Events

The latest online monthly folk music concert heads to the Quay Arts Folk Club tomorrow (Sunday 26th July). Following the success of last month's event, July sees acclaimed Essex folk duo Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer headlining the evening. Prior...

Laurie McVay and The High Rollers are back following the coronavirus lockdown and will be performing at Sandown Airport on Sunday 19th July. All are welcome to the Rocket Garden at Sandown Airport for Laurie's first gig of the year,...

Famous faces, including Level 42 star Mark King, Wessex Boy Frank Turner and Feeder's Grant Nicholas, are among those lining up to support Wessex Cancer Trust as the charity hosts its first virtual concert, Wessex Aid, this weekend (Saturday 20th...

Further to the unfortunate postponement of this year’s Jack Up The Summer festival due to coronavirus, organisers say they have been completely overwhelmed by the incredible support shown by attendees, suppliers, contractors and traders alike. Many former artists have also...

From animation to origami, woodland cookery to musical saws. 8 specially commissioned Isle of Wight musicians and artists are using all their multimedia means, together with natural world inspiration, to help Hullabaloo bring the Isle of Wight Biosphere and Sandown...

A live streamed, 24 hour gaming marathon is taking place tomorrow to fundraise - at a social distance - for the Mountbatten Hospice Coronavirus Appeal. Watch (and laugh at) 4-man teams compete in endless Battle Royale action on the insanely...

Abacus Pubs and music venues might be closed at present, but this isn’t stopping local folk singers John Hacker and John Bentley. Since the lockdown, a weekly folk club has been running on Zoom and now the organisers are planning...

We are keen to share as many VE Day celebration photos as possible! How have you been marking the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe? Perhaps you've had afternoon tea in the garden, or hung bunting from your window. Send...

Islanders are being invited to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day — the day the guns fell silent at the end of war in Europe — from their homes. To commemorate this unforgettable moment in the nation's history, the...

Organisers of the annual Wight Proms event in Cowes are still keeping everything crossed that the festival can go ahead as planned this August, but feel it's too early to call either way at this stage. In the meantime, Wight...