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Islanders can this weekend enjoy a display of yachts, watercraft and foot and drink stalls at The Boat Show before grabbing some Portuguese food, then dancing the night away in the Royal Square to a popular house DJ from the 1990s...
Every weekend, Express presents a selection of exhibitions, performances, workshops, events and other historic, creative and delicious content to help islanders get their weekly dose of culture.
Here's this week's offering...
The Jersey Boat Show will be held across all three days of this bank holiday weekend at the St Helier Marina and Weighbridge.
Islanders can gather with loved ones, relax, and soak up the atmosphere at the largest free-entry public event in the Channel Islands.
They can see a display of yachts and watercraft in the marina, including a full-sized replica of a 17th-century Spanish galleon alongside stalls showcasing maritime gadgets and lifestyle products and services.
They can also visit an entertainment village at Weighbridge Place, featuring local music talent on the Solent Stevedores Main Stage.
There will be a variety of activities for children with a Robinson Crusoe theme in the Kids' Zone located at Marina Garden, and a wide selection of food and drink options at the catering village on New North Quay.
All Island Media, which brings together the Jersey Evening Post and Bailiwick Express, will host a stall with a family-friendly photo booth, activities and giveaways.
This year’s Barclays Jersey Boat Show will run from Saturday 4 to Monday 6 May,
Also marking the Liberation Bank holiday weekend is ‘Lib in the Square’, described by organisers as ‘the most unmissable event in Jersey this year’.
The Royal Square is to be cordoned off for the two-day music event, with headliners Headliners Gorgon City and Armand Van Helden and other DJs playing from the balcony of the United Club Building.
Three bars will be in operation for the event, including the Cock and Bottle, Sangria and the Event Main Bar, with food available on site as well.
Lib in the Square will take place on Saturday and Sunday between 5:30 and 11:30.
Or if you fancy an espadata or piri-piri chicken, washed down with sangria or Dão, and followed by a small Poncha da Madeira...Then Les Jardins de la Mer could be the place for you.
The annual Portuguese Spring Festival will give islanders a chance to feast on authentic Portuguese food outdoors and enjoy the culture of one of the most important nations to have influenced the island.
The festival, which will have performances from both local and visiting musicians, starts this evening nd will continue until the Bank Holiday Monday.
Each day, it will serve up a series of Portuguese songsters, while stallholders will line the park with everything from pasteles de nata (custard tarts) to espetadas (beef skewers) and bacalhau (cod). They will continue dishing out traditional treats until 22:30 each evening.
Thousands of islanders are expected to attend the festival, with people even travelling from Portugal and Madeira to join in with the celebration
In 2008, St. Helier officially twinned with the Madeiran capital, Funchal. Events like the food festival aim to draw both communities closer together.
Weekly live music event 'Splash Sundays' have returned to the Watersplash in St Ouen.
Featuring local DJs, the gig will take place on the bar's terrace every sunny Sunday until October.
The Harbour Gallery's latest exhibition, which opened last week, features photography and paintings focusing on underwater life and oceans by artist Simon 'The Frogman' Heron.
Describing himself as having had a camera “stuck to my face for most of my life”, Simon’s early subjects were surfing and the sea birds of Jersey, mostly taken with his dad’s old Voigtländer camera.
He said: “My parents, realising I’d never be a quantum physicist, encouraged my creative path studying fine art under the tutelage of Fredric Sands RI at De La Salle College.”
Simon subsequently won the Société Jersiaise’s Barreau Art Scholarship, and went on to study graphic design and illustration at Southampton Solent University.
Since then, his work has appeared nationally and internationally, from the Sunday Times to the National Geographic.
Simon's 'Sea + Sky' exhibition will be officially opened at 18:45 on Friday 26 April and continue until Sunday 19 May.
Or if food, boats and dancing are not on your agenda this weekend, then you can discover the hidden gems of Beauport's botanical world on Sunday morning.
Tina Hull, from the Société Jersiaise Botany Section, will guide walkers around Beauport, blending folklore with ecology on 5 May from 9:30 until 10:00.
The organisers said: "Walking with her, discover botanical secrets and learn about local plants in the beautiful bay of Beauport.
"You’ll deepen your bond with nature, as each plant's unique characteristics and its place within local folklore unfold, revealing the intertwined stories of the land."
For more information click HERE.
Islanders can visit an exhibition at the Arts Centre from Tuesday 7 May depicting watercolours and drawings created during WWII that provide an insight into everyday life in an internment camp.
Between 1942 and 1945, the Schloss in Bad Wurzach was used as an camp for those British nationals deported from Jersey.
As there were almost 200 children under the age of 18 interned, school materials, paper and paint were delivered through the ICRC and the YMCA’s prisoner of war aid organisation.
The exhibition was curated by Gisela Rothenhausler of the Bad Wurzach Partnerschaft Committee, and translated by Angela Francy, BEM.
For more information click HERE.
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