The Big Splash Festival

Great to have your support Housing Executive

The Big Splash Committee would like to take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers who supported us in delivering a great Big Splash Festival 2026

The Big Splash is run and organised by volunteers from the local village in Portglenone. We are so grateful for all their hard work and dedication to providing all the events for the local community. Without their help, this event simply would not happen.
There is a small committee who put countless hours into organising the events Shauna, Robert, Paula, Damien.

There are additional volunteers who gave up their time to help ensure the events run smoothly. We really want to thank them for all their help and support. Thanks to - Amber, Amy, Amanda, Anne, Brian, Claire H, Conor, Davy, Deirdre, Doreen, Deirdre, Faith, Gill and Family, Helen, Jack B, Jack S, Jim, John, Kieran, Mairead, Mike, Matthew, Martin, Megan, Molly, Niall, Niamh, Norman, Paul Pheobe, Rebecca, Rachel, Robert, and Roy


Thank you to our 5 -a- side football referrees, Thomas, Donal, Dermot
Dynamic Audio Visual for the sound Dynamic Audio Visual
Compare – Brian Moore
Community Rescue Service Community Rescue Service Central
Roger Casements GAC, Roger Casements GAC Portglenone
Portglenone Women' s Institute for providing refreshments.

, fans, The National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, The Fiddlers Rest Bar, Bannvale Credit Union, BEN'S Ice Cream Studio, Housing Executive, Fullans Department Store and Coffee Lounge Portglenone, Centra Portglenone, SuperValu Portglenone, McAtamney's Traditional Butchers

Thank you to Helen, Roy, Paula and Mike Saunders for doing the BBQ at the Big Splash. An additional thank you to Helen for all the delicious scones she baked.

A sincere thank you to all our funders who made it possible for us to run Big Splash Festival Housing Executive The National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland Mid and East Antrim Borough Council Bannvale Credit Union BEN'S Ice Cream Studio The Fiddlers Rest Bar Portglenone Enterprise Group

A big thank you to the local community groups who came along to display and sell their lovely homemade crafts. Portglenone Community Workshop & Mens Shed , Portglenone Women’s Institute, Portglenone Senior Citizens Arts and Crafts Club and The Gardening Group. The National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland

Thank you to our local sponsors who kindly donated items for The Big Splash. Fullans Department Store and Coffee Lounge Portglenone for scones. Centra Portglenone for water and other drinks. McAtamney's Traditional Butchers for burgers and sausages.

Thank you to Michael E Thomas for providing great music on Sat.

Thank you to Kites NI @ Robert Finlay for a wonderful display at our Fun day on Sat..

The Big Splash Committee would really love your feedback. If you came along to any of the community events over the past few days, could you please spend a couple of minutes to give us your feedback. This helps us to apply for funding for next year and to make the event better. Just follow this link. Thanks from the team.

, fans, Housing Executive, Bannvale Credit Union, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, The Fiddlers Rest Bar, BEN'S Ice Cream Studio, Fullans Department Store and Coffee Lounge Portglenone, Centra Portglenone, SuperValu Portglenone, The Wild Duck Inn Portglenone, Love Ballymena, Portglenone Primary School, St. Mary's Primary School, Portglenone, St John Bosco Primary Ballynease, St Conor's College

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