Events

A groundbreaking new project for young people aged between 13 and 19 is being launched on the Isle of Wight. Flip the Script will bring three of the UK’s top spoken word poets/MCs to the Island for a series of...

Game was once a staple of the British diet and featured regularly on menus in family homes. More recently, game has become less widely used and many of us may consider it an unusual ingredient that we would struggle to...

The New Carnival Company are set to present an outdoor celebration of local environment, creativity, and family fun on Saturday.  Head to Yarmouth and enjoy professional Kite Displays from Shropshire based artists Sky Bums, a public kite flying area, Kite...

Breathe Easy's Autumn Fair returns to Gurnard this weekend. The annual fair is to be held this Saturday (21st September) from noon until 16:00 in Gurnard Village Hall. The usual variety of stalls and children's games will be present with...

Thousand of visitors flocked to the 12th annual Classic Car Extravaganza held in Newport and Ryde at the weekend. It was a cracking turnout of cars, motorcycles, trucks and even bicycles through the ages as the meet, held in aid...

Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) believe protecting Isle of Wight beaches from marine litter needs year-round volunteer action. With this in mind, this Sunday (15th September) sees the Cold Water Beach Clean Series, a new SAS initiative in collaboration with The Crown...

Time is running out for cyclists to register online for one of the Isle of Wight’s toughest cycling events.  The Hills Killer Challenge takes place on Sunday 15th September and is part of the Isle of Wight Cycling Festival which...

Celebrating the changing seasons and beginning of the autumn months, Ventnor Botanic Garden Friends’ Society will be holding an Autumn Plants and Produce sale on Sunday 15th September. The Sale will take place on the Top Lawn at Ventnor Botanic...

Ventnor Botanic Garden is delighted to announce it is launching a new programme of events to be known as VBG:Lecture Series. Each month, a different speaker will be at Ventnor Botanic Garden delivering a talk or lecture on their specialist...

Island residents and visitors alike are invited to be amazed by an out of this world talk on astronomy presented by Ian Ridpath tonight (Tuesday). Mr Ridpath, the editor of the Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy and Norton's Star Atlas, will...