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| caption = Alexandra Palace at sunset in April 2021
| location = [[Alexandra Park, London]], {{postcode|N|22}}
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| publictransit = {{rail-interchange|gb|Rail}} [[Alexandra Palace railway station|Alexandra Palace]]<br />{{rail-interchange|London|underground}} [[Wood Green tube station|Wood Green]]▼
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| operator = Alexandra Park and Palace Charitable Trust▼
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| builder = [[Lucas Brothers (company)|Kelk and Lucas]]▼
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| capacity = 800 (Panorama Room)<br />1,750 (East Hall/Ice Rink)<br />2,000 (Palm Court)<br />2,500 (West Hall)<br />10,250 (Great Hall)<br />900 (seated)/1,300 (seated/standing) (Theatre)▼
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'''Alexandra Palace''' is
At first a private venture, in 1900, the owners planned to sell it and [[Alexandra Park, London|Alexandra Park]] for development. A group of neighbouring local authorities managed to acquire it. An [[Act of Parliament]] created the Alexandra Palace and Park Trust. The Act required the trustees to maintain the building and park and make them available for the free use and recreation of the public forever. The present trustee is the [[London Borough of Haringey]], whose coat of arms shows lightning bolts depicting Alexandra Palace's pioneering role in the development of television.▼
▲At first a private venture, in 1900, the owners planned to sell it and [[Alexandra Park, London|Alexandra Park]] for development. A group of neighbouring local authorities managed to acquire it. An [[Act of Parliament]] created the Alexandra Palace and Park Trust. The Act required the trustees to maintain the building and park and make them available for the free use and recreation of the public forever. The present trustee is the
In 1935, the trustees leased part of the Palace to the [[BBC]] for use as the production and transmission centre for their new [[BBC Television|television service]]. In 1936, it became the [[Alexandra Palace television station|home]] of the BBC's first regular public television service. The broadcasting system was the 405-line [[monochrome]] [[Analog television|analogue television]]{{spaced ndash}}the first fully electronic television system to be used in regular broadcasting. Although other facilities soon superseded it after the war, Alexandra Palace continued to be used by the BBC for many years and its radio and television mast is still in use.▼
▲In 1935, the trustees leased part of the Palace to the [[BBC]] for use as the production and transmission centre for their new [[BBC Television|television service]]. In 1936, it became the [[Alexandra Palace television station|home]] of the BBC's first regular public television service. The broadcasting system was
The original studios 'A' and 'B' still survive in the southeast wing with their producers' galleries and are used for exhibiting original historical television equipment. The original Victorian theatre with its [[stage machinery]] also survives and as of 2019, is back in use. The theatre and stage structure is on [[English Heritage]]'s Buildings at Risk register. Alexandra Palace became a listed building in 1996,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> at the instigation of the Hornsey Historical Society. A planned commercial development of the building into a mixed leisure complex including a hotel, replacement ice-skating rink, cinema, ten-pin bowling alley and exhibition centre, encountered opposition from public groups and was blocked by the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] in 2007.
The Great Hall and West Hall are typically used for exhibitions, music concerts, and conferences, operated by the trading arm of the [[Charitable trusts in English law|charitable trust]] that owns the building and park on behalf of the public. There is also a pub, [[ice rink]], [[palm court]], and a panoramic view of central London.
In 2013, Alexandra Park was declared a [[local nature reserve]] and is also a [[Site of Nature Conservation Interest|Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation]], Grade 1.<ref name=LNR>{{cite web |url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=17&N=&ID=1770 |title=Alexandra Park |series=Local Nature Reserves |publisher=Natural England |date=20 March 2014 |access-date=9 April 2014 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413131500/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=17&N=&ID=1770 |url-status=live
The nearest railway stations are the [[Alexandra Palace railway station|Alexandra Palace]] with [[Great Northern
==History==
===19th century===
The "Palace of the People" was conceived by [[Owen Jones (architect)|Owen Jones]] in 1859. The Great Northern Palace Company had been established by 1860, but was initially unable to raise financing for the construction of the Palace. Construction materials were acquired and recycled from the large [[1862 International Exhibition]] building in [[South Kensington]] after it was demolished: the Government had declined to take it over. In 1863 Alexandra Park Co. Ltd. acquired the land of Tottenham Wood Farm for conversion to a park and to build the People's Palace,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hornseyhistorical.org.uk/brief-history-alexandra-palace-park/ |title=A Brief History of Alexandra Palace and Park |publisher=Hornsey Historical Society |date=January 2018 |access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> on a site that stands on a ridge more than {{cvt|300|feet}} high, part of [[Muswell Hill]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Baggs |editor1-first=A.
The planned building was originally named "The Palace of the People"; it and its park were renamed to commemorate the popular new Princess of Wales, [[Alexandra of Denmark]], who had married [[Edward VII|Prince Albert Edward]] on 10 March 1863. The Palace of the People, or the People's Palace, remained as alternative names. In September 1865, construction commenced but to a design by [[John Johnson (architect, born 1807)|John Johnson]] and [[Alfred Meeson]] rather than the glass structure initially proposed by Jones.<ref name="The Victorian Web">{{cite web |last=Banerjee |first=Jacqueline |title=Alexandra Palace |url=http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/johnson/2b.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723234956/http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/johnson/2b.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 July 2008 |access-date=31 May 2013}}</ref>
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===20th century{{anchor|Alexandra Park and Palace (Public Purposes) Act 1900}}===
[[File:Alexandra Palace - geograph.org.uk - 1130830.jpg|thumb|Reconstruction in 1982, after a fire in 1980 destroyed much of the building]]
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In 1900, the owners of Alexandra Palace and Park were threatening to sell them for redevelopment, but a consortium of public-spirited men in the district, headed by Mr. Henry Burt [[Justice of the peace|JP]], a member of the Middlesex County Council and of Hornsey District Council, at once embraced the opportunity of securing the Palace and the beautiful grounds for the people of London. A committee was formed by Burt and the consortium managed to raise enough money to purchase them just in time. By the Alexandra Park and Palace (Public Purposes) Act 1900 ([[63 & 64 Vict.]] c. cclix), a charitable trust was created; representatives of the purchasing local authorities became the trustees with the duty to keep both building and park "available for the free use and recreation of the public forever".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexandrapalace.com/about-us/our-history/ |title=Our History |publisher=alexandrapalace.com |access-date=7 June 2018 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119070300/https://www.alexandrapalace.com/our-history/overview/ |url-status=live
In 1921 a plaque was erected at the entrance of the south terrace in honour of Burt.<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Burt |url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/henry-burt |website=London Remembers |access-date=1 December 2018 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119070259/https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/henry-burt |url-status=live
▲In 1900, the owners of Alexandra Palace and Park were threatening to sell them for redevelopment, but a consortium of public-spirited men in the district, headed by Mr. Henry Burt [[Justice of the peace|JP]], a member of the Middlesex County Council and of Hornsey District Council, at once embraced the opportunity of securing the Palace and the beautiful grounds for the people of London. A committee was formed by Burt and the consortium managed to raise enough money to purchase them just in time. By the Alexandra Park and Palace (Public Purposes) Act 1900, a charitable trust was created; representatives of the purchasing local authorities became the trustees with the duty to keep both building and park "available for the free use and recreation of the public forever".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexandrapalace.com/about-us/our-history/ |title=Our History |publisher=alexandrapalace.com |access-date=7 June 2018 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119070300/https://www.alexandrapalace.com/our-history/overview/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
▲In 1921 a plaque was erected at the entrance of the south terrace in honour of Burt.<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Burt |url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/henry-burt |website=London Remembers |access-date=1 December 2018 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119070259/https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/henry-burt |url-status=live }}</ref> The Palace passed into the hands of the [[Greater London Council]] in 1967, with the proviso that it should be used entirely for charitable purposes, and their trusteeship was transferred to Haringey council in 1980.
During the [[First World War]] the park was closed
The theatre was greatly altered in the early 1920s, with the general manager, [[W. J. MacQueen-Pope]], spending the war reparation money on refurbishing the auditorium. He abandoned the understage machinery that produced the effects necessary in Victorian melodrama; some of the machinery is preserved, and there is a project to restore some of it to working order. After these changes, the theatre was leased by [[Archie Pitt]], then husband of [[Gracie Fields]], who appeared in the theatre. Fields also drew an audience of 5,000 people to the hall for a charity event.
[[File:Alexandra palace plaque.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Blue plaque]]]]
In 1935, the trustees leased part of the Palace to the [[BBC]] for use as the production and transmission centre for their new [[BBC Television]] service. The antenna was designed by [[Charles Samuel Franklin]] of the [[Marconi Company]]. The world's [[First day of
[[File:Alexandra Palace.jpg|thumb|upright|The Rose Window (southeast front)]]
The Palace continued as the BBC's main transmitting centre for London until 1956, interrupted only by the [[World War II|Second World War]] when the transmitter found an alternative use [[Battle of the Beams|jamming German bombers' navigation systems]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexandrapalace.com/timeline/ |title=Timeline |publisher=alexandrapalace.com |access-date=7 June 2018 |archive-date=3 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603075716/http://www.alexandrapalace.com/timeline/ |url-status=live
In the early 1960s, an outside broadcast was made from the top of the tower, in which the first passage of a satellite across the London sky was watched and described. It continued to be used for [[BBC News]] broadcasts until 1969, and for the [[Open University]] until 1981.<ref name=ReferenceA /> The antenna mast still stands and is used for local terrestrial television transmission, local commercial radio and [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]] broadcasts. The main London television transmitter is now at [[Crystal Palace transmitting station|Crystal Palace]] in south London.
Early in 1980, Haringey council took over the trusteeship of Alexandra Palace from the GLC, insuring it for £31 million,<ref name="youtube=dZkHkAQS0Yk">{{cite web |
In 1991, the attorney-general stated that the overspending by the council as trustee was unlawful, and so could not be charged to the charity.<ref name="independent.co.uk/1346025">{{cite news |title=Council faces 'meltdown' over Ally Pally debt |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/council-faces-meltdown-over-ally-pally-debt-1346025.html |access-date=21 May 2023 |work=The Independent .co.uk |date=6 May 1996
An ice rink was installed at Alexandra Palace in 1990. Primarily intended for public skating, it has also housed [[ice hockey]] teams including the [[
===21st century===
{{Update section|date=November 2018}}
[[File:AlexandraPalace.jpg|thumb|Viewed from the south in 2007]]
In June 2004, the first performances for about 70 years took place in the theatre, first in its foyer then in July in the theatre itself. Although conditions were far from ideal, the audience was able to see the potential of this very large space – originally seating 3,000, it could not be licensed for more than a couple of hundred. It was intended that the theatre would reopen, but much costly restoration would be required first. It will never again reach a seating capacity of 3,000 (not least because one balcony was removed in the early part of the 20th century as a fire precaution, when films started to be shown there). A major season of the theatre company [[
Plans by the current trustees, Haringey Council, to replace all the charitable uses by commercial ones by a commercial lease of the entire building, including a casino, encountered considerable public and legal opposition, and on 5 October 2007, in the High Court, Mr. Justice Sullivan granted an application by Jacob O'Callaghan, a London resident, to quash the Charity Commission's order authorising a 125-year lease of the entire building to Firoka Ltd.<ref>{{cite news |title=Court rejects £55m Palace plans |
In September 2009, Alexandra Palace main hall was allowed
A masterplan for the future of the site was drawn up in 2012, comprising six 'big ideas' to restore and redevelop the Palace.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexandrapalace.com/about-us/regeneration/masterplan/ |title=East Wing Restoration – Alexandra Palace |first=Alexandra |last=Palace |access-date=11 September 2015 |archive-date=6 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906074115/http://www.alexandrapalace.com/about-us/regeneration/masterplan/ |url-status=live
In 2018, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios made a £27m refurbishment of the long-abandoned Alexandra Palace theatre and east wing.<ref name="thespaces/restored-alexandra-palace-theatre">{{cite web |
▲<ref name="thespaces/restored-alexandra-palace-theatre">{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Miles |title=See inside London’s freshly restored Alexandra Palace Theatre |url=https://thespaces.com/see-inside-londons-freshly-restored-alexandra-palace-theatre/ |website=The Spaces |access-date=21 May 2023 |date=30 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518191030/https://thespaces.com/see-inside-londons-freshly-restored-alexandra-palace-theatre/ |archive-date=18 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="dezeen/alexandra-renovation-studios">{{cite web |title=Alexandra Palace Theatre restoration makes a feature of decades of decay |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/08/11/alexandra-palace-theatre-east-wing-restoration-renovation-feilden-clegg-bradley-studios-uk/ |website=Dezeen |access-date=21 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811155619/https://www.dezeen.com/2019/08/11/alexandra-palace-theatre-east-wing-restoration-renovation-feilden-clegg-bradley-studios-uk/ |archive-date=2019-08-11 |language=en |date=11 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="theguardian/alexandra-reopen">{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Mark |title=Alexandra Palace’s ‘hidden’ theatre to reopen after £18.8m restoration |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/apr/26/alexandra-palaces-hidden-theatre-to-reopen-after-188m-restoration |access-date=21 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=26 April 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://restoration-alexandra-palace.strikingly.com/ Restoration – Alexandra Palace – The East Wing] Keith Armstrong 2018 The author’s personal photographic record documenting the 2 year project.</ref>
In 2018, it was announced that the Theatre would open for a [[
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|coronavirus pandemic]], Alexandra Palace was used as a food distribution hub by ''Edible London'' for local residents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alexandra Palace transformed into food distribution hub during lockdown |url=https://www.jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2020/04/21/alexandra-palace-transformed-into-food-distribution-hub-during-lockdown/ |access-date=21 May 2023 |work=Jersey Evening Post |date=21 April 2020}}</ref>
==Notable events==
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Alexandra Palace has hosted a number of significant events
In November every year, a large fireworks display is scheduled there as part of London's [[Guy Fawkes Night|Bonfire Night]] celebrations.
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===1970s===
[[File:Lynne Featherstone on Alexandra Palace.ogg|thumb|right|Audio description of Alexandra Palace by former local MP, [[Lynne Featherstone]]]]
In 1970, Italian director [[Lucio Fulci]] filmed an important segment of his [[giallo]] film ''[[A Lizard in a Woman's Skin]]'' here. Alexandra Palace posed as a disused church.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067361/ |title=A Lizard in a Woman's Skin |date=20 March 1973 |via=IMDb |access-date=1 July 2018 |archive-date=12 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412014824/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067361/ |url-status=live
In 1973, the [[Divine Light Mission]] held a "Festival of Love" there.<ref>Price, Maeve (1979): "The Divine Light Mission as a social organisation". ''Sociological Review'', 27,
The American band [[Grateful Dead]] played a series of three shows there between 9 and 11 September 1974
The [[Campaign for Real Ale]] held the [[Great British Beer Festival]] there from 1977 to 1980<ref name="gbbf-hist" /> (the 1980 edition taking place in tents outside the fire-damaged Alexandra Palace<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.camra.org.uk/key-events-in-camra-s-history |title=The History of CAMRA |date=2014 |access-date=7 June 2014 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119070309/https://camra.org.uk/about/about-us/our-history/ |url-status=live
From 27 July to 5 August 1973, The London Music Festival '73 was held here
===1980s===
After the fire, the burnt-out shell of the great hall of Alexandra Palace was used as Victory Square in [[Michael Radford]]'s [[Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film)|1984 film adaptation]] of [[George Orwell]]'s novel ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pally |first=Ally |title=Ready for our close up < Alexandra Palace |url=https://www.alexandrapalace.com/blog/ready-for-our-close-up/ |website=Alexandra Palace |date=19 September 2019 |access-date=31 March 2024 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
The [[Sinclair C5]] battery electric vehicle was launched at the Palace in January 1985, one week after the closure of the 405-line television system that was inaugurated there 49 years earlier.
In November 1989, [[the Stone Roses]]
===1990s===
[[Hugh Cornwell]] played his last
[[Blur (band)|Blur]] performed a major concert at the venue in October 1994 to promote their album ''[[Parklife]]''. The recording of the concert was released on video in February 1995 with the title ''[[Showtime (video)|Showtime]]'' and used as the basis for the video for the band's song "[[End of a Century]]".
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From 1993 to 1995, the [[Brit Awards]] were hosted at Alexandra Palace. In November 1996 it was the venue for the annual [[1996 MTV Europe Music Awards|MTV Europe Music Awards]].
In 1996, the Palace hosted the inaugural London Model Engineering Exhibition which continued each year until 2021 when it was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=London Model Engineering Exhibition |url=https://www.meridienneexhibitions.co.uk/events/london-model-engineering-exhibition |access-date=25 October 2020 |website=www.meridienneexhibitions.co.uk |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929042418/https://www.meridienneexhibitions.co.uk/events/london-model-engineering-exhibition |url-status=live
===2000s===
In April 2000, the funeral service of the Labour MP [[Bernie Grant]] took place at the Palace. An estimated 3,000 people attended.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/apr/19/uk.politicalnews |title=Tottenham turns out in style for Bernie Grant's funeral |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=19 April 2000 |access-date=17 August 2022 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119070259/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/apr/19/uk.politicalnews |url-status=live
[[File:Darkness live.jpg|thumb|[[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]] performing at Alexandra Palace in 2006.]]
The fourth [[Mind Sports Olympiad]] was held at Alexandra Palace in August 2000, with more than 4,000 competitors from around the world taking part in mind sports.<ref name="mso">''Fierce rivalry in 'Olympics' for brainboxes'', [[CNN]], Paul Sussman, 23 August 2000, [http://articles.cnn.com/2000-08-23/world/mind.olympiad_1_lady-mary-tovey-mind-sports-backgammon?_s=PM:WORLD] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926143723/http://articles.cnn.com/2000-08-23/world/mind.olympiad_1_lady-mary-tovey-mind-sports-backgammon?_s=PM%3AWORLD|date=26 September 2012}} retrieved 18 July 2012</ref>
In December 2002, The ''[[Miss World 2002]]'' pageant was staged
In June 2007, a Hackday event was hosted at Alexandra Palace by the [[BBC]] and [[Yahoo!]] During the event, the building was struck by lightning, causing the fire vents to open (and then get stuck open), and it rained inside the building.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jun/25/news.yahoo |title=When hacks attack |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=25 June 2007 |access-date=24 September 2014 |archive-date=5 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005035734/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jun/25/news.yahoo |url-status=live
Since December 2007, Alexandra Palace has hosted the [[PDC World Darts Championship]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/darts/6516989.stm |title=World Darts moves to London |
April 2008 saw the relaunch of the regular antiques fairs,<ref>{{cite web |author=Nelson Fairs Ltd |url=http://www.alexandrapalaceantiquesfair.co.uk |title=antiques fair |publisher=Alexandrapalaceantiquesfair.co.uk |access-date=8 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903164525/http://www.alexandrapalaceantiquesfair.co.uk/ |archive-date=3 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> now held four times a year, organised by International Antiques & Collectors Fairs (IACF).
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===2010s===
[[File:London Masters Arena.JPG|thumb|200px|right|The [[Masters (snooker)|Masters]] snooker tournament has been played at Alexandra Palace since 2012.]]
The band [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] hosted one of two [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] festivals titled ''I'll Be Your Mirror'' in July 2011 at Alexandra Palace.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atpfestival.com/events/ibymportishead.php |title=I'll Be Your Mirror London curated by Portishead & ATP – All Tomorrow's Parties |publisher=Atpfestival.com |access-date=4 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605080027/http://www.atpfestival.com/events/ibymportishead.php |archive-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> The 50th anniversary programme of ''[[Songs of Praise]]'' was recorded there in September 2011 and broadcast the following month.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015tw8c |title=Songs of Praise 50th Birthday Celebration |access-date=2 October 2011 |archive-date=6 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106155450/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015tw8c |url-status=live
Since 2012
During the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] it served as [[2012 Holland Heineken House|the official hospitality venue]] for the [[Netherlands at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Dutch Olympic team]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexandrapalace.com/news/alexandra-palace-to-host-olympic-holland-heineken-house/ |title=to host Olympic Holland Heineken House |publisher=Alexandra Palace |date=December 2010 |access-date=6 August 2011 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129014619/http://www.alexandrapalace.com/news/alexandra-palace-to-host-olympic-holland-heineken-house/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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In November 2012, it was the venue for the annual [[Warped Tour]], a music and extreme sports festival.
Alexandra Palace continues to be a prolific and high-profile music venue attracting internationally renowned artists. [[Suede (band)|Suede]] appeared in March 2013, playing one of the first dates in support of ''[[Bloodsports (album)|Bloodsports]]'', their first new album in more than a decade. In September 2013, [[Björk]] performed one of the final concerts of her [[Biophilia
The bootcamp stage for [[The X Factor (UK series 13)|series 13]] of ''[[The X Factor UK|The X Factor]]'' was filmed at the Alexandra Palace from 6 to 8 July 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=The X Factor 2016: Country house Boot Camp axed and new location revealed |url=http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/687347/The-X-Factor-2016-Country-house-Boot-Camp-axed-Alexandra-Palace |work=Andrew Bullock |access-date=26 September 2016 |date=7 July 2016 |archive-date=27 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927110213/http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/687347/The-X-Factor-2016-Country-house-Boot-Camp-axed-Alexandra-Palace |url-status=live
===2020s===
In June 2020, [[Nick Cave]] recorded the live album and concert film ''[[Idiot Prayer]]'' in the West Hall. On the record, he performs songs from throughout his career solo on the piano.
On 18 April 2021, [[London Grammar]] performed their third album, ''Californian Soil'', live at Alexandra Palace.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-london-grammar-play-new-album-calfornian-soil-live-from-alexandra-palace-2923371 |title=Watch London Grammar play new album 'Californian Soil' live from Alexandra Palace |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=19 April 2021 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=20 October 2021 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103091227/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-london-grammar-play-new-album-calfornian-soil-live-from-alexandra-palace-2923371 |url-status=live
The [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge|Duke]] and [[Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge|Duchess of Cambridge]] presented the inaugural [[Earthshot Prize]]s, with many celebrity guests, at Alexandra Palace on 17 October 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ryan |first1=Hannah |last2=Foster |first2=Max |title=Winners of Prince William's £1 million Earthshot environmental prize announced |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/16/uk/prince-william-earthshot-prize-intl-gbr/index.html |access-date=18 October 2021 |
[[Fontaines D.C.]] performed the last show of their 2021 UK tour at Alexandra Palace on 27 October 2021.<ref>{{
On 11 November 2021, [[Bethesda Softworks]] hosted a special concert to celebrate the 10th anniversary release of [[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]. The performance by the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] and London Voices was livestreamed during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilhelm |first=Parker |title=Join us on 11/11 for the Skyrim 10th anniversary fan celebration! |url=https://bethesda.net/en/article/REybYU3Gy2InVlHmus4UC/skyrim-10th-anniversary-fan-celebration |date=19 August 2021 |access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref>
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* [https://www.drostle.com/alexandra-palace-murals/ Alexandra Palace – West Corridor Murals]
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* [http://www.saveallypally.com Save Ally Pally] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206205901/http://www.saveallypally.com/ |date=6 February 2021}} : campaign to maintain the charitable status for the public
* [http://www.hornseyhistorical.org.uk Hornsey Historical Society]
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* [http://www.allypallyorgan.org.uk/ Alexandra Palace Organ Appeal]
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* [http://www.apts.org.uk Alexandra Palace Television Society]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070603161037/http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/old%20bbc%20studios.htm#alexandra BBC Television at Alexandra Palace]
* [http://www.transdiffusion.org/emc/baird/ally_pally/ History of early BBC TV broadcasts, with photos] – 9 July 2003
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