Saturday night brings the chance to soak up some culture. This free concert (with retiring collection) allows you to hear what those cello-like instruments found in Renaissance art and painted famously by Vermeer really sound like.
Forget the football, turn off the telly, come on down to the New Carnival Company’s annual Mardi Gras event and experience samba, costume, colour, dance and music on Saturday 28 June.
Details of two music events coming up in aid of the Joe Ellis fund, aiming to raise £100,000 for pioneering cancer treatment for this 13 year old Islander.
Alexandra Drysdale will take you from the Lapiz Lazuli mines of Afghanistan to the studios of Vermeer and Titian to discuss where and why blue is used in art.
One of the largest yacht races in the world is the headline event during this year’s annual Isle of Wight Festival of the Sea (16-23 June 2014), a seven-day celebration of the Isle of Wight’s vibrant maritime culture.