Isle of Wight Festival

A dedicated policing plan is in place to ensure residents and visitors stay safe on the Isle of Wight during this year’s Festival, which gets underway tomorrow (Thursday). Hampshire Constabulary is maintaining its close co-operation with festival organisers, Solo, and partner...

With the Isle of Wight Festival just around the corner, what better a time to compile a list of acts that you really don’t want to miss this weekend. The Isle of Wight Festival has a history of bringing together...

Music legend Rod Stewart will be on the Island this week as the Sunday headliner at the 2017 Isle of Wight Festival, his only 2017 festival appearance. After the announcement of his knighthood for services to music and charity in the...

As a result of this weekend's Isle of Wight Festival, a number of council-run services are changing due to their close proximity to the festival site at Seaclose Park, Newport. Although the festival forces departments to re-locate, Islanders can still...

Canadian rock ensemble Arcade Fire will be the Saturday headliner at this year's Isle of Wight Festival. Formed in 2001 and based in Montreal, Quebec, these multi instrumentalists continually switch from one instrument to another during each performance. Husband and...

Organisers of the Isle of Wight Festival have announced that they are supporting the Island's first ever Pride event in July. Recent events on the Island, including Andrew Turner's ill-judged and poorly timed comments which led to him standing down as MP,...

It’s that time of year again as the Island prepares to welcome thousands to the Isle of Wight Festival. The Isle of Wight Council, Island Roads and Hampshire Constabulary are once again working closely with the organisers of this year’s...

With just 2 weeks until Isle of Wight Festival 2017, Hard Rock Cafe has today (Thursday) announced that it will be returning to Seaclose Park for a fourth consecutive year. The line-up for the stage has been carefully curated by...

Stage times for this year's Isle of Wight Festival have been officially revealed exclusively through the festival's very own app, powered by Second Screen. Apart from the event programme, the Isle of Wight Festival app is the only place to find out...

The band behind the iconic noughties song 'Teenage Dirtbag' are set to headline the Kashmir Cafe at this year's Isle of Wight Festival. Wheatus’ debut album is 17-years-old this year but their hit song still to this day sticks in the...