Events

Tickets for Experience 1970, the 50th-anniversary celebration of the legendary 1970 IW Festival of Music, are now on general release and can be bought online for £180. Experience 1970 is a 3-day festival to be staged over the weekend of...

The Isle of Wight Hedgerow Group has announced that the 2020 hedge laying competition is to take place on 29th February at Coombe Farm, Brighstone. This year's event is being held between 10:00-16:00 by kind permission of Mr and Mrs...

Free export masterclasses are being held across the South to help ambitious businesses grow and to develop in international markets.  The full-day masterclasses, organised by the region’s Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and Growth Hubs, will run between 11th February and...

The second Accessible Activities and Services Day is to be held at West Wight Sports & Community Centre in Freshwater on Saturday 14th March. This unique and free event will showcase activities and services offered in the main by Island...

Islanders are being invited to get 'hands on with history' at Newport Roman Villa during the February half-term school holiday. The villa will be open for 2 days at half-term - Monday 17th and Wednesday 19th February. You will be...

Isle of Wight-based documentary makers David and Jill George have released their film 'Love & Dying', which asks if there should be a change in the current law relating to assisted dying.  300 dying people end their own lives in...

Teachers from across the Island are coming together to play a charity football match to raise money for Sport Relief and The Wight Brainy Bunch.  Primary school teachers will take on secondary school teachers at Cowes Sports Football Club on...

Photo: Graham Reading Photography 100 vintage aircraft will surround the Isle of Wight and 3 Spitfires will fly overhead to celebrate the life of former World War II pilot Mary Ellis this May - with hopes of a Battle of...

Dig out your Derby and find your Fedora as 'Hats for the Hospice' with Mountbatten, the Islandwide hat mufti day, returns for its 5th year on 28th February 2020. 'Wear a hat - simple as that!' is the message to...

Experience 1970, the 50th-anniversary celebration of the legendary 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, is calling for festival-goers to match the vintage sounds on stage by turning up to this September’s 3-day event in period dress. Dig out your flared jeans,...