Events

The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary has teamed up with the music group Quatrapuntal for the first-ever Wildheart concert, which takes place at the Sanctuary on Friday 20th August from 17:00. Quatrapuntal rarely perform live on the Island and this will be...

Fundraisers are being invited to 'Dash and Splash' along the length of Sandown Bay this Saturday (14th August) to raise funds for Ryde charity, Aspire. The 5km dash starts at Shanklin Rowing Club and continues all the way to Yaverland....

With a month to go until Walk the Wight 2021, Islanders have been urged to sign up in support of Mountbatten. The iconic walk will return on 12th September – 4 months later than usual due to the COVID pandemic....

A reflective communion service will be held every Sunday at Mountbatten and will be open to anyone of any denomination or none. Mountbatten's Chaplain, Rev Julia Myles, will lead the service in Mountbatten Chapel. Julia and the team at Mountbatten...

Alan Lander, Toll Keeper - 1960's The annual Bembridge Heritage Exhibition will this year focus on 'Working Bembridge'. This exhibition will show the many ways villagers earned their living in days gone by. It will look at diverse occupations and...

Bembridge RNLI's 2021 Open Day promises to be a fascinating and entertaining day out for all the family next Saturday (14th August). From 11:00-16:30, the lifeboat station at Lane End will be open for visitors to view the inshore lifeboat...

Everything from Shakespeare to Whittington - a delightful mix of attractions awaits Island theatre-goers this month, and our columnist Maureen is here with the latest news from the scene and a sneak peek into what to expect! As theatres have...

Thousands of people are expected to take part in the annual Fort Walk later this month, but the Isle of Wight Safety Advisory Group is telling people to stay away. The Bembridge Fort Walk – or as some may argue...

Freshwater Independent Lifeboat plans to host its first Open Day in over a year on Saturday 14th August. This will be one of the charity's largest events to date, with stalls from community partners including Freshwater Fire Station, National Coastguard...

Maureen Sullivan’s column at Island Echo explores and reveals all that the Isle of Wight’s Arts and Theatre scene has to offer - but this week, she's taken the liberty of writing about her own on-stage performance. Well, this feels...