Exciting news - Local artist Ellie Baker is running a six week course in acrylic landscape painting! Sessions will be on Tuesdays from 2pm to 5pm at Erin Arts Centre, starting 4th March.The emphasis of the course will be on imagination and experimentation. There will be lots of demonstrations and one-on-one time - it will be a small group so Ellie can help everyone develop their skills. Interesting materials (all included) will be used to [read more…]

Portrait of Mann - photographic portrait exhibition by Milen Stankov 11th March to 20th April 2025 Free entry to Erin Arts Centre gallery Open 10am to 4.30pm, Tuesday to Friday, plus during events A note from Milen Stankov, photographer: As photographer and artist living on the island, I noticed what a rich variety of people and cultures that small place has gathered. I love observing people, characters, what their life is like, their emotions and [read more…]

Racing For The Future – An Evening with James Levelle Thursday 3rd April 2025 - starting at 7.30pmThis event is sold out as of 25th March but please add your name to the waiting list online if you are interested in tickets. Join us for an engaging talk from James Levelle - explorer, environmentalist and filmmaker - as he recounts his exploits travelling from the UK to a climate change conference in Chile without using fossil fuel, [read more…]

Americana quartet The Jesse Janes are bringing their previously sold out live show celebrating the soundtrack from the 2000 movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? and other iconic bluegrass and blues classics to the Isle of Man for the first time.Expect to hear classic tunes made famous by the likes of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, EmmyLou Harris, Alison Kraus, Elvis, The Stanley Brothers, Roy Orbison, Jimmy Rodgers and Gillian Welch to name a few.The Jesse Janes are an Americana quartet made [read more…]

Drop into the gallery between 12pm and 4pm on Saturday 5th April to meet the photographer behind our current exhibition: Portraits of Mann by Milen Stankov.He'll be here with his vintage cameras and a selection of beautiful hand-made, black & white, large format contact prints to chat with visitors.

Please note - tickets for this event are now sold out. Please contact John Quirk from Rushen Heritage Trust on rushenht@gmail.com or call 464634 to be added to the waiting list. Adults £7 | RHT Friends £5 For the last in this season of talks. join us as James Frankllin from Culture Vannin takes us on a tour through some of the strange and mysterious happenings recorded in Port St Mary. Expect fairy vomit, furious ghosts, [read more…]

Adults £12 / Over 65s £10 / Under 18s £5 Thursday 10th, Friday 11th and Saturday 12th April 2025 Curtain up 7.30pm each night Such a Blessing by Liz  DobsonAfter 25 years of marriage Bert and Dora had lost all hope of having a family, until their prayers were answered when they became parents to Carol. Now an adult, Carol has been seriously ill in hospital but is recovering after treatment for her illness. Bert [read more…]

The next start date for the six week course in acrylic landscape painting with Ellie Baker is 15th April. Sessions are on Tuesdays from 2pm to 5pm at Erin Arts Centre.Each week has a different focus and areas such as texture, bold colour, mark making and composition are covered.The emphasis of the course is on imagination and experimentation. There are lots of demonstrations and one-on-one time - it is always a small group so Ellie [read more…]

Adults £8 / under 18s £2 Screenings at 2pm and 7.30pmWednesday 16th AprilThe final film in Chilean director Pablo Larraín’s triptych of portraits of influential, melancholy women, Maria stars a magnetic Angelina Jolie as temperamental soprano Maria Callas, seeing out her final days in Paris. Unable to gratify the public demand for her presence due to declining health, Callas mourns the loss of her younger self: the celebrated prima donna whose career broke records and whose [read more…]

Adults £8 / under 18s £2 Screenings at 2pm and 7.30pm Wednesday 16th April The final film in Chilean director Pablo Larraín’s triptych of portraits of influential, melancholy women, Maria stars a magnetic Angelina Jolie as temperamental soprano Maria Callas, seeing out her final days in Paris. Unable to gratify the public demand for her presence due to declining health, Callas mourns the loss of her younger self: the celebrated prima donna whose career broke records [read more…]

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Eleanor Church and crew member Rowan Henthorn. Tickets £10 (£2 for under 18s who are accompanied by a responsible adult). 14 Women. 3,000 Nautical Miles. X Trillion Pieces of PlasticWe are delighted to be able to bring you the IOM premiere of this incredible documentary, featuring Manx marine scientist Rowan Henthorn, following a pioneering, all-women expedition to the great Pacific garbage patch. X Trillion, the feature [read more…]

Adults £15 / Under 18 £2 Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her Met debut leading Mozart’s comic masterpiece. Bass-baritone Michael Sumuel stars as the clever valet Figaro, opposite soprano Olga Kulchynska as his betrothed, the wily maid Susanna. Baritone Joshua Hopkins stars as the skirt-chasing Count, soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife, and mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce as the adolescent page Cherubino.Seville, the setting of Le Nozze di Figaro and its prequel, The Barber of Seville, was [read more…]

Please note - this event is now sold out.The Isle of Man Arts Council is thrilled to announce that as part of its 60th Anniversary celebrations, it will be bringing The Untold Orchestra and their acclaimed Icons series to the island this May, delivering three unforgettable concerts celebrating musical legends. Known for their dynamic performances and innovative arrangements, the Manchester-based ensemble will perform in three local venues, each concert dedicated to a different musical icon.The series kicks off on Thursday 8th [read more…]

Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo has been called “today’s country blues at its very best” by Living Blues Magazine, who crowned Erin “one of the finest fingerpicking acoustic blues singers in the land”. The group showcases Erin’s exceptional vocals and mastery of finger-style blues guitar – which she does while also playing foot percussion & kazoo! Rounding out the pair’s full-band sound, Erin’s husband – Jim Countryman – provides the perfect counterpoint with grooving bass and backing vocals. This [read more…]