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Events - July 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: National Gardens Scheme Open Day at Mottistone Manor Garden, 11am-5.30pm;
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.
3: Brading craft and gift fair at Brading Church Hall, 10am-3.30pm;
Open Mic Night at The Old Comical, Sandown, 9pm-11pm.
4: Ventnor Record & CD Fair at Ventnor Winter Gardens, 10am-4pm, buy sell and swap every type of music, admission £1;
Open Mic Evening at Dimbola Lodge Museum, Freshwater Bay, 8pm-10.30pm.
4-6: Towrags Rally with live music and disco, rideouts and pig roast at Smallbrook Stadium, Ryde.
5: Newport Record & CD Fair at Newport Parish Church Centre, Town Lane, 10am-4pm, buy sell and swap every type of music, admission £1;
Ventnor Cricket Club v Waterlooville, Hampshire League cricket at Ventnor’s Steephill ground at 2pm;
Brook Village and Church Fete, 2pm-4.30pm;
FBI play at the Comical, Sandown, 9pm-11pm.
5-6: 1940s Weekend at IW Steam Railway, Havenstreet. For more details visit
www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
6: Shanklin Record & CD Fair at Falcon Cross Hall, 10am-4pm, buy sell and swap every type of music, admission £1;
Brading Day Summer Show with horticultural and crafts competitions at Beechgrove Playing Fields at 1pm;
Crash Banger and Stox Car Racing at Tapnell Farm, Newport Road between Calbourne and Freshwater, 1pm start;
Ventnor Cricket Club v Blue Leopards of South Africa at Ventnor’s Steephill ground at 2pm.
8: 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.
10: Brading craft and gift fair at Brading Church Hall, 10am-3.30pm.
11: Downland Folk Club at The Castle Inn, Newport, 8.15pm for 8.30pm;
Part Xchange at Shanklin Conservative Club.
11-13: The Wind in the Willows, outdoor theatre by AdLib Theatre Company at Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall. Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 2pm and 7pm and Sunday at 2pm. For more details visit
www.appuldurcombe.co.uk
12: Rookley Village Summer Show, traditional horticultural show with arena events and sideshows. At Highwood Lane Recreation Ground, noon-4.30pm;
Ventnor Cricket Club v Lymington, Southern Electric Premier League cricket at Ventnor’s Steephill ground at 1pm;
IW Symphony Orchestra concert, Medina Theatre, 7.15pm;
Part Xchange at Newport Conservative Club;
FBI play at the Broadway Inn, Totland, 9pm-11pm.
13: Book, postcard and ephemera fair at The Village Hall, Bembridge High Street, 10am-3.30pm;
Bembridge Carnival, leaving the High Street, Bembridge at 2pm followed by
Bembridge Carnival Fun Day on the recreation ground with music, stalls, children’s races and BBQ, more live music on the recreation ground at 8pm;
14: Wildlife on Tennyson Down National Trust guided walk. Meet at High Down chalkpit car park, Totland SX 325856, 2pm. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight
15: Cream Teas at Godshill Church in aid of the remembrance garden, 2pm-4.30pm;
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.
16: Summer Fayre, with a jazz band, stalls and bric-a-brac raising funds for the church at the Old Vicarage Gardens or St. Saviour Church, Sandown,10.30am-4pm;
Money, Masks & Mysteries, talk on the Ferguson Gang and the town hall's history. At Newtown Old Town Hall, 10.30am-noon. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight;
The Studio Cafe Launch Night with acoustic music from Seb from Platform One and an exhibition by Newport artists. At The Studio Cafe, Newport, from 7.30pm, free entry. (The Studio Cafe is under new management).
17: 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.
18-20: Brightstone Village Art Group exhibition at The Wilberforce Hall, Brightstone, 9am-5pm.
18-21: Artists in South and West Wight open their studios for the public to view or purchase original artworks. Andrew Dowden, ceramic artist/designer opens his studio at 29 Ventnor Road, Apse Heath on Friday and Monday, 10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm, 6pm-8pm, Saturday 10am-1pm only and Sunday 11am-1pm, 2pm-7pm.
19: Ventnor Cricket Club v Old Tauntonians & Romsey, Southern Electric Premier League cricket at Ventnor’s Steephill ground at 1pm;
Newport Children’s Carnival, setting off from Church Litten, Newport at noon, judging at Newport Quay at 12.30pm;
Newport Main Carnival moving off from Matalan car park at 7.30pm, judging at 6.45pm;
Osborne House Last Night of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Proms Wightlink Classical Fireworks Extravaganza, at Osborne House, East Cowes;
IP (The Island's no. 1 singles club) 20th anniversary party and reunion. Warm welcome to all singles, members, non-members nad past members. With live group, Midaway Connextion, Magic Circle Artiste and buffet. At Gurnard Pines, 7.30pm-midnight. Advance ticket holders only, tickets £8. For tickets and more details call 01983 883714 / 01983 866376 / 01983 562525 / 01983 856467;
Born To Throw night, charity darts competition in aid of Barely Born appeal for a new neo-natal intensive care unit. At The Shanklin Liberal Club, 8 Languard Road. Open to all darts teams, registration, 7.30pm-8pm or call 01983 864421 or 01983 862339. Event starts at 8.15pm;
FBI play at Sandown Social Club, 9pm-12midnight.
19-20: Island Motor Show at IW Steam Railway, Havenstreet. For more details visit
www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
20: Barton Manor Open Day antiques fair in aid of Earl Mountbatten Hospice. At Barton Manor, East Cowes, 10am-4pm;
Antique & Collectors Fair, Arreton Community Centre, 10am-4pm;
Jazz on the Quay Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike. at Island Sailing Club, Cowes, in aid of the RNLI;
Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike, presented by Vaguely Sunny in partnership with Quay Arts. At Freshwater Memorial Hall, 8pm. Tickets £13. For more details visit
www.quayarts.org
22: Nightjar Watching on Mottistone Common. Meet at the car park at lower end of Strawberry Lane, Mottistone SZ 413837, 8.30pm. 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.
23: Tennyson Down Bug Hunt and Tree Trackers National Trust Wildzone activity for kids and families. Meet at High Down Chalk Pit car park, Totland SZ324855, 1.30pm. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight;
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;
The Night Sky - star gazing on Mottistone Down. Meet at Mottistone Down Jubilee car park SZ 420846, 10.30pm. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight
24: 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.
25-28: Artists in North and East Wight open their studios for the public to view or purchase original artworks.
25-29: Day Out with Thomas the Tank Engine at IW Steam Railway, Havenstreet. For more information visit
www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
26: Ventnor Cricket Club v Compton & Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire League cricket at Ventnor’s Steephill ground at 2pm;
Freshwater Main Canival, judging at Granville Road at 6pm, moving off at 7pm;
Mottistone Jazz, open air jazz event at Mottistone Manor Garden, 6.30pm-11pm. Tickets £18.50, phone 01983 740689. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight;
FBI play at the Worsley Inn, Wroxall, 9pm-11pm
26-27: IW Fuchsia Society show at Bishop Lovett School, Ryde. Saturday 2.00pm-5.00pm, Sunday 10.00am-4.30pm;
Medieval Spectacular with living history archers, men at arms and battle in the afternoon. At Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall. For more details visit
www.appuldurcombe.co.uk
27: Crash Banger and Stox Car Racing at Tapnell Farm, Newport Road between Calbourne and Freshwater, 1pm start;
Victorian Military Re-enactment with displays by the Fort Cumberland Guard at noon and 2.30pm. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight
29: St.Helen’s Carnival Children’s Parade, 2.30pm;
Sandown Carnival Children’s Parade, Sandown, 2.15pm;
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.
30: 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 Children's Carnival, starting at 2.30pm, judging at Sandown Pier at 3.15pm;
Sandown Main Carnival, judging at Culver Parade at 6pm, moving off at 7pm.
30-31: Moth-tastic National Trust Wildzone activity for kids and families. Put treacle on the trees and see what moths are caught the next morning. Meet at Mottistone Manor car park on Wednesday, 8pm and return at 9am the following morning. For more details visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/isleofwight.
31: Brading craft and gift fair at Brading Church Hall, 10am-3.30pm; 31:
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.
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