Newport's Big Splash is set to return this weekend for its first event in two years. The free festival returns on Saturday July 23 and Sunday July 24 featuring a range of music, street entertainment, workshops and arts and crafts across different venues in the city.
The event, run by Newport Live and the Riverfront, will see the Riverfront Theatre transformed into a family hub Splashtonbury complete with the Flying start under fives' zone, circus skills workshops, a baby rave, poetry workshop and arts and crafts.
There will be performances from Newport and Wales musicians including Araby, Tobias Robertson, Niques, Wahanda Placide and Codewalkers, as well as other performances from community groups, a crafts workshop in a bus donated by Newport Transport, sports activities and pop-up performances on Commercial Street, John Frost Square and other parts of the city.
