Europe's largest, free street art and graffiti festival is happening this weekend, 25-26th July 2015, in Bedminster and Southville. Upfest 2015 will gather over 250 talented artists coming from 25 different countries to paint live on 30,000sqft of surfaces.
There are 28 venues where all the art sale, music and workshops will take place including Tobacco Factory, Red Point Climbing Centre, North Street Green and The Old Book Shop among others (download map here). Artists such as Angus Art, Cheo, Miss Wah, Stina Jones and Vlong will be decorating the neighbourhood with street art stencils. The live artist painting will take place on Saturday and Sunday (11am to 7pm), whereas Monday has been designated as a viewing day and special family day with extra workshops for kids.
An exhibition called "The Standard" will be featuring original artwork from selected festival artist at North Street Standard. Also, outside in the garden of The Steam Crane, will be Black Flag Brewery setting up a pop up bar which will offer a selection of craft beers on tap, and in the garden barn will be a series of local creative traders opening for a weekend-long mini-market. A similar event will be at The Rising Sun, serving cask ales, beers and ciders at the large rear garden which hosts DJs, live music and also a BBQ.
There is Scribble 'N Scratch at Tobacco Factory, a monthly illustration battle and hip-hop night based in Bristol. The main focus of the battles is to take artists out of their comfort zone and push boundaries as artists accompanied by a selection of DJs playing hip-hop, soul and break. Two heats on Saturday and one on Sunday down-select artists for the Grand Final, happening at 4pm on Sunday 26th July.
If you bring your kids, in the back garden of Hungry Caterpillar Play Cafe will have urban fairy tales with Peter Pan and Princess Pal, and pose for pictures between 10am and 12pm. On Sunday (11am-2pm), families are invited to join Brillustration in drawing all over the wall inside and out with chalk.
The festival is FREE but organisers do ask to buy a programme on site and donate to NACOA... and do not forget to pick up you limited edition festival T-shirt at The Upfest Gallery!
WEBSITE: http://www.upfest.co.uk/
Cheo's graffiti picture "borrowed" from the official website. Thank you! ;)
We really enjoyed walking around and watching the artists. Wouldn't usually go to that part of town so it's good to see somewhere a bit different.
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