Here's your handy guide to live music, entertainment and other events on the Isle of Wight this week!

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What music and events are on the Isle of Wight this week?

  • Friday, September 16

Isle of Wight County Press:

Read: Isle of Wight Jazz Weekend means tunes until Sunday

  • 3.30pm David Newton & Euan Stevenson - Newport Methodist Church (ticketed)
  • 4pm Jim Thorn Trio - One Holyrood, Newport 
  • 6.30pm O'Higgins and Luft play Monk and Trane - Apollo Theatre, Newport 
  • 7.30pm Poppy Dee Trio - Cafe Isola, Newport (ticketed)
  • 8pm Sol, JC and Paul Jazz Trio - Bargeman’s Rest, Newport 
  • 8.45pm Liane Carroll Trio - Quay Arts, Newport (ticketed)

7.30pm Darts - Medina Theatre, Newport (ticketed)

7.30pm Memories of The Four Tops - Shanklin Theatre (ticketed)

8.30pm Mac - Sandown Conservative Club 


Saturday, September 17

Isle of Wight County Press:

Isle of Wight Jazz Weekend means tunes until Sunday

  • 1pm Karen Sharp Trio - Newport Methodist Church (ticketed)
  • 1.30pm Keith Newnham & Friends - Bargeman’s Rest, Newport
  • 3pm It's Trad Dad - Apollo Theatre, Newport (ticketed)
  • 4pm Sparkes at the Piano - One Holyrood, Newport 
  • 6.15pm Alan Barnes + Eleven - Apollo Theatre, Newport (ticketed)
  • 1pm The Alberts - Adgestone Vineyard 
  • 2pm Wight Ukers - Ventnor Park 4pm Sparkes at the Piano - One Holyrood, Newport 
  • 8.45pm Nigel Price Organ Quartet with Vasilis Xenopoulos - Newport Methodist Church (ticketed)

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7.30pm The Drifters - Medina Theatre, Newport (ticketed)

7.30pm Back to Bacharach - Shanklin Theatre (ticketed)

7.30pm Hipshaker - Strings Bar and Venue, Newport (ticketed)

8.30pm Spammy Oatis - Wheatsheaf Inn, Brading 

8.30pm Stage Fright - High Park Tavern, Ryde 

The Chesterfields - Blacksheep Bar, Ryde 

Isle of Wight County Press:

Sarah Stuart Art Exhibition - The Corner Room, Fort Victoria (11am - 4pm) (runs until Sep 18)


  • Sunday, September 18

Isle of Wight County Press:

Isle of Wight Jazz Weekend means tunes until Sunday

  • 11.30pm JC’s Panama Picnic Orchestra - Quay Arts, Newport (ticketed)
  • 1.30pm Nat Steele Portrait of MJQ - Apollo Theatre, Newport (ticketed)
  • 1.30pm Martin Dover Trio - Bargeman’s Rest, Newport 
  • 2pm Angelina Grimshaw duo - Cafe Isola, Newport 
  • 4pm Hexagonal - Quay Arts, Newport (ticketed)
  • 7pm Sara Dowling Quartet - Apollo Theatre, Newport (ticketed)

1pm Black Daniels - Adgestone Vineyard 

2pm The Hooleys - Ventnor Park (2pm)

3pm Shanklin Town Brass Band - Rylstone Bandstand, Shanklin 

6pm The Hillmans - Railway Inn, Ryde 


  • Wednesday, September 21

Isle of Wight County Press:

7pm Platform One - Strings Bar and Venue, Newport (ticketed)

8.30pm Open Mic Night - Railway Inn, Ryde 

Isle of Wight County Press:

1.30pm Tea Dance - The Trouville Hotel, Sandown 


  • Thursday, September 22

Isle of Wight County Press:

8pm JC and Angelina - The Spyglass Inn, Ventnor