Ryde Arts Festival

Arts Council England once again helps to enhance and enrich the live of Islanders, as they fund the return of Ryde Arts Festival. OnTheWight has this year's theme and artists in residence.

As part of the excellent Ryde Arts Festival and GROW project, four artists come together to share their work exploring social integration and circular economy.

The Ryde Arts Festival returns once again with a bumper programme of events. There really is something for all the family, workshops, exhibitions, poetry tea parties, live music and more. Keep the dates free in your diary and head to Ryde from 30th June to 9th July.

Tickets are just £5 for this evening of live music by some of the leading lights in jazz on the Isle of Wight.

That feeling when you love someone so much you want to bite their cheeks. The music you'll hear at People in the Basement is just like that.

Singers with the Voices of the Isle of Wight choir put on a great performance on Friday evening for the opening event of the Ryde Arts Festival. Read on to see impression they left on Jonathan Dodd.

Today (Saturday) offers a great range of events taking place as part of the 2016 Ryde Arts Festival.

The 2016 Ryde Arts Festival (23rd June to 3rd July) promises ten days of wonderful art, live music, poetry, comedy, puppetry and much, much more. Make sure you check out what's on with our handy guide.

Quay Arts delivers once again, offering not one, but two opportunities to inspire your kids over the next couple of weeks as part of Children’s Art Week. Both events are free and should be great fun.

A £30,000 Arts Council grant will see a whole host of arts events and mini-projects develop over the next two years in Ryde, including an artist in residence in an allotment shed.

The Festival kicks off with a free concert tonight at All Saints Church in Ryde featuring recorded memories of Ryde’s citizens and recorded sounds of the town.