Europe’s largest street art event returned to Bristol at the weekend.
Upfest included the work of 350 artists, some working on small boards, others on large panels – temporary pieces that will go when the festival packs up.
But the wall murals – some three or four storeys high – will remain for the next 12 months, which is great news for Festival Chronicle, because – thanks to both the rain and the sheer scale of the event (it’s now two miles end-to-end, without a detour to Redpoint Climbing Centre or South Street park) – we only got to see about half of it when we visited on Saturday. Continue reading