Big Splash 2024 Programme

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Saturday | Dydd Sadwrn 20 Splashtonbury at The Riverfront 11.00 – 17.00

Double-Decker Craft Adventure

Newport Bus

11.00 – 17.00

Nature Based Activities for Your Little Ones

The Garden

11.00 – 17.00

Family Fun for your Little’un with Flying Start

Upstairs Bar

11.00 – 17.00

Tony Balloonman

The Garden and Foyer

11.00 – 17.00

Circus of Positivity

Dance Studio

11.00 – 17.00

Krystal Lowe presents The Bench

The Riverfront Entrance

11.00 – 17.00

Carl Bevan Exhibition

Art Gallery

11:00 – 17:00

Bards on the Bus by Newport Transport

Newport Bus

11:00 – 11:15

Ballet Cymru presents Daydreams & Jellybeans

The Riverfront Entrance

11:00 – 11:40

Big Splash’s Tiny Circus

Foyer 

11:30 – 11:55

The Zoo Keepers

Art Gallery

13:00 – 13:20

Magic Rob

The Garden

13:00 – 13:25

The Zoo Keepers

Art Gallery

13:30 – 14:15

Caribbean Zumba Dance Drop-In

Dance Studio

13:35 - 13:50

Ballet Cymru presents Daydreams & Jellybeans

The Riverfront Entrance

14:00 – 14:20

Magic Rob

The Garden

14:45 – 15:10

The Zoo Keepers

Art Gallery

15:00 – 15:20

Magic Rob

The Garden

15:25 – 15:40

Ballet Cymru presents Daydreams & Jellybeans

The Riverfront Entrance

15:50 – 16:20

Big Splash’s Tiny Circus

Foyer 

16:00 – 16:20

Magic Rob

The Garden

16:10 – 16:35

The Zoo Keepers

Art Gallery Operasonics Presents...

11:00 – 11:30

Llanwern H.S performance (GMSS)

The Dock

11:45 – 12:15

Maindee School Choir

The Dock

12:30 – 13:00

Wrenna

The Dock

14:00 – 14:30

Bryony Sier

The Dock

15:30 – 16:00

Matt Read

The Dock

15:45 – 16:15

Chelsea Robinson

The Dock

16:15 – 16:45

Kat Rees

The Dock Usk Plaza

11:00 – 17:00

Xtreme Gamerz Van

Usk Plaza

11:35 – 11:50

Delicious D

Usk Plaza

12:00 – 12:30

Dan the Hat

Usk Plaza

13:00 – 13:30

Juma

Usk Plaza

13:40 – 14:05

Kitsch N Sync: Psuedo Synchro

Usk Plaza

Usk Plaza 14:10 – 14:30

Defying Gravity Academy – Hip Hop

Usk Plaza

14:30 – 14:45

Millie Bushell

Usk Plaza

15:00 – 15:30

Dan the Hat

Usk Plaza

15:30 – 16:00

Nomah Dance Workshop

Usk Plaza

16:00 – 16:30

Juma

Usk Plaza

16:30 – 17:00

Circus & Other Time Wasters

Usk Plaza

John Frost Square 11:00 – 17:00

Cardiff & Newport Face Painters

Information Station

11:00 – 11:30

Defying Gravity Academy – Cheer Squad

John Frost Square

11:35 – 12:00

Kitsch N Sync: Psuedo Synchro

John Frost Square

12:10 – 12:40

Prince Amir & Nazreddin

John Frost Square

12:25 – 13:20

Red Carpet Photo Booth

Information Station

12:30 – 13:00

Kevin Tickles Dogs

John Frost Square

13:45 – 14:15

Prince Amir & Nazreddin

John Frost Square

14:20 – 15:05

Red Carpet Photo Booth

Information Station

14:30 – 15:00

No Time To Waste

John Frost Square

15.05 – 15.35

Webster & Jones: Guided Tours

Information Station 

15:30 – 15:55

Kevin Tickles Dogs

John Frost Square

16:05 – 16:35

Prince Amir & Nazreddin

John Frost Square

16:15 – 17:00

Red Carpet Photo Booth

Information Station

10:00 – 17:00

Arty Activities

Gallery 57

10:30 – 11:30

Welsh Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends with Claire Fayer

Waterstones

11:00 – 13:00

‘Story Moments’ & ‘Mud Monster of the Usk River’

The Place 

11:00 – 17:00

Kids Create Clwb

The Place

11:35 – 12:10

BOMBA! AIRWAYS

The Place

12:00 – 13:00

The Beast and the Bethany: Writing with Beasts

Waterstones

12:20 – 12:40

No Time To Waste

The Place

13:00 – 16:00

‘Hungry Vikings’ & ‘Gull Real Estate’

The Place 

13:10 – 1 3:40

Pirate Academy

The Place 

13:30 – 14:15

You are a MIRACLE. Poetry workshop with Connor Allen

Waterstones

13:35 – 14:05

Circus & Other Time Wasters

The Place

13:55 – 14:25

Cracking Cruises

The Place 

14:10 – 14:40

Dave’s Cone Show

The Place

14:30 – 15:30

One Goose, Two Moose storytime and drawing with Kael Tudor.

Waterstones

15:35 – 16:00

Kitsch N Sync: Psuedo Synchro

The Place

16:00 – 16:30

Creative Writing with P.G. Bell

Waterstones

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Celebrate Stage 11:00 – 17:00

Fun with Pixel Free Games

Big Splash Boulevard

11:00 – 17:00

Momemtwm Bike Valet

Big Splash Boulevard

11:00 – 11:30

Pirate Academy

Big Splash Boulevard 

11:00 – 11:15

The Peoples Choir

Celebrate Stage

11:20 – 11:30

NuWave Dance

Celebrate Stage

11:30 – 12:00

Cracking Cruises

Big Splash Boulevard 

11:40 – 12:10

Take A Breath Choir

Celebrate Stage

11:45 – 12:15

Webster & Jones: Guided Tours

Momemtwm Bike Valet 

12:10 – 12:40

Beach Patrol

Big Splash Boulevard 

12:15 – 13:15

Apple Tree Theory

Celebrate Stage

12:30 – 13:10

Big Splash’s Tiny Circus

Big Splash Boulevard 

13:20 – 13:35

Reggae & Riddim Presents - Nadia Darbi

Celebrate Stage

13:45 – 14:30

Ina Khan

Celebrate Stage

14:40 – 15:10

Pirate Academy

Big Splash Boulevard 

14:45 – 15:15

Reggae & Riddim Presents - R and R Dancers and DJ Primo

Celebrate Stage

15:15 – 15:50

BOMBA! AIRWAYS

Big Splash Boulevard

15:20 – 15:40

MK Dancers

Celebrate Stage

15:40 – 16:05

This Is Real

Celebrate Stage

16:05 – 16:35

Beach Patrol

Big Splash Boulevard 

16:10 – 16:30

Reality Theatre Musical Mashup

Celebrate Stage

16:30 – 16:40

Lakeisha

Celebrate Stage

16:30 – 17:00

Cracking Cruises

Big Splash Boulevard 

16:40 – 17:00

Cwmbran Deaf Choir

Celebrate Stage

17:05 – 17:35

Rock Choir of Monmouth, Chepstow, Abergavenny and Newport

Celebrate Stage

Silent Disco Keep a look out for our Silent Disco pop ups and get your dancing feet ready!

Cadwch lygad allan am ein pop Disco Tawel a pharatowch eich traed dawnsio!

The Pedal Emporium Pedal-powered fun awaits with quacky duck races and bubble machines on Big Splash Boulevard.

Mae hwyl sy’n cael ei bweru gan pedal yn aros gyda rasys hwyaid caciog a pheiriannau swigen ar Big Splash Boulevard.

Sunday | Dydd Sul 21 Splashtonbury at The Riverfront 11:30 – 16:30

Double-Decker Craft Adventure

Newport Bus

11:30 – 16:30

Tony Balloonman

The Garden and Foyer

11.30 – 16:30

Krystal Lowe presents The Bench

The Riverfront Entrance

11:30 – 16:30

Nature based activities for your little ones

The Garden

11:30 – 16:30

Sparkle Troup Hoola Hoop Fun

Dance Studio and Foyer

11:30 – 16:30

Family Fun for your Little’un with Flying Start

Upstairs Bar

11:30 – 16:30

Bards on the Bus by Newport Transport

Newport Bus

11:30 – 13:00

Storys and Chats with Julie, Newport Libraries

The Garden

11:45 – 12:20

Big Splash’s Tiny Circus

Foyer 

12:00 – 12:30

The Zoo Keepers

Art Gallery

12:30 – 13:30

HMS Stormys

The Riverfront Entrance

12:30 – 13:00

PeaPea la Plume

River Walkway 

13:05 – 13:35

Pirate Academy

The Garden

13:30 – 14:00

The Zoo Keepers

Art Gallery

14:00 – 14:30

Capoeira for Kids

Dance Studio

14:35 – 15:05

Pirate Academy

Starts in the Foyer

14:45 – 15:15

Capoeira for Adults

Dance Studio

14:45 – 15:15

The Zoo Keepers

The Riverfront

15:00 – 16:00

HMS Stormys

16:00 – 16:30

The Zoo Keepers

Art Gallery

16:00 – 16:30

Cracking Cruises

Foyer 

Touch Tour from 14:45

The Riverfront Entrance

Operasonics Presents...

11:00 – 11:30

GMSS workshop and performances

The Dock

12:45 – 13:15

The Honest Poet

The Dock

13:30 – 14:00

Tobias Robertson

The Dock

14:00 – 14:30

Meg Uppington

The Dock

14:30 – 15:00

Chelsea Robinson

The Dock

14:45 – 15:15

Lakeisha Cross

The Dock

15:00 – 15:30

Gloria

The Dock

15:45 – 16:15

Kat Rees

The Dock

Sunday | Dydd Sul 21 Usk Plaza 11:30 – 16:30

Xtreme Gamerz Van

Usk Plaza

11:55 – 12:25

Dan the Hat

Usk Plaza

12:30 – 13:00

Circus & Other Time Wasters

Usk Plaza

13:30 – 14:00

Goldie Vegas Street Show

Usk Plaza

14:05 – 14:35

Dan the Hat

Usk Plaza

14:40 – 15:10

Kitsch N Sync: Calamity Dames

Usk Plaza

15:20 – 15:50

Circus & Other Time Wasters

Usk Plaza

15:30 – 16:00

PeaPea la Plume

Usk Plaza 

16:00 – 16:30

Goldie Vegas Street Show

Usk Plaza

John Frost Square 11:30 – 16:30

Cardiff & Newport Face Painters

Information Station

11:30 – 12:00

Defying Gravity Academy – Cheer Squad

John Frost Square

11:30 – 12:00

Pirate Academy

John Frost Square 

11:30 – 12:15

Red Carpet Photo Booth

Information Station

12:00 – 12:30

Borneo Again

John Frost Square

12:10 – 12:40

Cracking Cruises

John Frost Square 

13:00 – 13:25

Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band

John Frost Square

13:40 – 14:10

Borneo Again

John Frost Square

13:50 – 14:20

Red Carpet Photo Booth

Information Station

14:00 – 14:30

PeaPea la Plume

John Frost Square 

14:35 – 15:00

Dave’s Cone Show

John Frost Square

15:05 – 15:35

Borneo Again

John Frost Square

15:40 – 16:00

Defying Gravity Academy – Hip Hop

John Frost Square

15:45 – 16:30

Red Carpet Photo Booth

Information Station

Newport Now Zone 11:00 – 16:00

Arty Activities

Gallery 57

11:00 – 12:00

Storytime and crafts with Leonie

Waterstones

13:00 – 14:00

Digging for Victory: the joy of poetry workshop with Cathy Faulkner

Waterstones

13:30 – 14:00

Phileas Fogg: Day 79

Commercial Street 

14:00 – 15:00

Cowgirls and Dinosaurs:

14:10 – 14:35

Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band

Writing and illustrating comic books with Lucie Ebrey

Waterstones Commercial Street 

Celebrate Stage 11:30 – 16:30

Fun with Pixel Free Games

Big Splash Boulevard

11:30 – 16:30

Momemtwm Bike Valet

Big Splash Boulevard

11:00 – 11:05

CoCo Dance

Celebrate Stage

11:05 – 11:30

Zumba Kids (Musicals and Movies)

Celebrate Stage

11:35 – 11:50

SL Academy

Celebrate Stage

12:00 – 12:30

Phileas Fogg: Day 79

Big Splash Boulevard 

12:00 – 12:25

Encore Performing Arts Group

Celebrate Stage

12:30 – 13:00

Sing With Us - Tenovus Choir

Celebrate Stage

13:00 – 14:00

The Riverfront’s 20 Birthday Party

13:00 – 13:30

Kitsch N Sync: Calamity Dames

Celebrate Stage

13:20 – 14:00

Big Splash’s Tiny Circus

Big Splash Boulevard 

13:30 – 14:00

Come and Dance with Michelle Huckle

Celebrate Stage

13:50 – 14:20

Newport Male Voice Choir

Celebrate Stage

14:05 – 14:35

Cracking Cruises

Big Splash Boulevard 

14:25 – 14:55

West Academy

Celebrate Stage

15:00 – 15:30

Bad Meaning Good DJ Set

Celebrate Stage

15:30 – 16:00

Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band

Celebrate Stage

15:30 – 16:00

Phileas Fogg: Day 79

Big Splash Boulevard 

15:50 – 16:30

Big Splash’s Tiny Circus

Big Splash Boulevard 

16:10 – 16:40

Xempa

Celebrate Stage

16:50 – 17:25

Bad Meaning Good DJ Set

Celebrate Stage

17:30 – 18:30

Big Macs Wholly Soul Band

Celebrate Stage

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Walkabout Performances Walkabout Performances will start in the designated zones, due to the nature of the performance, performers will roam the city centre. Who knows where you’ll find them!

Bydd Perfformiadau Walkabout yn dechrau yn y dynodwyd parthau, oherwydd natur y perfformiad, bydd y perfformwyr yn crwydro canol y ddinas. Pwy â ŵyr Lle byddwch yn dod o hyd iddynt!

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British Sign Language

Wet Weather Contingency Plan In Wales, the weather likes to keep us guessing! Scan here for our wet weather contingency plan.

Yng Nghymru, mae’r tywydd yn hoffi ein cadw ni’n dyfalu! Sganiwch yma am ein cynllun wrth gefn tywydd gwlyb.

Big Splash is made possible with the support of: Mae Big Splash yn bosibl gyda chefnogaeth:

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Festival Accessibility Scan here for accessible performances and an audio described version of this programme. Large print programmes can also be found at information points.

Sganiwch yma ar gyfer perfformiadau hygyrch a fersiwn sain o’r rhaglen hon. Gellir dod o hyd i raglenni print mawr hefyd mewn mannau gwybodaeth.

Quiet Room and Prayer Room available in workshops.

Ystafell Dawel ac Ystafell Weddi ar gael mewn gweithdai.

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