Spotlight - Manx Radio

A new short film takes a unique twist on the legend of the Moddey Dhoo, NT Connections 26 comes to KA with workshop auditions this week and Rushen Silver Band play a special concert for a special lady

Dancing Queens at the latest Drag Brunch this weekend, an open day at IOM Art Society, young musicians are highlighted at the penultimate Ramsey Music Society concert and we hear from the BAIR Amy Howse as she nears the end of her term

We hear about successful Treisht projects for the Year of the Manx Language 2026, catch up on Arts Council funding, chat to two members of the Portico Quartet ahead of their first ever IOM gig and a peaty poem from the Bard!

H hears about this year's LitFest, Waves of Wonder and how Musical Chairs could be good for you!

A new Manx Bard is inaugurated, the accidental author is back with another creative writing competition and IOMAC creative industry workshops!

Rehearsals about to start for next year's IOM Choral Society big concert, a new book for Manx fiddlers, another big name at this year's Arts Council Lecture and teaching dance at KA

H hears about the Creative Isle of Man Trail Guide, the Island's first jazz and poetry evening and a new play written by and starring local actor Orry Wilson

Poetry for Palestine medical support, the festival of choirs 2025 plus who won the teeth and what's next at the Loom!

We hear from some of the cast of the stage show "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", sample some soul at the Loom gallery in Laxey and check out the pedal-driven sounds of musician Patrick Knight

In this week's edition, Howard hears about a special anniversary for an arts group in the north of the Island, it's your last chance to apply for funding for a project around the Year of the Manx Language in 2026, and there's more about a book looking at the history of Manx delicacies.

H hears about short film project highlighting the realities of cancer care, more on the Ramsey Music Society Summer series and the Promenade performance and get your tickets for a unique promenade performance of Midsummer Night's Dream

H hears about the Ramsey Music Society's summer programme of concerts, looks forward to Yn Chrunniaght, hears about the One World Centre's SDG poster competition and a reminder to get your bardic entries in!

H speaks to award-winning playwright Jenny Derbyshire, hears about the year of the Manx language, what's happening on the One World Centre stage this Tynwald Day and how a local artist is using her creative skills to highlight a chronic illness

LIttle Shop of Horrors comes to the Gaiety, a long-form gothic folk poem is turned into a short film and beer-soaked verse from the Bard!

H talks to recently retired Arts Development Manager at the Arts Council Jane Corkill, hears from current Bard Jordanne Kennaugh as she heads towards the end of her tenure in the role and an early preview of this year's Yn Chrunniaght

The search begins for a new bard - H talks to two former holders of the role, a musical Spelling Bee comes to Ballakermeen Studio Theatre and classical guitar at the next concert in the Ramsey Music Society's Summer Series

H hears about a show at the Gaiety featuring over 200 young local singers, chats to historian Andrew Scarffe about his new book on the Laxey Mines Railway

H looks forward to this year's Manannan Festival at the EAC, here's about a Pride Film Festival and more on a great new guide to some of the Island's hidden wonders.

H hears about a wonderful new book highlighting the Island's unknown wonders, calls in to see Momma Moon in her studio and hear about a forthcoming exhibition, and Xpoet Saiorshe Coyle-Carroll tells us about her journey into poetry

Drums, teeth and XPoetry - what more could you want!