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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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