Island News

The Isle of Wight Festival 2017 announces 18 new acts

 Added to the bill are: The Pretenders, The Kooks, Imelda May, Razorlight, Alison Moyet, Starsailor, Space, Melanie C, Scouting For Girls, Tom Chaplin, Alex Francis, Lucy Spraggan, Bang Bang Romeo, Paradisia, Wild Front, The Slow Readers Club, Showhawk Duo and Victoria. Of the exciting new additions to the bill, John Giddings says: “This makes it one ... read more

Cowes Week 2017-Update

Cowes Week Ltd are delighted to announce another addition to their family of supporting sponsors as ELEMIS joins  Cowes Week as the Official sponsor of Ladies Day. ELEMIS is the leading British skincare and spa brand. Their successful combination of powerful, natural ingredients and cutting-edge formulations proven with clinical trials has enabled ELEMIS to be ... read more

Cloudy Bay is the new Presenting Sponsor for the Round the Island Race™

Cloudy Bay has been announced as the Presenting Sponsor of the Round the Island Race ™ which is forthwith branded ‘The Round the Island Race ™ in association with Cloudy Bay’. Robin Aisher, Admiral of the Island Sailing Club, who  has been fortunate to have raced in almost all the RTI races since the end of war in Europe, ... read more

SAILING NEWS FOR 2017

King George V International Cup. Cowes Week Ltd are excited to announce the introduction of a new big boat race series, the Cowes Week Triple Crown. The new Cowes Week Triple Crown will be a regatta within a regatta : open to large IRC rated racing boats of at least 20m LOA with a minimum ... read more

10 MORE ACTS FOR 2017 IW FESTIVAL

Organisers of  the Isle of Wight Festival have announced ten young and upcoming acts for the 2017 festival: Catfish and the Bottlemen, Zara Larsson, Clean Bandit, The Vamps, The Strypes, The Amazons, Germein Sisters, Judas, The Novatones and The Second Sons. John Giddings said: “We’ve always supported fresh, new and exciting talent at the at the Isle of Wight Festival. It’s what music festivals are all about. We had Blossoms in 2015 ... read more

BECOME A HARBOUR COMMISSIONER at COWES

One of the Cowes Harbour Commissioners, Ben Board, has taken the decision to resign due to family and work commitments. In his resignation letter, he commented: “I think the work the Commission do is extremely important and you have a team of people on the Board that care passionately about what happens to the harbour, ... read more

ROUND THE ISLAND RACE 2017

Prizegiving 2016. Entries have opened for this year’s Round The Island Race. This most famous of yacht races annually attracts in the region of 1,500 competing yachts and upwards of 12,000 sailors from around the globe. Last year saw the departure of title sponsor J.P. Morgan Asset Management after twelve fruitful years, and organisers are ... read more

QUAY ARTS RE-COLLECTIONS

Winner of the ‘Quay Arts Open 2015’ competition, Joanna Kori, who lives in Ventnor, has been rewarded with her own solo exhibition. Entitled, ‘Future Re Collections’ this exhibition will be on show in the West Gallery of Quay Arts from 10am-5pm until 1st April and  features six separate facets of the previous and current uses ... read more

Red Funnel Award for IW Festival + More Acts for 2017 Festival

Isle of Wight Festival won the ‘Best Event to Lie Back & Soak Up the Sounds Award ‘  at the Red Funnel My Isle Of Wight Awards. Following this award the organisers of the IW Festival announced further acts to play the 2017 Festival at Seaclose Park over the weekend of 8-11 June. Eleven more acts ... read more

Sunsail Extends Relationship with Cowes Week as Official Charter Sailing Partner.

Cowes Week Ltd are delighted to announce the extension of the regatta’s relationship with leading charter sailing brand Sunsail. Sunsail has been the Official Charter Sailing Partner of Cowes Week since 2015, and due to the success of the partnership the relationship has been extended for a further five years. Sunsai’l’s matched fleet of 30 ... read more