Report from the biggest street art festival in Europe +photos

in #art7 years ago (edited)


This weekend was the peak of this year for street art lovers in Europe, personally I waited this event as nothing else, when Upfest was held in Bristol from 29.07-31.07.


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This year it was bigger than last year, it contained a big area within Ashton Gate arena so there were approximately +200 artworks at least.



Artists came from 30 countries and the crowd was quite big there, around 40.000 visited this weekend.

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Last year there were more than 300 artists, but I guess this year it was much more. Artists, fresh paintings everywhere!
The main event took place on North Street, streching 1.3 miles long in Bedminster, South Bristol. It is a really rare event and it was so good to see the town coming alive with colors and artists, everywhere you could find a new masterpiece.
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Sadly, the rain made the process stop several times but at the end, there was sun!
I have been there for 3 days but I will surely go back soon, I could not discover everything, I know.


Which one do you like the most?

I collected here all my best photos for YOU to enjoy and for me to remember such a great event!

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Here you can find the list of the artists, there are many of them for you to see and wonder:

https://www.upfest.co.uk/artist/term/upfest-2017

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These are crazy good!

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Hi @coinkingz very nice overview of the Upfest I was lucky too as I did managed to see some of the great artist while they were working in day 2 .Next year need some more time to walk around for sure 😉
Thanks for sharing

What happens at the end? Do the murals stay there, or does the council come and whitewash everything!?

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Thanks. Most of the murals stay there until next year

Bristol is my home town!!!!

Really? When did you move to Thailand?

O, I found it :)

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