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October 2026
Sun 11 Star Folk Club at the Star Coffee and Ale House, Ryde, from 12 noon Contact: 07799040416 ynappok66@yahoo.co.uk
Tue 13 Folk Night at the Dairyman’s Daughter, Arreton, 20.00. Singaround with some playalong tunes. PO30 3AA. Contact pub on 01983 539361
Tue 13 Folk Night at the Horse and Groom, Ningwood
Thur 15 Folk Club at the Traveller’s Joy , Northwood, PO31 8LS. 14.00. Contact richard.hughes@zetnet.co.uk
Fri 16 Ventnor Folk Club at the British Legion First Floor meeting room, 135 High Street Ventnor PO38 1LZ. 19.00 start: Contact tonyridley@aol.com
Sun 18 Quay Folk Club celebrates its 10th anniversary with a special guest night. From Suffolk -Honey and the Bear, with support from 2ndTA. 19.00 start, free entry, donations.
Tue 20 Folk Night at the Dairyman’s Daughter, Arreton, 20.00. Singaround with some playalong tunes. PO30 3AA. Contact pub on 01983 53936
Thur 22 Storyteller Jason Buck -Slaine: The Horned God, Quay Arts Centre 19.30. Tickets https://www.quayarts.org/event/slaine-the-horned-god/
Sat 24 Fairport Convention at Medina Theatre https://www.medinatheatre.co.uk/whats-on
Sat 24 Something About Mondays at Goddards Brewery 19.30
Tue 27 Sea Gels Shanty Band sing at RNLI Bembridge Public Lifeboat Launch, 18.15
Tue 27 Folk Night at the Dairyman’s Daughter, Arreton, 20.00. Singaround with some playalong tunes. PO30 3AA. Contact pub on 01983 539361
Thur 29 Lucid at Shanklin Theatre. 01983 868000 http://Shanklintheatre.com
Fri 30 Katie Grace Harris at Ventnor Arts Club, 20.00 Tickets £16.58 https://www.ventnorartsclub.com/?page_id=130&mc_id=1212
Sat 31 Halloween Bash at Craft 101, East Cowes with East Cowes Shanty, 19.00
November 2026
Tue 3 Folk Night at the Dairyman’s Daughter, Arreton, 20.00. Singaround with some playalong tunes. PO30 3AA. Contact pub on 01983 539361
Thur 5 Folk Club at the Traveller’s Joy , Northwood, PO31 8LS. 14.00. Contact richard.hughes@zetnet.co.uk
Sat 7 2nd Time Around at Craft 101, East Cowes, 19.00
Sun 8 Star Folk Club at the Star Coffee and Ale House, Ryde, from 12 noon Contact: 07799040416 ynappok66@yahoo.co.uk
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 Bay Folk Night at the Porter Club Lake, PO36 9LE. 19.00. folknightlake@gmail.com Floor singers welcome. Donation £2.00 (max.) for room hire.
Thur 12 Gigspanner Trio at Quay Arts Centre. 21.30https://www.quayarts.org/event/gigspanner-trio/
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 Folk Club at the Traveller’s Joy , Northwood, PO31 8LS. 14.00. Contact richard.hughes@zetnet.co.uk
Tue 24 Folk Night at the Dairyman’s Daughter, Arreton, 20.00. Singaround with some playalong tunes. PO30 3AA. Contact pub on 01983 539361
Sat 28 Sea Gels Shanty Band sing at the Fundraiser Fair, Godshill Scout Hut, May Close at 13.00. Fair is raising money for a defibrillator and sensory area.
Sun 29th Village Carols at the Star Coffee and Ale House in Ryde.
December 2026
Thur 3 Folk Club at the Traveller’s Joy , Northwood, PO31 8LS. 14.00. Contact richard.hughes@zetnet.co.uk
Fri 4 Sea Gels Shanty Band sing at Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival at 15.00. Venue tba.
Fri 4 & Sat 5 Sorrel Nation in concert, Ventnor Arts Club, 20.00. Tickets £16.58 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sorrel-nation-in-concert-tickets-1989291325906?aff=oddtdtcreator
Sat 12 Green Matthews present Gaudete https://www.quayarts.org/event/gaudette/
Thur 17 Folk Club at the Traveller’s Joy , Northwood, PO31 8LS. 14.00. Contact richard.hughes@zetnet.co.uk
March 2027
Sat 13 Boo Hewerdene The Garden of the Singing Trees, at Ventnor Arts Club 20.00-22-00 Tickets https://www.ventnorartsclub.com/?page_id=130&mc_id=1379
October 2027
Sat 16 Salt House at Quay Arts Centre https://www.quayarts.org/event/salt-house/
VENUES
Arreton Barns & The Dairyman’s Daughter PO30 3AA www.arretonbarns.co.uk
The Bargeman’s Rest, Newport, PO30 5BS www.bargemansrest.com
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.
