BIOSPHERE FESTIVAL

29 & 30 June 2024

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What is the
Biosphere Festival?

A weekend for local businesses, organisations and communities to celebrate our UNESCO Biosphere Reserve status together, with events for everyone, all over the island!

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What's happening at the Biosphere Festival?

Over 50 free or low cost events for adults and children alike!

Two days of talks and workshops at our Quay Arts Biosphere Hub, fun and imagination at Wildheart Animal Sanctuary’s FOCAS Festival and a wide variety of community events all over the island.

The island community has come together to put on a wonderful variety of events across the Island celebrating our UNESCO Biosphere Reserve for the Biosphere Festival.

At the Biosphere Hub (Quay Arts Centre) there are talks, walks, workshops, and performances, all free. These include local folk songs, crafty upcycling, the Prehistoric Wight, Creaturama constructions, Doughnut Economics, a Newport nature walk, wildlife friendly gardening, energy equality and miniature printmaking.

Elsewhere there are walks, talks, workshops, nature activities, storytelling, art, music, films, fashion, craft, local traders, gardening and more.

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I Love Wight presents the Creative Biosphere Market. Crafts, demonstrations and hands on activities.
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Forever Wild at Heart invites families to free forest school adventure
Discover natural wonders on the new Biosphere Explorer Nature Trail at Brading Roman Villa
Discover the secret world of moths: identify moths at Carisbrooke primary
Join Lucia Para for an artistic coastal walk and sketching session
Discover how rewilding is shaping a wilder Wight at free open day with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
Giant of Chale: Become an Island Biosphere History Detective with this digital trail
Explore Northwood Park’s veteran oaks with Tree Warden Paul Taylor:
Sustainable Fashion by Holly Maslen, hosted at Jo Hummel’s Artist Studio:
Creative Drop-in Day and Consultation (under 25s) with Independent Arts and Artsworks
Discover the impact of talking to plants at Youth Trust’s Youth Hub, can they help your wellbeing
CycleWight’s Kidical Mass Ride returns to Ryde for family cycling fun
Celebrate with Monkton Arts: Street fair to showcase five years of supporting the biosphere
Network Ryde invites families to explore nature at allotment open morning
New Carnival present ‘Greener Futures’ a free, pop-up, drop-in carnival costume making workshop taking place in Ryde
Family-friendly nature activities at Branstone’s Biosphere Day
Join Planet Aware beach clean at Watershoot Bay
Discover the eco-benefits of solar farms
Esprit Freedivers underwater freediving safari
Earth Museum tours
Fun storywalk around Martinswood. Through mixed woodland and open fields, with plenty of stops for stories about things with legs.
Explore sustainable living at Permaculture Island’s Open Food Forest Garden Day
Discover Isle of Wight’s creative voices at The Figlet magazine launch
Marine Habitats with the University of Portsmouth and Wightlink at Western Gardens, Ryde
Creating habitats for wildlife in Riboleau Community Garden
Celebrate Munsley Bog’s wildlife with Godshill Matters with a community picnic, walks and singalong
Embrace mindfulness among nature in Brighstone forest
‘Blissing the Biosphere’: A morning of creativity and nature appreciation in Ryde
Platform One fashion exhibition, workshops and pop-up shop
1 min read Wight Swifts partners with local society for a unique birdwatching experience
A Witness to Change – St Mary’s tour with Richard Smout
Ventnor Arts Club to screen ‘Wilding’, a tale of rewilding and resilience

Proud to be partnering with the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary and their FOCAS festival on the same dates. FOCAS stands for “Focus on Conservation and Science” and aims to make science and conservation more accessible to all children, bringing both to life in a fun and imaginative way. On Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th June 2024 they will be giving exclusive access to the Sanctuary for just £2.50 per person! Find out more on their website.

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