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March 2026
Fri 6 Steve Love at Monkton Arts Lounge Cafe 10.30-11.45 Steve will perform a set of gentler, prettier and less often performed, but still amusing, songs.
Fri 6 Cole Stacey at Ventnor Arts Club. Tickets http://ventnorartsclub.com
Fri 6 JC & Angelina at The Birdham Bembridge 19.00-21.00
Sat 7 RazorJake at Newport Minster lunchtime concert 12.30-13.30
Sat 7 Something about Mondays at King Harry’s Bar, Shanklin 21.00
Sat 7 The Brothers Gillespie at Medina Bookshop Cowes 19.00. Booking essential £15 http://medinabookshop.com
Sat 7 Feck! at The Blenheim, Ventnor 21.00-23.00
Sat 7 Barn Dance at Great Briddlesford Farm, Wootton Bridge PO33 4SA 18.30-21.30 £5.13 http://wildoakfarm.co.uk
Sun 8 Star Folk Club at the Star Coffee and Ale House, Ryde, from 12 noon Contact: 07799040416 ynappok66@yahoo.co.uk
Sun 8 JC and Angelina at the Steamer Inn, Shanklin 15.00-17.00
Tue 10 Downland Traditional Folk Club at the Horse and Groom, Ningwood. 19.30 Contact: Ruth 01983 761685 thepoetonline@gmail.com. Horse and Groom. Ningwood, PO30 4NW
Tue 10 Folk Night at the Dairyman’s Daughter, Arreton, 20.00. Singaround with some playalong tunes. PO30 3AA. Contact pub on 01983 539361
Thur 12 The Bay Folk Night at the Porter Club Lake, PO36 9LE. New time 19.00. Contact folknightlake@gmail.com Floor singers welcome. Donation £2.00 (max.) for room hire.
Fri 13 Feck! at The Castle, Newport 21.00-23.00
Sat 14 Feck! at the British Legion, Shanklin 20.30-23.00. Tickets £10. http://bradingromanvilla.byretail.net
Sat 14 JC & Angelina at The Portland Gurnard 19.30-21.30
Sun 15 Feck! at the Sportsman’s Rest Porchfield 13.00-15.00
Sun 15 JC & Angelina at Caffe Isola Newport 14.00-16.00
Sun 15 Quay Folk Club at Quay Arts Centre. Invited acts only. 19.00-21.30. Donations.
Tue 17 Feck! at The Veteran Ryde 18.00-21.00
Tue 17 The Crew at The Star Coffee and Ale House
Tue 17 Folk Night at the Dairyman’s Daughter, Arreton, 20.00. Singaround with some playalong tunes. PO30 3AA. Contact pub on 01983 539361
Thur 19 Sea Gels Shanty Band talk and shanty for Isle of Wight University for Free Time, Riverside Centre, Newport, 14.00. £4
Thur 19 Folk Club at the Traveller’s Joy , Northwood, PO31 8LS. 14.00. Contact richard.hughes@zetnet.co.uk
Sat 21 Feck! at the Corinthians Yacht Club 21.00-23.00
Sat 21 2nd Time Around at Alverstone Village Hall 21.00
Sun 22 See Monkton Arts poster above
Tue 24 Folk Night at the Dairyman’s Daughter, Arreton, 20.00. Singaround with some playalong tunes. PO30 3AA. Contact pub on 01983 539361
Wed 25 Steve Love’s World Tour of the Isle of Wight Show. £8 from http://www.monktonarts.co.uk
Thur 26 Blackbeard’s Tea Party at Strings, Newport 19.30 £17.60 Tickets
Sat 28 Greg Chapman’s Discovery of Witchcraft show at Bembridge Fort. Performances at 14.30 and 19.30
Sun 29 at The Steamer Inn Shanklin ‘Folklore Fiddle’ featuring JC and Kathy. 15.30-17.30
Tue 31 Folk Night at the Dairyman’s Daughter, Arreton, 20.00. Singaround with some playalong tunes. PO30 3AA. Contact pub on 01983 539361
April 2026
Thur 2 Folk Club at the Traveller’s Joy , Northwood, PO31 8LS. 14.00. Contact richard.hughes@zetnet.co.uk
Mon 6 Sea Gels Shanty Band at Godshill Family Fun Day at The Griffin. 14.00
Tue 7 Folk Night at the Dairyman’s Daughter, Arreton, 20.00. Singaround with some playalong tunes. PO30 3AA. Contact pub on 01983 539361
Thur 9 The Bay Folk Night at the Porter Club Lake, PO36 9LE. New time 19.00. Contact folknightlake@gmail.com Floor singers welcome. Donation £2.00 (max.) for room hire.
Sun 11 Star Folk Club at the Star Coffee and Ale House, Ryde, from 12 noon Contact: 07799040416 ynappok66@yahoo.co.uk
Tue 14 Folk Night at the Dairyman’s Daughter, Arreton, 20.00. Singaround with some playalong tunes. PO30 3AA. Contact pub on 01983 539361
Thur 16 Folk Club at the Traveller’s Joy , Northwood, PO31 8LS. 14.00. Contact richard.hughes@zetnet.co.uk
Fri 17 2nd Time Around at East Cowes Sailing Club 19.00
Sat 18 Sorrel Nation – with support from Brooke Law at Quay Arts Anthony Minghella Theatre 20.00. £16.75/£19.75 on door
Sun 19 Quay Folk Club at Quay Arts Centre. Guest Jim Causley. Invited acts only. 19.00-21.30. Donations.
Tue 21 Folk Night at the Dairyman’s Daughter, Arreton, 20.00. Singaround with some playalong tunes. PO30 3AA. Contact pub on 01983 539361
Fri 24 The Fureys – Farewell Tour at Shanklin Theatre http://shanklintheatre.com
Tue 28 Folk Night at the Dairyman’s Daughter, Arreton, 20.00. Singaround with some playalong tunes. PO30 3AA. Contact pub on 01983 539361
May 2026
Sat 2 Goddards Folk and Ale Festival Goddards Brewery Hale Common. 14.30-18.30 East Cowes Shanty 14.30-15.30 2nd Time Around 16.30-18.30
Sat 2 Barn Dance at Great Briddlesford Farm, Wootton Bridge PO33 4SA 18.30-21.30 £5.13 http://wildoakfarm.co.uk
Sat 9 Wolverton Folk and Blues, performers include 2nd Time Around
Sun 10 Edwina Hayes at Ventnor Arts Club 16.00-17.30 and 19.30-21.00. http://ventnorartsclub.com
Sun 17 2nd Time Around at Ventnor Park 14.00
Sun 17 Quay Folk Club at Quay Arts Centre. Invited acts include 2nd Time Around 19.00-21.30. Donations.
Tue 19 & Wed 20 The Unthanks at Quay Arts, Newport. 19.30. £30 https://tix.uk/en/quayarts/buyingflow/tickets/16199/
Fri 22 to Mon 25 Yarmouth Sea Songs and Shanties Festival
Wed 27 Shanties and Children’s Activities at Ventnor
June 2026
Sat 27 The Watch at Vernon Square Fete, Ryde
Thur 18-Sun 21 Isle of Wight Festival
July 2026
Sun 12 2nd Time Around at Cafe Isola Newport 14.00-16.00
August 2026
September 2026
Sun 6 2nd Time Around at Cafe Isola Newport 14.00-16.00
Sun 13 2nd Time Around at The Hideaway Shanklin 15.00-17.00
Sun 20 2nd Time Around at Ventnor Park 14.00
VENUES
Arreton Barns & The Dairyman’s Daughter PO30 3AA www.arretonbarns.co.uk
The Bargeman’s Rest, Newport, PO30 5BS www.bargemansrest.com
The Bugle, Brading, PO36 0DQ
CHOYD (Community Hall of Yarmouth and District), St James Street, Yarmouth, PO41 0NU
Medina Theatre, Newport, PO30 2EW www.medinatheatre.co.uk
Monkton Arts Centre, 11 East Street, Ryde, PO33 1JP. 07490 486356
Quay Arts Centre, Sea Street, Newport, P30 5BD www.quayarts.org
The Star Coffee and Ale House, 40 High Street, Ryde, PO33 2HT
Shanklin Theatre, Steephill Road, PO37 6AJ https://www.shanklintheatre.com
The Spyglass Inn, Esplanade, Ventnor, PO38 1JX www.thespyglass.com
Ventnor Arts Club 13 High Street, PO38 1RZ www.ventnorartsclub.com
Please let me know of any new events, changes etc. by email: folkonwight@aol.co.uk.
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