Featured Events in Douglas in May, 2025 (May Updated)

Join us for an unforgettable evening with England football legend Stuart Pearce at Woodbourne House. Hear firsthand stories from his incredible career, from his days as a fearless defender for Nottingham Forest to his unforgettable moments on the England team! This event is sponsored by Standard Bank. A brilliant night of stories from on and off the pitch, throughout his career Stuart has been a leader, nicknamed 'Physco' for his tackling abilities, Stuart played for Coventry City Nottingham Forest, Newcastle, Manchester City, West Ham and England, also managed Nottingham Forest, England U21, Manchester City, Great Britain and England. A true football icon, Stuart Pearce is coming to the Isle of Man for one night only, offering fans the chance to hear amazing stories from his extraordinary career. From his fearless days as Nottingham Forest’s captain to his time representing England on the international stage, this is your opportunity to get up close and personal with one of the game’s greats. There will be a chance to pose questions to the Stuart during the evening. The evening will include an evening of stories, a two-course Dinner, an Audience Q&A, Sports Memorabilia and Charity Raffle. Tickets: Members: £60.00 p/p exc VAT. Please contact the Club directly for your guaranteed seats/table. Non-Members: £66.00 p/p exc VAT, & exc Eventbrite booking fees. Non-Member tickets are subject to availability and are exclusively through Eventbrite, link on the event page. Dress Code: Casual including Football shirts. Seating on tables of ten. Information Source: The Sporting & Dining Club | eventbrite

IF A SHOW IS CANCELLED FOR ANY REASON, TICKETS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE REFUNDED. One of YouTube's most popular comics with over 225 million views and half a billion more on Facebook, Steve Hofstetter is also the host of Finding Babe Ruth on FS1. Hofstetter was the host and executive producer of Laughs (FOX) and he has been on CBS’ The Late Late Show, E! True Hollywood Story, Comics Unleashed, and more. He’s sold out shows in hundreds of cities and dozens of countries. Now is your chance to find out what the fuss is about during this no-holds-barred stand-up performance, featuring some of his unfiltered observations about life. Ages 19+ Information Source: Steve Hofstetter | eventbrite

Veterans and Families - Mountain biking is an adventurous sport that involves riding bicycles off-road on rugged trails, dirt paths, and mountainous terrain. It requires skill, endurance, and control as riders navigate obstacles like rocks, roots, and steep inclines. This short course to mountain biking will introduce you to the skills you need to get started. ** ONLY BOOK IF YOU ARE ABLE TO ATTEND ALL SESSIONS ** 12 YEARS+ AND YOU MUST HAVE A MOUNTAIN BIKE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER Information Source: Invictus Australia | eventbrite

About the BookAmidst cycles of heartbreak, trauma, and chronic pain,Love Prodigalfinds strength in the natural world, motherhood, desire, and new love. Fiercely self-aware and utterly present tense, Traci Brimhall's Love Prodigal lives in the messiness of starting over. As Brimhall grieves a divorce and a new diagnosis, cycles of loss, heartbreak, family trauma, and chronic illness appear. There is an urge to detach, to go numb. Yet, pain is always returned as a gift--the beautiful vulnerability of feeling. In conversation with Da Vinci, Shakespeare, and Bachelard, images of the phoenix appear throughout the collection; its metaphor promises an easy and endless cycle of rebirth--a forever life, forever alone. Brimhall rejects this idea, instead reaching for the slow, messy, and imperfect process of healing. When the body becomes a site the poet cannot live in or leave, she finds strength in the beauty of the natural world, in motherhood, in desire, in new love, in a thousand small pleasures that made her> want to live. Told through various forms--aubades, a prose crown of sonnets, an admissions essay--Love Prodigal says yes to second (and third and fourth) chances. The heart gets bigger every time it heals. About the AuthorTraci Brimhall is a professor of creative writing and narrative medicine at Kansas State University. She is the author of five collections of poetry, including Love Prodigal (Copper Canyon, 2024). Her poems have appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, The Nation, Orion, The New Republic, Poetry, The New York Times Magazine, and Best American Poetry. She’s received fellowships from National Endowment for the Arts, the National Parks Service, the Academy of American Poets, and Purdue Library’s Special Collections to study the lost poem drafts of Amelia Earhart. She’s the current poet laureate for the State of Kansas. Information Source: Watermark Books & Café | eventbrite

After criss-crossing the globe with the Rap Superstar 50 Cent over the course of the 'Final Lap Tour' in 2023/24, G-Unit Soldier 'Uncle Murda' makes his debut Canadian run with the 'Rap-Up Tour' starting on the WestCoast, rocking in our Province's Capital City courtesy of One love Records, Capital Wave & HoodStock! Catch 'Murda with Canadian Rap General Peter Jackson as the Toronto Rap Mogul makes his way back out west. This show kicks off the Tour so let's make sure it's a SELLOUT & we show New York how Vancouver does it! This show is being held at The Wicket Hall located at 919 Douglas Street, Victroia BC, doors at 8:30pm, show starts at 9:00pm sharp. The Victoria stop will also feature support from Island Kingpins Details & Mr. ESQ, Victoria's Secret, Zalea, Eclipse & JUST ADDED the VicCity Soldiers! This show is also brought to you by One love Records, Capital Wave, HoodStock Entertainment & JayWayz Productions, it will sell out. More dates to come from Canada's top Tour Provider ITA, so keep it locked for how to continue supporting One Love, Capital Wave & HoodStock so we can keep these shows coming! TICKETS ARE NON REFUNDABLE!!... Information Source: HoodStock Entertainment | eventbrite

About the BookFarieh. . .a brilliant student begins her sophomore year in college. The academic success so dazzling her first year proves uneven in the second, while violence and betrayal stalk her most intimate relationships. Extraordinary circumstances rarely move in a straight line; a comfortable path may lead to a place not comfortable at all. Does she stay with Steven? How does she fight for her community? Can she hold onto her truth when thousands of classmates clamor that she lay it down? Farieh must summon all of her gifts to sort through hard choices familiar to young people everywhere. About the AuthorBill Sampson received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Kansas before serving four years active duty as a Navy Judge Advocate. ​Returning to the Midwest, he enjoyed a successful career in the courtroom, achieving partnership at two prestigious law firms. He shared his skills in the classroom as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Kansas School of Law and a Seminar Instructor in the KU Honors Program. Bill retired from the legal profession in December of 2021. He lives in Lawrence with his wife, Dru. Their three children and seven grandchildren live in Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Moscow, Idaho. Farieh, his second novel, follows Wheat Fields, published in 2023. Information Source: Watermark Books & Café | eventbrite

About the BookIf you've ever been tempted to put a sign in your front yard advertising for new friends, scream or sob in frustration over a friend's hot and cold behavior, or cringe at the memory of awkward friendship encounters, you can trust Kristen Strong's decades of experience at regularly relocating and remaking friends to provide both solid hope and practical direction to try again to find the friends you need.In Desperate Woman Seeks Friends, Kristen Strong offers her two decades of experience as a regularly relocating military spouse and one decade as a settled civilian to address head on the crisis facing women today in startling numbers: an acute loneliness and isolation due to a lack of friends and community.Often, social media will give a band-aid for loneliness, but looking to social media to be your only source of friendship is like relying on breadcrumbs as a steady diet for dinner: it won't nourish or satisfy. Unless some of those online connections turn into real-life ones, they're no substitute for in-person friendships.Research shows friends are as important for our overall welfare as healthy eating habits and a good night's sleep, and Kristen gives you a game plan for getting your friendship groove back. Chapters include: Boundaries are our friends and our friends' friendsWhat you can expect will kill friendshipsI love my friend to pieces, but I don't love her views on ____________When a friendship ends without your say-soRejection sucks, but don't let it suck you downYour top-notch tool for building your friendshipsMaking friends by opening upYour Friend who never fails in friendshipsIt's not just you. Making friends is hard! But it's not impossible. Through tell-it-like-it-is talk and vulnerable stories, Kristen wants to help you be a good friend to others and to yourself through principles and practices that give life to your friendships. And she wants to show you that while friends may fail you, your Friend Jesus never will. You're meant to have lasting friendships that feed your heart and soul—you are not the exception. About the AuthorKristen Strong, is the author of Girl Meets Change and When Change Finds You, and the compiler of the 90-day devotional, Praying Through Loneliness. She writes as a friend walking alongside you in your lonely season to a more helpful, hopeful destination. She loves sharing laughs, long talks, and meaningful stories with family and friends while holding a cup of strong black tea. She and her US Air Force veteran husband, David, have three beloved adult children. Together this military family zigzagged across the country (and one ocean) several times before settling in Colorado Springs, Colorado. You can find her at kristenstrong.com, DaySpring’s (in)courage, and on Instagram @kristenstrong. About PattiePattie Reitz is a proud military chaplain’s wife and mother of two grown daughters. She loves reading, coffee, writing, and conversation with friends. She is currently teaching composition at Butler Community College. While Pattie has followed Kristen's writing for a dozen years and even published her guest post on a military wives' ministry blog years ago, it was Kristen who invited Pattie to contribute to her collection of devotionals Praying Through Loneliness which was published in November. This event will be the first time they have met in real life. Information Source: Watermark Books & Café | eventbrite