12-17 AUGUST 2014: The Ventnor Fringe
The Isle of Wight’s take on the famous Edinburgh Fringe – an open access arts festival and a unique cultural hub, with events taking place across Ventnor.
Date: 12 August 2014 – 17 August 2014
Venues: around Ventnor
Contact address: The Ventnor Fringe Festival, PO Box 75, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, PO38 9BH
Website
The atmosphere in the town is amazing – there are diverse events happening everywhere (a band playing in the motorcycle shop, art giveaways, coffee workshops, poetry reading for children…). Plus attractions include a pop up champagne and cocktail bar on the front, complete with leopard print sofas.
Created by a team of ambitious teenagers in 2010, over 200 artists have already taken part in the Fringe, including Johnny Flynn, Marques Toliver, Dizraeli and the Small Gods, Vincent Moon, Gaspar Claus, Ragroof Theatre and many others.
The idea is to return Ventnor to its roots as a health spa and source of inspiration for a new generation of artists, as it was for the likes of Dickens, Swinburne and Tennyson.
The events are exciting, uplifting, surprising… and you really shouldn’t miss this.
Check out the official Ventnor Fringe video below, by Will Jackson…
Image courtesy of Ventnor Fringe