As we reported earlier in the month, there will be several Royal Wedding street parties on the Isle of Wight today.
As well as street celebrations in Shanklin (location unknown), there are also street parties being held in Alderbury Road and Linden Road, Newport as well as Blackthorn Close, Oakfield and Porchfield.
A right-royal rave up
The Linden Road RoYal WeDdInG StReEt PaRtY is being hosted by the One33 Soundsystem and friends, running between noon and 6pm and features a plethora of well known Island DJs. It’s a family friendly event with a Tea and Cake stall, Henna Tattoos, ‘Loadsa bunting’, workshops and stalls. Free to attend, with donations box.
From 3pm, Porchfield Village Hall will play host to A Right Royal Wedding Party, boasting games and races for all ages, food, bar, raffle, tombola, prince and princess crown competition, face painting, lucky dip, treasure hunt, bouncy castle, stalls, live music and more!
Over in Yarmouth, MayFest will be offering a tip o’ the hat to the Royal Celebrations when the event opens at 6pm. Expect an evening of live music featuring Island legends Dr Jones and the Blunt Instruments, before Mayfest kicks off in earnest at 11am on Saturday.
Theatrical performance
For the evening, The Arreton Community Theatre will be performing The Hollow Crown tonight at 7.30pm. Showing the frailties and foibles of our sovereigns from William the Conqueror to Queen Victoria, the theatre group invite you to wave a flag and join in a rousing chorus of ‘Rule Britannia’ at the end of the evening.
Of course there are plenty of other non-weddingrelated events taking place today on the Island. Check Events OnTheWight for full details.
Hospital patients given the royal treatment
Friends of St Mary’s Hospital will be dishing up a surprise for patients at the hospital today.
They’ll be visiting wards with a gaily decorated trolley handing out a slice of iced rich currant cake wrapped in red, blue or white tissue paper held together with a specially designed label showing the initials of the happy couple.
