Author: Jon Griffiths

There are still some tickets left for Friends of Manx National Heritage’s fund-raising event here this Thursday (16th). Charles Guard will be giving an illustrated talk entitled ‘Filming in the Isle of Man.’ Get them while you can! For tickets email [email protected] or phone 824137 

We have two excellent films coming up for all the cinema lovers out there!On Sunday 5th @ 2pm, as our weekend art feature, we’re showing Mike Leigh’s ‘Mr Turner,’ starring Timothy Spall, with Dorothy Atkinson, Paul Jesson, Marion Bailey, Lesley Manville, and Martin Savage. It premiered in competition for the Palme d’Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where Spall won the award for Best Actor and Dick Pope received a special jury prize for the film’s cinematography.The film was critically acclaimed and received four nominations each at the 87th [read more…]

We are very excited to announce the inaugural Port Erin Jazz Festival (October 8th– 9th) 2021 This event is being staged across 3 venues – The Erin Arts Centre, The Bay Hotel and The Falcon’s Nest Hotel and features a mixture of international jazz stars and home-grown talent. This year’s event has a strong connection with the city of Leeds and our main sponsor is Celton Manx. This is how it lines up: FRIDAY 8TH OCTOBER [read more…]

‘The Long Weekend,’ is a 4-day celebration of the vibrant Manx arts scene, featuring artists from all over the IOM: Thursday 29th July 730PM £10Biskee Brisht and Clash Vooar (Manx Folk/Pop) Friday 30th July 730PM £5‘Penny Productions’ with Jackie Morrey-Grace‘The Magpie’s Muse & other thieves’(performance poetry and storytelling) Saturday 31st July 730PM £10EAC Jazz club Presents: Red Hot Whiskey Swing & Blue Vannin Sunday 1st August11am £5 Pippa Lovell – ‘Port Erin is my Larder’(talk, [read more…]