Ryde will burst into colour and culture on Saturday (5th July) as the 2025 Isle of Wight Mardi Gras brings folklore, tradition and community spirit to the streets. This year’s event will see 24 schools and community groups take part,...

Local music establishment, Strings Bar & Venue, has unveiled a new partnership with BBC Introducing Solent to bring upcoming artists from across the South to perform at the grassroots venue. The monthly events, called ‘Sounds of The South’, will be...

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police and Crime Commissioner, Donna Jones, has launched a major crackdown on crime and anti-social behaviour in our town centres this summer. Over the next 3 months, police and partners will be using powers, including...

Popular Isle of Wight retro gaming café and bar Game On, which opened in Ryde back in July 2023, has announced it will be closing at the end of August. Located on Union Street, the venue offered gamers a chance...

Island Foods has delivered hundreds of kilograms of Isle of Wight lamb to help chef Alex Kimber craft summer dishes for VIP guests at the 2025 Wimbledon championship, which got underway today (Monday). Continuing what he has done for the...

Vectis Historic Vehicle Club is organising a family car show at the Isle of Wight County Showground in Northwood this coming weekend, raising funds for Mountbatten Isle of Wight and Ability Dogs For Young People. The event is to be...

4 local authors, specialising in various genres, are set to give an informative discussion panel about the publishing and writing industry, entitled Pages, Plots and Publishing. Anna Britton, Katie Daysh, Mary Grand, and Kathryn Rossati will talk about their diverse...

Members of Medina Community Choir, Gurnard Community Choir and The NHS Nightingales have returned from New York, where they performed Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall as part of a massed international choir. The 3 Isle of Wight-based choirs, all...

Jay Miller’s Circus, a mainstay on the Isle of Wight since 1989, is set to return to Wootton in just under a month. The popular circus will be back in its usual spot on Wootton’s Racecourse Roundabout from Saturday 26th...

A West Wight visual and sound artist is hosting a new event in a picturesque country church. Nathan Holt from Freshwater is utilising All Saints’ Church in Calbourne to stage a public immersive sound installation called 'Translating Frequencies:639'. The installation will take place...