The Isle of Wight Festival will make its first lineup announcement next Monday (September 23). The announcement was made via ...

A SPECIAL television segment, filmed on the Isle of Wight, featured on BBC’s The One Show last month. In July, the County Press got a sneak peek at what was being filmed on our shores; an ...

In July, the County Press got a sneak peek at what was being filmed on our shores; an archaeological investigation at Afton Down, the Isle of Wight Festival’s former site. The project was filmed for ...

On August 26, 1970, the Isle of Wight Festival kicked off with one of its ... attendees convened on the grass-covered hills of Afton Down, near the village of Freshwater on the Isle of Wight.

The co-founder of the original Isle of Wight Festival, Ray Foulk, has said it “grieves” him that festivals now are not as political as they were in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Estimates claim attendance at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival to be around 600,000 ... before conflict started breaking out across the Afton Down grounds. In hindsight, some historians and ...

Read more: Briefing: Isle of Wight Festival “There were disturbances ... multitude that crossed the Solent to pitch camp on Afton Down. It was as if the world’s hippies recognised this ...

Its letter finishes by stating ExxonMobil’s Isle of Wight North to West route, leaving the Island at Afton Down, affects the ... History Of The Isle of Wight Festival At The O2 Experience ...

The legendary Rod Stewart brought the roof down through his performance ... spanning generations. The Isle of Wight Festival was held on the Isle of Wight in England in 1970. It was a historic music ...

Amy Winehouse initially refused the offer to duet with The Rolling Stones at the Isle of Wight Festival, concert promoter John Giddings has revealed. The late 'Back to Black' singer - who ...