Ryde Main Carnival Ryde Carnival is the oldest in the UK, dating back to Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1887. Recently the carnival and taken the form of a three part event, spread out over a couple of weeks and
The Children’s Day! Ryde Carnival is the oldest in the UK, dating back to Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1887. Recently the carnival and taken the form of a three part event, spread out over a couple of weeks and
Parading with Shademakers In the run up to Ryde carnival 2022, Shademakers ran a series of workshops for The Waving the Flag Project. The renowned carnival company invited people of all ages to take part in creating costumes for the
The New Carnival Company are an integral part of Ryde Carnival and have been for many years. During the run-up to Carnival season, they run fantastic workshops for children and adults. These workshops involve the local community in creating the stunning costumes and props needed to take part in the carnivals.
The Isle of Wight Festival returned in September 2021 following a one year break. With 2020 being the year of strange global pandemics, the festival unsurprisingly cancelled and many of us wistfully looked forward to a time when things may start to resemble ‘normality’ again.
Ventnor Fringe Festival 2021 made a triumphant return following 2020’s lockdown-infused-hiatus. Entertaining all with a solid ensemble of theatre, spoken word, music, poetry and circus antics, the Fringe team lit up the town of Ventnor (our hometown) with gusto.
Keira and Sam were married in May 2021. They were unworried about the current Covid-19 restrictions as they had always planned a small, intimate wedding. The couple, as well as all of their family and friends, live in Worthing, but had chosen the Island for their wedding as it was where Sam had proposed.
Michael & Kaori were married during the ‘fifteen only’ phase of Covid weddings. They had their ceremony privately at the Isle of Wight registry office and celebrated with family at The Hambrough Hotel in Ventnor.
Tim and Amy always planned two weddings. A tiny registry office ceremony, with a huge party and humanist ceremony the next day. Therefore, when Covid-19 disrupted their plans for wedding two, wedding one was still a go!
Pam & Jon’s wedding took place under a the cloud of 2020’s Covid-19 restrictions. They had decided early on in the year that they wanted to go ahead with their nuptials regardless. Nevertheless the days preceding the wedding were on a knife edge, with the rules set to change again at any time. Fortunately, Pam & Jon’s wedding was able to go ahead with a maximum of 30 people in attendance.
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