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Events - August 2008
Charterhouse Craft Market selling IW fudge, handmade jewellery, handmade candles, handmade cards, handcrafted soaps and canine products. Free admission. At Charterhouse, St Thomas's Square, Newport, every Monday, 10am-2pm;
Local crafts and gifts fair every Wednesday from Easter to November at Wilberforce Hall, Brighstone 10am-4pm;
IW Observatory tour of the stars every Thursday at 7.30pm onwards, recreation field in Watery Lane, Newchurch, opposite Amazon World.;
Newport Farmers’ Market selling Island produce at St Thomas’ Square, Newport, 9am-2pm every Friday;
IW Country Markets are open every week at Freshwater, Fridays 9.15am-11.15am at Freshwater Sports Centre; Newport, Fridays 9am-12noon at Holyrood Hall, High Street; Shanklin, Fridays 9.30am-11.30am at Falconcross Hall and Yarmouth every Wednesday, 9.30am-11.45am at The Institute;
Table top sale of handicrafts, china, CDs, books and other items at the Parish Hall of St. Thomas, Town Lane, Newport, 10am-2.00pm every Friday, supporting the Earl Mountbatten Hospice;
Ryde Farmers’ Market selling Island produce at Town Square, Anglesea Street, Ryde, 8.30am-12.30pm, every Saturday.
1: Open Mic Evening at Dimbola Lodge Museum, Freshwater Bay, 8pm-10.30pm.
2: Ventnor Cricket Club v Liphook & Ripsley, Southern Electric Premier League cricket at Ventnor’s Steephill ground at 1pm
1-14 Sept, Ben Wood, The Island exhibition at Dimbola Lodge Museum, Freshwater Bay, closed on Mondays.
2-9: Skandia Cowes Week, annual world-class yachting regatta with events on the water and ashore and firework display on Friday on The Parade. For more details visit
www.skandiacowesweek.co.uk;
RNLI stall on the Parade, Cowes selling gifts and souvenirs.
3: Ventnor Cricket Club v London New Zealand at Ventnor’s Steephill ground at noon.
4-8: Summer Tennis course for ages 5-7 years at Ryde Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, 1pm-2pm daily, course for ages 8-10, 2pm-3.30pm daily.
4-9: Holy Trinity Church open for Cowes Week, view the sailing scene from the church garden. Light refreshments available all day and Friday evening, lunches available 11.30am-2pm. There will also be a grand book sale and bric a brac stall. Monday and Wednesday have a go at ringing the church bells, 2pm-4pm, donations to the church building fund. Open for Cowes Week firework night on Friday, from 7pm. At Holy Trinity Church, Queens Road, Cowes.
5: Music from the Movies, a show of songs, music and dance from 007 to Disney by the Ventnor Theatre Group at the Winter Gardens, Ventnor, 7.30pm.
6: Shanklin Carnival Children's Procession, judging at Palmerstone Road, rear of the Conservative Club at 1pm, moving off at 2pm;
Shanklin Carnival Main Procession, judging at Popham Road at 5.45pm, moving off at 7pm.
7: Brading craft and gift fair at Brading Church Hall, 10am-3.30pm;
Ghost walk at Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall, 7.30pm. For more details visit
www.appuldurcombe.co.uk;
Open Mic Night at The Old Comical, Sandown, 9pm-11pm;
FBI play at the Anchor Inn, Cowes, 9pm-12midnight.
8: Newtown the Realm of the Dragonfly National Trust Wildzone activity for kids and families. Meet at Newtown Old Town Hall car park SZ 424906, 1.30pm. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight;
Butterflies of Bembridge Down National Trust guided walk. Meet in the first car park on the right after Bembridge Down SZ 626859, 2pm. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight;
Downland Folk Club at The Castle Inn, Newport, 8.15pm for 8.30pm;
Freshwater and Totland Carnival Illuminated Procession starting from Madeira Road, Totland at 9pm.
9: Freshwater Horticultural Society 115th Annual Summer Show at Freshwater Memorial Hall, 2pm;
Ventnor Cricket Club v Hamble, Hampshire League cricket at Ventnor’s Steephill ground at 2pm
; Part Xchange at Ventnor British Legion;
Shanklin Carnival Illuminated Procession, judging at Popham Road at 8pm, moving off at 9.15pm.
9-16: Yarmouth Carnival Committee’s Fun Week with field sports, harbour sports, crabbing and decorated dinghies.
10: Lashings World XI v Ventnor, Ventnor play some of international cricket’s best known players of past and present.
The Lashings team is captained by former West Indian legend Richie Richardson. At Ventnor Cricket Club 2.30pm;
Pied Piper by Openwide children’s theatre in the grounds of Mottistone Manor, 2pm. Gardens open 1pm-4pm;
Sandown Bay Regatta with sandcastle and fancy dress competitions, Lifeboat display, stalls, grand draw and a Grand Firework Finale on Sandown Esplanade;
Barn Dance at The Winter Gardens, Ventnor at 7pm.
11-15: Summer Tennis course for ages 11-16 years, at Ryde Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, 1pm-2.30pm daily,
courses for ages 7-9, 2.30pm-3.30pm.
11-16: Jigsaw Puzzle Festival at St James Church, East Cowes. Open daily 10am-4pm, evening opening Wednesday and Thursday, 6.30pm-8.30pm.
12: Family Fun Day at Mottistone Manor Garden, 11am-4.30pm. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight;
Music from the Movies, a show of songs, music and dance from 007 to Disney by the Ventnor Theatre Group at the Winter Gardens, Ventnor, 7.30pm.
13: Become a Junior Falconer for over seven year olds and over at IW Owl and Falconry Centre, Wroxall. For more details visit
www.appuldurcombe.co.uk;
St Helens Rock Pooling National Trust Wildzone activity for kids and families. Meet at St Helens Duver car park SZ 637892, 1.30pm. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight;
Draw in the Hall, drawing activities based on the history of the Town Hall. At Newtown Old Town Hall, 2pm-4.30pm. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight;
Ventnor Children’s Carnival Procession, moving off from Dudley Road at 2.30pm, crowing of the carnival queens at Ventnor Park at 2.30pm;
Ventnor Carnival Main Procession, judging at Albert Street at 6pm, moving off at 7pm.
14: Brading craft and gift fair at Brading Church Hall, 10am-3.30pm;
Ghost walk at Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall, 7.30pm. For more details visit
www.appuldurcombe.co.uk;
Open Mic Night at The Old Comical, Sandown, 9pm-11pm.
15: The Twilight World of Owls at IW Owl and Falconry Centre, Wroxall, 7.30pm. Barbecue included. For more details visit
www.appuldurcombe.co.uk;
Quiz night at The Masonic Hall, Grove Road, Ventnor;
Freshwater Illuminated Carnival, judging at Granville Road at 8pm, moving off at 9pm.
15-16: Bembridge Regatta at Bembridge Harbour.
16: Ventnor Cricket Club v New Milton, Southern Electric Premier League cricket at Ventnor’s Steephill ground at 1pm;
Yarmouth Carnival Main Procession, judging on Yarmouth Green at 5pm, moving off at 5.30pm;
Concert at St Olave’s Church, Gatcombe, proceeds to be split between Earl Mountbatten Hospice and Church Funds;
Ventnor Carnival Illuminated Procession, judging at Albert Street at 8.15pm, moving off at 9pm.;
Part Xchange at Sandown Social Club.
16-17: Garlic Festival with speciality garlic food, stalls and entertainments at Fighting Cocks Cross Roads, Hale Common, near Arreton;
Folk Weekend at IW Steam Railway, Havenstreet.For more details visit
www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
17: Antique & Collectors Fair, Arreton Community Centre, 10am-4pm;
Crash Banger and Stox Car Racing at Tapnell Farm, Newport Road between Calbourne and Freshwater, 1pm start.
17-18: Seaview Yacht Club Regatta, yacht racing off the seafront.
17-24: Shanklin Regatta with sailing and rowing events and entertainment. The shore sports, tug-of-war and sandcastle competiton to take place on the Wednesday ending with a firework display on the seafront.
18-22: Summer Tennis course for ages 5-7 at Ryde Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, , 1pm-2pm
course for ages 7-9, 2pm-3.00pm.
19-21: Seaview Village Regatta with boat racing, water sport competitions, tug-of-war, children’s sports and much more culminating in fireworks on the Thursday from Seaview seafront.
19: Music from the Movies, a show of songs, music and dance from 007 to Disney by the Ventnor Theatre Group at the Winter Gardens, Ventnor, 7.30pm.
20: Become a Junior Falconer for over seven year olds and over at IW Owl and Falconry Centre, Wroxall. For more details visit
www.appuldurcombe.co.uk;
Cowes Main Carnival, judging at Ward Avenue at 6pm, moving off at 7pm;
Mottistone Bat Zap National Trust Wildzone activity for kids and families. Meet at Mottistone Manor car park SZ403838, 7.15pm. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight
21: Brading craft and gift fair at Brading Church Hall, 10am-3.30pm;
Children at War, discover what it would have been like to be a child during the war. At Needles Old Battery, with talks at 12.30pm, 2pm and 3pm
. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight;
Ghost walk at Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall, 7.30pm. For more details visit
www.appuldurcombe.co.uk;
Open Mic Night at The Old Comical, Sandown, 9pm-11pm.
22: Heather Blossom at Luccombe Down National Trust guided walk. Meet at Luccombe Down car park SZ 573789, 2pm. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight
22-25: Steam Show at IW Steam Railway, Havenstreet.For more details visit
www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
23: Totland Art of the Turf Walk, outdoor arts market and exhibition on the Turf Walk, Totland, 10am-4pm;
Ventnor Cricket Club v Portchester, Hampshire League cricket at Ventnor’s Steephill ground at 2pm;
Midsummer Jazz with Aker Bilk and fireworks at Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall. Doors open at 7pm. For more details visit
www.midsummerjazz.co.uk;
Cowes Illuminated Carnival, judging at Ward Avenue at 8pm, moving off at 8.45pm and finishing on the Parade;
Part Xchange at Newport Conservative Club.
23: Cowes-Torquay-Cowes (CTC) powerboat race, Powerboat P1 teams will be taking part in the event as part of a non-championship challenge.
24: Get Nailing for Wildlife National Trust Wildzone activity for kids and families. Meet at Newtown Old Town Hall car park SZ 423906. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight
25: Summer Party in aid of the RNLI at the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes;
Antique and Collectors Fair at Calbourne Recreation Field in aid of Calbourne Recreation Centre, 10am-4pm;
St Helens Main Carnival, judging at The Green at 5.45pm, moving off at 6.15pm;
Scott May’s daredevil and firework display stunt night at Smallbrook Stadium, Ryde.
25-29: Summer Tennis course for ages 8-10 at Ryde Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, , 1pm-2.30pm daily.
26: International Sidecar Speedway Championships, Smallbrook Stadium, Ryde at 7.15pm;
Music from the Movies, a show of songs, music and dance from 007 to Disney by the Ventnor Theatre Group at the Winter Gardens, Ventnor, 7.30pm.
27: Become a Junior Falconer for over seven year olds and over at IW Owl and Falconry Centre, Wroxall. For more details visit
www.appuldurcombe.co.uk;
Sandown Carnival Illuminated Procession, judging at Culver Parade at 8pm, moving off at 9pm.
28: Brading craft and gift fair at Brading Church Hall, 10am-3.30pm;
Ryde Carnival Main Procession, judging at Ryde Esplanade at 5.15pm, moving off at 6.15pm.;
Ghost walk at Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall, 7.30pm. For more details visit
www.appuldurcombe.co.uk;
Blues Jam Night at the Castle Inn, Newport, 8pm;
Open Mic Night at The Old Comical, Sandown, 9pm-11pm.
29: Ryde Children’s Carnival, judging for pedestrian entrants at 2pm at Upper Dover Street, school entrants judged en-route from 2.45pm.;
The Twilight World of Owls at IW Owl and Falconry Centre, Wroxall, 7.30pm. Barbecue included. For more details visit
www.appuldurcombe.co.uk;
Part Xchange at Shanklin Conservative Club;
FBI play at King Harry’s Bar, Shanklin, 9pm-11pm.
30: Ventnor Cricket Club v Rowledge, Southern Electric Premier League cricket at Ventnor’s Steephill ground at 1pm;
Sandown Carnival main procession leaving at 7pm;
Ryde Carnival Illuminated Procession, judging at The Esplanade at 7.30pm, moving off at 8.30pm.
30-31: Wolverton Manor Garden Fair fun day for all the family with emphasis on crafts and gardening at Wolverton Manor,
Shorwell at 10am-5pm. Raising funds for Age Concern (IW).
31: Morris Minor Rally at IW Steam Railway, Havenstreet.For more details visit
www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
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