Events

Cowes Carnival Committee has this evening (Friday) announced that they have taken the decision to cancel both their main and illuminated carnivals for 2020. This year would have been their 124th year but due to the continued uncertainty during these...

HTP Apprenticeship College are hosting a virtual open day for all 16-18 school leavers on Tuesday 5th May 2020 from 10:00. Hosted on Facebook and Zoom, prospective learners and their families can learn more about the wide range of full-time...

Islanders still have time to turn their daily exercise routine into a fundraising effort for Mountbatten. Walk the Wight Your Way enables people to complete the equivalent distance of any of the traditional Walk the Wight routes – anything from...

Isle of Wight-based DJ M-Stone will be spinning the decks for 32 hours straight in aid of Mountbatten this weekend - and you can watch the whole thing online. The music marathon will begin at 16:00 on Saturday afternoon (25th...

The Common Space and Shademakers UK are commissioning artworks from artists based on the Isle of Wight for the new digital celebration, Hullabaloo at Home 2020. Due to the current restrictions, Hullabaloo will not be taking place in the usual...

The Isle of Wight College is going ahead with its planned open day on Wednesday 29th April, but it will be held in a different format due to the coronavirus restrictions. In order to comply with social distancing requirements, the...

Record Store Day, which was due to take place in Ventnor today (Saturday), was set to be the busiest and buzziest day of the year for Ventnor Exchange, which is now postponed like many other events. Do not fear though......

Sandown Bay spectacular Hullabaloo, a grand community celebration of discovery and exploration, fun and wonder, won't be taking place in the usual fashion this year but instead, Islanders are being encouraged to take part from home! Hullabaloo is an outstanding...

As a result of the impact of the Coronavirus, organisers of The Wight Proms have made the difficult but important decision to postpone this year's event by 5 weeks. The Northwood House-based festival was originally due to take place in...

Organisers of the hugely popular Jack Up The Summer festival are offering Isle of Wight NHS frontline staff free entry to the event once the outbreak is over. Islanders joined together in solidarity last night (Thursday) to offer a national...