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Isle of Wight Garlic Festival 2012
Isle of Wight Garlic Festival - The 2012 Garlic Festival dates still to be announced.
The festival provides a great day out for islanders and visitors. It supports local businesses and food producers.
The Garlic Festival is a weekend to celebrate the Islanders' feat of selling garlic to the French! The event takes place at Newchurch (A3056 Newport - Sandown road) with over 250 stallholders selling such delights as garlic beer and garlic ice cream as well as a wealth of other locally produced delicacies. Further entertainment includes live music from local bands and displays from mountain bike daredevils. ambience, country fair and great garlic cuisine
Isle of Wight Jazz Festival 2012
Dates to be announced.
Coolest and Classiest Capital of Jazz in the Deep South of the UK, sublimely set by the southern seashores .
A. Travel Links
From only £8, you can travel to/from anywhere on the Island to London and vice versa!. It's that simple! If you log onto http://www.greyhounduk.com/, register your details, choose a journey between Portsmouth and London (in either direction), press
Use this link to plan your journey by rail. You can book a ticket direct to Shanklin with SouthWest Trains including the Wightlink FastCat crossing from Portsmouth Harbour. Trains from London Waterloo run every hour to Shanklin.
From Southampton, Red Funnel's 'Red Jet' service takes foot passengers to West Cowes in 22 minutes. Their car ferry service takes around 55 minutes to East Cowes.
Visit the Skyros website to find out more about holistic holidays in Greece, Thailand and Cuba and Cambodia this year
If you intend to travel by car, then use the AA's Route Planner to map your journey all the way to The Grange in Eastcliff Road
The Wightlink foot passenger 'FastCat' runs from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier in around 15 minutes. Wightlink car and passenger ferries run from Portsmouth to Fishbourne and take approximately 40 minutes.
b. Music & Festivals
The dates for Bestival, again at Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of Wight are 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th September 2011.
The Cure, Brian Wilson and Primal Scream are just a few of the acts to feature this year.
As well as the music, Bestival has the world’s biggest fancy dress party, the Bollywood cocktail bar, Laughter Clubs, a Farmers market, Kids area, Morris dancing, magical moments and more, as one of the most colourful events on the festival calendar.
2012 dates now announced. 22 - 24 June inclusive
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