Isle of Wight music

This Sunday brings a rare opportunity to see World-class jazz at Quay Arts in Newport before the Nate Najar Trio head to jazz-mecca, Ronnie Scott's.

Tickets sell fast for the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra, so make sure that you grab yours for the opening concert in November before they sell out.

John Nash not only explains the mystery of musical notation carved into a bench in Ventnor, but treats us to a beautiful piece of classical guitar written by an Isle of Wight composer.

The fun starts on Friday and continues over the weekend. Family friendly before the 9pm watershed, with music, poetry and comedy throughout the weekend, raising money for British Heart Foundation.

Take a moment and cop a load of this 4K aerial drone video footage from above Bestival site over the weekend. It looks like a magical land!

These aerial photos and video were captured during peak entry time at Bestival 2016. They give you a real sense of scale.

The Tagore String Trio will be supporting Cancer Research UK this year with their annual recital at Northcourt. It should be a wonderful event if you can make it.

Here's another great secret about the services you can access via Isle of Wight Libraries. As well as the great DVD hire collection, you can also access almost 1.5m music tracks online free of charge.

Isle of Wight singer/songwriter, Doug Alldred launches new EP and music video ahead of autumn series of gigs.

Grab your tickets for this Sunday's event taking place at the picturesque East Dene in Bonchurch. World-class jazz singer, Aydenne Simone joins the Island's Unity Stompers for an afternoon of jazz and blues.

Ray Foulk, one of the organisers of the original Isle of Wight Festival will be opening a new exhibition about the Festival at Portsmouth Guildhall on 18th September. It coincides with the release of special edition memoirs about the early Festivals.