Events

Half-term activities are on offer at 2 Island museums this February; Newport Roman Villa and The Museum of Island History. At Newport Roman Villa, clay days return on Wednesday 14th and Friday 16th between 09:30-15:00. There will be a mythical...

Ryde Chorus will be bringing a little bit of 19th-century Viennese society to the Island in April. The group shall be performing Joseph Haydn’s Missa Brevis No 7 in B flat, Mozart’s Missa Brevis in D (K194), and Mass in...

February is often a cold, unforgiving time of year, so while waiting for the first buds of spring to appear, cheer yourself up with a visit to one of the great shows coming up this month! There’s still time to...

Following a record-breaking 2023, registration for the award-winning Walk the Wight has officially opened today (Monday).   Last year, thousands of walkers raised a whopping £460,000 for Mountbatten – the most ever – helping the charity deliver care to over 2,000...

This February half-term, investigate the wonderful wildlife at Brading Roman Villa as part of The Twitchers Museum Adventure, organised by Kids in Museums and Walker Books. The egg-citing national family trail celebrates the release of Feather, the latest book in...

Dimbola is set to reopen next Saturday (3rd February) with their first exhibition of 2024 - Technicolour Dickens: The Living Image of Charles Dickens. Technicolour Dickens was originally commissioned to mark the 150th anniversary of his death in 2020 and...

This Friday (26th January) marks the start of National Storytelling week and across the country, people are making a point of telling tales.  Here on the Island,  there are several events taking place, including the chance to hear a brilliant...

New Carnival has unveiled its Isle of Wight Mardi Gras 2024 theme as ‘The Story of Carnival’: From Ancient Roots to Global Party. At Quay Arts on Wednesday 17th January, New Carnival held the launch of Mardi Gras set to...

Tickets to the 2024 Jack-Up Summer Party are to go on sale from Friday 2nd February. The stage will come alive with world-class tribute acts paying homage to music legends such as Take That, Bryan Adams, Lionel Richie, McBusted, Steps,...

Sandown Carnival has announced that the town's annual fireworks display will now take place at Easter after the New Year's Day celebrations were cancelled due to adverse weather. Usually, the popular fireworks display lights up the skies above Sandown on...