Island News

NEW RED JET ON SCHEDULE.

One year on from when Red Funnel placed an order with Shemana Refit LLP to build Red Jet 6 in East Cowes, she is due to be launched on the 4th of July. A team of 58 permanent boat builders including five apprentices, have kept the construction of the new vessel on schedule. Their task ... read more

OARSOME RACING ON RIVER MEDINA

  Hosted by Island Harbour, the 2nd Annual IW Festival Dragon Boat Race Day attracted twenty teams. Organisers John and Caroline Giddings chose to raise money for the Stand Up To Cancer campaign (Cancer Research UK) Celebrity attendees included Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch from Boyzone, Caroline Corr an honorary MBE holder and James Walsh ... read more

Teams are signing up for last Wightlink Wight Challenge

17th September 2016 will see the last Wightlink Wight Challenge and organisers are delighted that so many teams are signing up for what they hope will be a bumper year. However, there are still spaces if you fancy a challenge and there is still time for you and a team of three to get yourselves ... read more

TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS + ART ROCKS AT DIMBOLA.

Having been stored in a Winchester farmhouse for forty years, the photographic archive of Austrian born Lotte Meitner-Graf (1899-1973) can be seen for the first time for many years at Dimbola Museum and Galleries, Freshwater. Although Lotte was unconventional and uncompromising, she never courted publicity, neither did she seek to gain from her art commercially. ... read more

Your Chance To Enter ‘Wight In Bloom 2016’.

The Island’s 2016 Wight in Bloom competition was officially launched at the National Trust’s Mottistone Gardens on Monday April 18th. Wight in Bloom is an annual gardening and community competition that celebrates our Island and the efforts of our green-fingered community. This free to enter competition, sponsored by Red Funnel and organised by Visit Isle ... read more

PUSH THE BOAT OUT IS BACK FOR 2016!

Don’t miss the chance to try sailing in this Olympic year as RYA Push the Out returns from 14-22 May when six sailing clubs on the Isle of Wight open their doors to the public. Activities range from a trip around Bembridge Harbour by dinghy at Brading Haven Yacht Club, to half hour dinghy taster ... read more

J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race 2016

Hamble-based Royal Southern Yacht Club has been granted the exclusive right by the Island Sailing Club (ISC) to be the mainland HUB Club for this year’s Round the Island Race, the last under J.P. Morgan’s 12-year title sponsorship. The Royal Southern, which also acted as a South Coast HUB in 2015, will be showing the ... read more

BIG TOP LINE UP – 7 MORE ACTS ANNOUNCED

Joining the already incredible line up are Australian indie-pop sibling trio Germein Sisters, multi-instrumentalist Simon Townshend, atmospheric rock ‘n’ rollers Bang Bang Romeo, tuneful and cheeky cover band The Lounge Kittens, powerful rockers The Carnabys, indie-punk heroes The Novatones and the BBC Radio 2 A-listed Kerri Watt.  Germein Sisters:Georgia, Ella and Clara, having spent their ... read more

HARD ROCK STAGE IS BACK AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL FOR 2016

Hard Rock Cafe’s Stage will return to this year’s The Isle of Wight Festival  from 9-12 June . Hard Rock Cafe is excited to be partnering with the Festival for a third year and will prepare to showcase music’s most exciting rising stars. The Hard Rock Stage, curated by Hard Rock and The Isle of ... read more

2 NEW EXHIBITIONS AT DIMBOLA

Two new exhibitions are to be staged at Dimbola, Freshwater Bay soon. Commencing on the 15th April the two new exhibitions are: ‘In Search of Lost Time’  which explores the connection between photographer John Brewer’s grandfathers, two men who fought in both World Wars. The genesis of the project was Brewer’s desire to know more ... read more