Events

Returning to Panto Land with ‘Dick Whittington’, the timeless tale of the boy who travels to London to make his fortune, The Wight Strollers are delighted to be back where they belong, with a show boasting a wealth of colourful...

Alan Turing, the gifted mathematician and logician, is the subject of a new play at the Apollo Theatre entitled 'Breaking the Code', which opens on 4th February. Turing is justly famous for the work he undertook at Bletchley Park during World...

Organisers of the Isle of Wight Randonnee have confirmed that May will see the return of the popular cycling event for the first time in 3 years. The Randonnee, which was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, will take place...

Newport's Riverfest event, which attracts around 4,000 people annually, will return later this year but with new organisers. Riverfest was launched by the Isle of Wight Council in 2008 but just 2 years later was taken over by The Footprint...

Organisers of the IW Story Festival have confirmed that a live festival will go ahead this February half term, on 25th and 26th February. Learn to draw an exploding cloud cat, help create a brand new mythical race, draw a...

Medina Bookshop in Cowes will be welcoming bestselling author Ruth Druart for a special event on 28th January. Ruth grew up on the Isle of Wight and she’ll be chatting with Paul Armfield about her debut novel While Paris Slept,...

A special event on Sunday 23rd January will mark the anniversary of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway’s move from Newport to Havenstreet, as well as the public launch of the newly rebuilt Ryde Pier Tram. Back in January 1971,...

January is traditionally a quieter month on the amateur theatre scene, as most thespians have taken some well-deserved time out over the festive period, but readthroughs and rehearsals are underway as we speak and there are some fabulous shows to...

Organisers of the ‘Wight Proms’ festival, held in Cowes each August, have announced ‘Wight Proms Wednesdays’, which is due to begin February. They would like to bring their audience a bit of the ‘Wight Proms’ throughout the year and not...

January sees an exciting new group exhibition in the main West Gallery at Quay Arts which opens today (Saturday). Titled ‘SIX / :::’ the show features work by 6 artists selected from the Quay Arts 2021 OPEN who were awarded...