Walled Garden, gates open at 2pm.
Please note seating is not provided, bring along a rug or a low backed chair.

We are delighted to bring our third summer film series to you in August and September.  Run in partnership with The Nomad (presented by Lexi Cinema) 2013 sees four fantastic movies coming to the lawns of Fulham Palace.

To book visit The Nomad website by clicking here. Tickets £12.50
Please note seating is not provided.

Thursday 29 August 8.15pm
Annie Hall

Neurotic New York romance at its finest. The freewheeling script follows the reflections of nervy comedian Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) as he falls for goofy, irresistible Annie Hall (Diane Keaton), and then details the demise of their love affair as they bicker around NYC.

Thursday 5 September 8pm
When Harry Met Sally

Can a man and a woman be friends, without sex getting in the way? We’re about to find out, as Harry and Sally are reunited for the first time since college, and instantly fall in hatred. With a sparkling script from ice queen of the rom-com, Nora Ephron, and an outstanding performance from a fresh-faced Meg Ryan, this is one of the best-loved movies in the genre, and a fitting tribute to the late, great Ephron.

Thursday 12 September 7.45pm
Four Weddings and a Funeral

With a homegrown cast to die for, and a cultural phenomenon on release, Hugh Grant brings intelligence and warmth to his archetypal bumbling Englishman, doing the rounds of the summer weddings and falling for the glamorous American (Andie MacDowell).

Thursday 19 September 7.45pm
Amelie

Amelie isn’t like other girls. She watched her goldfish disappear in a municipal swimming pool right before her very eyes, her mother died in Notre Dame Square, and her father dotes on a garden gnome. Now twenty-two, her hide-and-seek mission in Montmartre is to bring a little magic to other people’s lives. Amelie meets a lonely kook called Nino Quincampoix, and maybe it’s time for her to get a taste of her own medicine.