Island News

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

Red Funnel sponsors “Wight in Bloom 2016”

Kevin George and Alan Titchmarsh at 2015 Awards. Red Funnel is pleased to announce that it is once again sponsoring Wight in Bloom, the Isle of Wight’s long-running annual gardening competition. This competition had been a feature in the Isle of Wight calendar for many years but its future looked in doubt in 2014 due ... read more

Young Vlogger of the Year’ Award

The Island Sailing Club (ISC), organisers of the annual one-day yacht race around the Isle of Wight, the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, have  announced a brand new Award, ‘Young Vlogger of the Year’. This initiative has been launched to encourage some of the younger Race competitors – whether on the helm ... read more

Roll up Roll up!

Following on from the success of last year’s Cirque de la Quirk performances at the The Isle of Wight Festival – Cirque is back for 2016  and this time for the whole weekend. Over the weekend of 9th-12th June, festival-goers will get the chance to step into a worry free nonsensical world. From body painting to their ... read more

NEWPORT ROMAN VILLA CELEBRATIONS

Back in 1926 when the owner of a nearby house sank foundations for a garage those doing the digging found the first evidence of Newport Roman Villa. Subsequent excavations revealed extensive remains of a late Romano-British farmhouse built around 280 AD. To celebrate the 90 years since its discovery on the 24th of March 1926 ... read more