Mooinjer Veggey is proud to announce Through Quirk’s Eyes, a landmark exhibition at the Erin Arts Centre featuring 18 celebrated Manx artists. Each artist has been invited to curate a unique piece inspired by the perspective and imagination of the late William Thomas Quirk — poet, teacher, and cultural figure. Artists contributing include: Sally Black, Darren Jackson, Steph Quayle, Helen Faragher, Clare Payne, Juan Moore, Katie Summerville, Kim Tashagh, Ongky Wijana, Stedhead, Graham Hall, Andrew [read more…]

Adults £8 / under 18s £2 Get yourself a ringside seat for the concluding episode of stately home shenanigans with the Granthams and friends! It's the summer of 1930, Lady Mary's divorce is sending ripples through London's high society and the cost of maintaining Downton has driven the family's finances to breaking point. Even without Maggie Smith's late, lamented Dowager Countess, there's still plenty fun to be had in this enduringly daft but completely watchable [read more…]

Free Admission - 11am start - Please book your place to give us an idea of numbers For the first Piano Series of the new year, we are thrilled to welcome Lithuanian star Milda Daunoraite. In this free masterclass, Milda will be playing excerpts from and discussing her programme for the evening recital, which will include works by Schubert, Beethoven and Ravel. These informal sessions allow a fascinating look inside the mind and technique of [read more…]

Admission £15 / Under 18 £2  For the first Piano Series of the new year, we are thrilled to welcome Lithuanian star, Milda Daunoraite to our stage. Milda began playing the piano aged six, under the guidance of Irena Meldaikienė. At eight years old, she became a scholar of the SOS Talents Foundation, marking the start of her European performances. She is currently studying with Tessa Nicholson at the Royal Academy of Music, where she [read more…]

Adults £8 / Under 18 £2 Friday Film Club starts the year with another exciting collaboration, teaming up with SofA to bring you 'the architecture cult movie'. Seen as one of the significant architectural thinkers and urbanists of his generation, Rem Koolhaas creates architecture that utilises the best of modern technology and materials to address the needs of a particular site and client. Ila Beka and Louise Lemoine's fascinating film opens the doors to one [read more…]

UPDATE: Unfortunately Mooinjer Veggey have let us know that this event has been postponed so the gallery will not be open on Saturday 24th Jan. The Weekend View Saturday 24th January 12-4pm Erin Arts Centre - free entry Drop into the gallery at Erin Arts Centre on Saturday 24th to see our current exhibition Through Quirk's Eyes, curated by the Manx language charity Mooinjey Veggey. Each piece of work is from a Manx artist and [read more…]

Paint with Ellie Baker 6 week course for £240 Tuesdays 7-9pm, from 27th January Book via [email protected] or message Ellie via @elliebakerart on Instagram

The competition will take place on Saturday 31st January and Sunday 1st February 2026 and sees the introduction of a new Intermediate class, alongside the existing Junior and Senior classes. The classes will now be organised by school year rather than age and we hope that these amendments will add focus to the competition and facilitate management of the event. A new trophy and equivalent prize money will be awarded in the Intermediate class. More [read more…]

Adults £7 | RHT Friends £5  The third in Rushen Heritage Trust's season of talks takes a fresh look at one of the Island’s most dramatic stretches of coastline. Adam Horne takes us on a west coast voyage from Peel down to Fleshwick, sweeping into Port Erin Bay, and onward through yn Cheyllys Vooar – the great Sound between Kitterland and the Calf. For most of us, seeing the land from the water offers a [read more…]

Join the EAC Book Circle on the first Wednesday of each month (except August) from 2pm to discuss the chosen book over tea & coffee. £2 minimum donation and newcomers welcome! Wednesday 4th February - from 2pm My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor Based on real events, this novel follows an Irish priest smuggling allied troops and Jews out of Italy in 1943. Suspenseful and beautifully written, My Father's House tells an unforgettable story of [read more…]

Tunesmiths in collaboration with Ballagroove Recording Studio recording studio presents… “Songwriter’s selections - Open Mic night” at Harry’s bar, Erin Arts Centre Friday 6th February @ 7pm. This is Tunesmiths first addition to the 2026 musical calendar. We would love to invite artists of all abilities to come and play their music to a great crowd in a lovely setting at Harry’s bar, Erin Arts Centre. The musical epicentre of Port Erin and the south! [read more…]

Adults £8 / Under 18 £2 I Swear, is a compassionate, clear-eyed portrait of the life of Tourette's activist John Davidson. It's 1983 in Galashiels, Scotland, John is a happy, popular boy, the star goalkeeper at his school and crazy about chips. When involuntary tics start to creep into his voice and mannerisms, his life changes dramatically. Dismissed by his parents and ostracised and ridiculed by his friends, John's life begins to spiral until he [read more…]

A note from the organisers: We’re thrilled to announce that Robert Vincent, joined by the wonderful Anna Corcoran, will perform live on the Isle of Man for two special nights of music: Erin Arts Centre – Friday 13 February 2026 Peel Centenary Centre – Saturday 14 February 2026 Fresh from the success of his critically acclaimed album ‘Barriers’ – which spent weeks in the Country Music Charts and reached the Top 10 of both the [read more…]

Adults £5  Afternoon Classics is a series of matinees brought to you in association with Southern Befrienders. Come and enjoy a classic movie, followed by free tea & biscuits and the opportunity for a friendly chat.  Filmed during WW2, Brief Encounter is a 1945 masterpiece of romantic cinema, directed by David Lean and based on a play by Noel Coward. Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson) and Dr. Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard) spend each Thursday in Milford [read more…]

Under 18s £2 / Adults £8 This  half-term, we're revisiting one of the all-time Pixar classics. In a world behind our closet doors, lies a city where monsters reign supreme. The utility company Monsters Inc, specializes in powering their world with the screams of human children. A team of scarers led by lovable Sulley and his wisecracking best friend Mike, work long and hard to ensure a constant supply of this frightening fuel. However, their [read more…]

Adults £8 / Under 18 £2 Friday Film Club opens the doors to Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, one of the most original and exhilarating films of 2025. Set in 1932, what appears to be a social drama soon becomes something much darker.  Identical twins Smoke and Stack return to their hometown  of Clarksdale, Mississippi after spending time in Chicago, Illinois. They have amassed a considerable sum of money working for the mob there and make a [read more…]

2pm to 5pm Saturday 21st February 2026 Erin Arts Centre £3 entry - all ages welcome, children must be accompanied by a responsible adult  Come and get creative with fantastic local artist Kate Summerville, who will be giving a free, all ages workshop at EAC as part of this year's Window Wanderland event.  Originally created in Bristol in 2015, Window Wanderland is a much-loved community arts project that encourages residents to turn their windows and [read more…]

Nigel Clark, the frontman of legendary indie band Dodgy, and upcoming UK singer-songwriter Tom Bright, return to the Erin Arts Centre on Saturday 28 February 2026. Dodgy are best known for their hits ‘Staying Out for the Summer’, ‘If You’re Thinking of Me’ and ‘Good Enough’ which reached No.4 on the UK Singles Chart. Their albums ‘Homegrown’ released in 1994 and ‘Free Peace Sweet’ (1996) achieved Gold and Platinum sales respectively, and have just released [read more…]

Join the EAC Book Circle on the first Wednesday of each month (except August) from 2pm to discuss the chosen book over tea & coffee. £2 minimum donation and newcomers welcome! Wednesday 4th March - from 2pm Educated by Tara Westover Tara Westover's journey from an isolated survivalist Mormon upbringing in Idaho to stepping into a classroom at 17 and earning a PhD from Cambridge. Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It [read more…]

Tickets £15 / Under 18s £2  Shakespeare’s OTHELLO rages to life like never before in a ‘compelling’ (★★★★ Telegraph) new production starring David Harewood OBE (Homeland, Best of Enemies), Toby Jones OBE (Mr Bates vs the Post Office, Detectorists), Caitlin FitzGerald (Succession, Masters of Sex), Vinette Robinson (Boiling Point) and Luke Treadaway (A Street Cat Named Bob).  Directed by Tony Award-winner Tom Morris OBE (War Horse, Dr Semmelweis, The Grinning Man) with music by PJ [read more…]

Tickets:Adult £12Over 65s £10Under 18s £5 Legion Players and Rushen Players present an evening of theatre raising funds for the benefit of Alzheimer’s Society (IOM) Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet by Alan Bennett Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet paints an intimate portrait of one woman and the forces that shape her life. We are deeply moved by Bennett’s compassionate display of human frailty in the person of an ordinary, middle-aged Englishwoman who speaks as though chatting with [read more…]

Update 23/1/25: We have some sad news regarding Martin Carthy's scheduled appearance at Erin Arts Centre.  ABM and the Carthy family had hoped that the planned 2026 tour and festival dates with Martin Carthy, alongside his daughter Eliza, would offer a graceful and dignified exit from touring for him: one in which he could celebrate his amazing legacy and leave audiences with fond memories. Sadly, Martin's health has rapidly declined in the last few weeks. [read more…]