Big Splash festival is renowned for being a family event, but there really is something for everyone and every taste: this year, the Big Splash Busk is based in the centre of the city in Commercial Street, presented Le pub and sponsored by Newport NOW bid.
Over the weekend Commercial Street will come alive as musicians, performers and artists from across the city will come together to perform live as part of a giant busking festival. From family dinosaur discos to singer-songwriters, Commercial Street is where the party is at, and it carries on into the night, too with Ladies of Rage taking over the Westgate Hotel on Saturday and an afterdark special at sponsors Le pub on Sunday!
Ladies Of Rage (LOR) are champions of black, electronic and under-represented music in Cardiff and beyond, with a collective of over 500 members LOR have performed as part of 6 Music Festival, Focus Wales, Green Man Festival and more.
For the last four years LOR have supported and elevated women and marginalised genders in a male dominated industry. They encourage all genres from DJs to MCs, vocalists and singer-songwriters, spoken word artists and everything that fits in-between to come along to their safeguarded jams, events and workshops.
LOR is a network on a mission to create safe and equal spaces for women and marginalised genders.
The LOR stage at The Big Splash will do just that by programming some incredible music artists for their stage takeover - the first they have done in Newport! And they’ll raise the roof too. Expect multiple performances and music genres – something really exciting to look forward to!
There’s several zones all based around Commercial Street including the Truck Stage, Westgate Stage and of course the Westgate Hotel itself!
The full line up looks like this:
Saturday
11:00 - 17:00 Inviting the Neighbours Around to Paint
12:00 - 12:30 Able Mable
12:00 - 12:20 Sonny Winnebago (Westgate Stage - outside Westgate Hotel)
12:00 - 13:30 Beacons Artists (Zone 2 - Outside Natwest)
12:00 - 14:00 Dino Disco (Zone 1 - Bottom of Charles Street)
12:10 - 12:40 Dave’s Cone Show (Roving Act)
12:20 - 12:40 Mojo Jr (Westgate Stage - outside Westgate Hotel)
12:40 - 13:00 SFoxxglove (Westgate Stage - outside Westgate Hotel)
13:00 - 13:30 Ellis Thomas (Westgate Stage - outside Westgate Hotel)
13:20 - 13:50 Dave’s Cone Show (Roving Act)
13:30 - 14:00 Katie Lou (Westgate Stage - outside Westgate Hotel)
14:00 - 14:30 Eleri Angharad (Westgate Stage - outside Westgate Hotel)
14:00 - 16:00 Urban Circle (Zone 1 - Bottom of Charles Street)
14:30 - 15:00 Brightr (Westgate Stage - outside Westgate Hotel)
14:40 - 15:10 From Class to Glass
15:00 - 15:30 Richard Forrest (Westgate Stage - outside Westgate Hotel)
15:30 - 16:00 Act Happy (Westgate Stage - outside Westgate Hotel)
16:00 - 16:15 Truck based Disco (Zone 1 - Bottom of Charles Street)
16:00 - 16:30 DeZ (Westgate Stage - outside Westgate Hotel)
16:15 - 17:00 Frantastic (Zone 1 - Bottom of Charles Street)
16:30 - 17:00 Luke W (Westgate Stage - outside Westgate Hotel)
Ladies of Rage Takeover at the Westgate Hotel
17:00 Eden Leyshon
17:15 Sam Hussain
17:25 Daisy Green
17:40 Boy Friend
17:55 Lou Bams
18:10 Thalia
18:30 Unity
19:00 Luce Canon
19:15 Asha Jane The Alien
19:35 Ruth Vybes
19:50 Maiz
20:10 Missy
20:30 Baby Queens
21:00 Mercy Rose
21:15 Cult of Doris
21:35 Niques
21:55 Rhi n B
22:10 Faith
22:30 Amey St Cyr
22:50 Missy
Sunday:
12:10 - 12:40 Dave’s Cone Show (Roving Act)
12:15 - 12:45 Barracwda (Roving Act)
13:15 - 13:45 Why are Pirates Called Pirates?
Big Splash After Dark - Outside Le Pub
16.00 - 16.45 Adam Walton
17.00 - 17.45 Fort
18.00 - 18.45 Frakard
19.00 - 19.45 Parcs
20.00 - 20.45 Eurekas
21.00 - 21.45 Angel Hotel
More details about all of the acts can be found at www.newportlive.co.uk/bigsplash.
Big Splash 2022 has been made possible thanks to the generous support, funding and sponsorship of Arts Council Wales, Newport City Council, Newport Now BID, Friars Walk, Le Pub, University of South Wales, Articulture, Loyal Free, Newport Bus, Alacrity Foundation, Newport City Homes, Arts & Business Cymru, Pobl, Melin Homes & Linc.
To stay up to date with everything that is planned for Big Splash 2022 make sure you keep an eye on social media, facebook.com/bigsplashnewport and Twitter @BigSplashFest, and visit newportlive.co.uk/BigSplash.
