What's on this weekend
Dated listings from organisers across the Island — the bit most tourist guides cannot keep current.
Tomorrow
17 events
National Gallery masterpieces reproduced outdoors across Newport — free self-guided mile-long trail from 6 May–30 Oct 2026 (step-free route around town centre).
Dance to The Caulkheads at Gurnard Old School Meadow, with a hog roast, vegetarian food and a cash-only licensed bar.
Eighteen National Gallery reproductions turn Newport streets into a free, step-free one-mile art trail on Saturday 3 October.
Follow a free 1.5-mile trail from the Royal Yacht Squadron to the Beckford Centre, uncovering Cowes’s sailing history at your own pace.
A 17-stop audio trail uses archive material to reveal Ryde town centre and Esplanade, with a free self-guided route on 3 October.
The Great Nurdle Exhibition turns tiny plastic pellets and their harm to Island shorelines into close-up art at Quay Arts.
Ryde Art Collective fills Quay Arts’ West Gallery with work by Island artists from 26 September to 8 November.
Souls of Bonchurch links village lives, old buildings and wooded south Wight paths on a two-hour walk from St Boniface Old Church.
Bembridge Fort anchors a two-hour archaeology walk across Culver Down’s exposed east Wight landscape on Saturday 3 October.
Spend an hour exploring Quarr Abbey and its surroundings on Saturday morning, with advance booking and donations welcomed.
Bob Seely leads a three-mile Mottistone walk through the landscape shared by General Jack Seely and the war horse Warrior.
Bring apples or pears to Grow Gurnard’s community Apple Day, with juicing, apple treats and a donation to the garden fence fund.
A free afternoon of kite flying, outdoor games, a scavenger hunt and stalls at Brading Roman Villa.
Browse maternity and children’s preloved items at Binstead Community Centre, with seller tables available for £7.
Quarr Abbey’s afternoon walk offers a one-hour guided look at the abbey and surrounding landscape on Saturday 3 October.
Dash in the Dark sends adults and children around a marked Robin Hill route as daylight fades on Saturday 3 October.
Mozart’s Così fan tutte reaches Ventnor Arts Club in a four-hour Metropolitan Opera screening with a Coney Island-inspired production and interval.
Sunday 4 October 2026
12 events
National Gallery masterpieces reproduced outdoors across Newport — free self-guided mile-long trail from 6 May–30 Oct 2026 (step-free route around town centre).
Take a Sunday art walk through Newport, following 18 life-size National Gallery reproductions from the High Street to the harbour.
Spend Sunday following Cowes’s sailing story on a free 1.5-mile trail between the Royal Yacht Squadron and Beckford Centre.
Explore 17 pieces of Ryde history by audio on Sunday 4 October, choosing a complete town-and-Esplanade circuit or individual stops.
The Great Nurdle Exhibition turns tiny plastic pellets and their harm to Island shorelines into close-up art at Quay Arts.
Ryde Art Collective fills Quay Arts’ West Gallery with work by Island artists from 26 September to 8 November.
Walk 3.5 miles from Naturezones through Merstone’s railway, farming and reservoir landscape on Sunday 4 October, with donations welcomed.
Walk from the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary towards Godshill during a two-and-a-half-hour festival outing on Sunday 4 October.
A family open day at Isle of Wight Rare Breeds in Alverstone, with farm animals, tractor rides, a trail and children’s activities at Oaklea Dairy.
Learn to identify trees in Appley’s green spaces during a free two-hour beginner-friendly walk on Sunday 4 October.
Explore the Stoats Farm and Tennyson landscape near Mottistone on a 90-minute west Wight walk with a suggested £10 donation.
A two-hour walk outside Osborne explores the people who entered Queen Victoria’s circle on the Isle of Wight on 4 October.
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