Pack your island holiday with fun things to do
The Isle of Wight is one of the UK's most exciting destinations for festivals and events! There's a wide variety of year-round activities and events, including one of the UK's biggest and best known music festivals, the world's oldest sailing regatta, and a food festival dedicated to one of our most famous exports, garlic!
Sunrise Breakfast & Sunset Safari
Experience the sanctuary in a different light. Wildheart Animal Sanctuary invites you to the Sunrise Breakfast and the Sunset Safari this summer!
The Royal Yacht Britannia Exhibition
Sailing Through Royal History is a new pop-up exhibition, taking place 31 July - 29 August 2026, at the historic Commodores House, in Cowes, Isle of Wight.
St James Jigsaw Puzzle Festival
There are puzzles for everyone – from collectors’ items to children’s puzzles; from traditional country scenes to the latest 3D, double-side, murder mystery, crossword and impossipuzzles, not forgetting the wasgij and mirrored image. It has to be seen to be believed!
Legendary Joust at Carisbrooke Castle
Experience an exhilarating spectacle of speed and skill as four legendary knights compete in the grand medieval joust. See lances shatter, feel the thunder of hooves and hear the roar of the crowd as reputations are won and lost.
Isle of Wight Garlic Festival
The world-famous Isle of Wight Garlic Festival returns in August! A family friendly festival with a curious mixture of garlic, late-sixties pop festival ambiance and country fair, with masses of entertainment for children and adults.
E-Bee Wight Stars - Electric Dirt Bike Festival
Enjoy a week of action packed electric racing on e-dirt bikes at Smallbrook Stadium and Robin Hill Adventure Park. One of the first 'offshore' events of it's kind.
East Cowes Carnival
East Cowes will see the return of its much-loved carnival on Saturday 22 August. The revived carnival aims to put East Cowes back on the map with vibrant, homemade floats, dance troupes, and community participation.
Isle of Wight Scooter Rally
This August Bank Holiday, scores of scooterists will once again take over the Island in a spectacle like no other!
Needles and Knolls
Wight Orienteers celebrate 50 years with two days of orienteering races at the sites of the island’s two iconic lighthouses. Come and join us!