Voting is open again, with Red Funnel handing the search for the Isle of Wight’s very best back to the people who know it best. From the places Islanders proudly take visiting friends to, to the businesses that quietly raise the bar year after year, the 2026 Red Funnel Isle
Young people across the UK including the Isle of Wight are celebrating a major milestone this year as the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) marks its 70th anniversary. Although the Island was a bit of a late starter, starting the scheme in the 1960s the scheme began nationally in 1956.
Here is a chance to enter an art competition. Dimbola Museum & Galleries at Freshwater is looking for artists aged 14-25 to submit original artwork inspired by Jimi Hendrix at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. Work could be featured in the upcoming exhibition ‘Experience Hendrix – Isle of Wight
Final additions to the star-studded 2026 line-up have been revealed. Joining the bill are Rita Ora, Circa Waves, Nathan Evans & The Saint PHNX Band, Overpass, Tom A. Smith, and The Guest List. On Saturday 20 June, global superstar Rita Ora will take to the main stage. Taking the third spot from the top on Saturday’s
Girlguiding Southwest England Region chose the Isle of Wight for one of its Region Roadshows. Racheal Tattum. and her deputies Olivia Cox and Helen Barette, (pictured with Island Commissioner Wendy Macklin (L) above) travelled to the Island from the Region Office in Salisbury to join dozens of Island Leaders and
On Sunday 15th March, Red Funnel is offering all Mums free foot passenger travel between Southampton and the Isle of Wight OR Isle of Wight to Southampton. on the Hi-Speed Red Jet service. No matter your age, if you’re travelling with your Mum, Step-Mum or another special motherly figure –
Jazz-funk legends, Level 42, who formed on the Isle of Wight in 1979 will be performing at this year’s Sky presents the Isle of Wight Festival. With a career spanning more than four decades including chart-topping hits like “Lessons in Love” and the soulful “Something About You”, and selling over
Hundreds of members of Girlguiding IW have celebrated World Thinking Day 2026 by attending a special event at Newport Minster. Organised by Wendy Macklin, Island Commissioner for Girlguiding and her team of leaders, this was the first all county event since the COVID pandemic. Special guests included Didi Nicholson DL
Red Funnel has raised, so far, £30,000 for its charity of the year- Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance. This fundraising milestone comes at an important time for the charity, which looks to raise £3.6 million to support its plans to relocate its airbase to Southampton in a more central
At the Sky presents the Isle of Wight Festival 2026, headliners, Lewis Capaldi, Calvin Harris and The Cure will start the Isle of Wight summer with their performances at Seaclose Park. Also announced are Teddy Swims, The Kooks, Tom Grennan, Sex Pistols (Paul Cook, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock) featuring Frank Carter, The Last Dinner Party, Feeder, Jo Whiley’s 90s Anthems, Rick Astley, Shed Seven, David Gray, Five, KT