Europe's largest Street Art & Graffiti festival | Upfest

Make Upfest 2024 happen

Since our first festival in 2008, Upfest has always been free to register for an artist space and for visitors to attend. We want to keep it that way. In 2022, we had over 1,000 applications for 400 festival artist spaces and around 50,000 people joined us over the festival weekend at Greville Smyth Park and the Tobacco Factory in Bedminster, Bristol. There’s a huge amount that goes into running a festival on this scale and keeping it as safe, accessible and welcoming as possible.

Costs have gone up by over 15% on the last festival and even after finding ways to bring the budget down, we have a significant amount to raise. Whether you can make a one-off donation, join our exclusive Patreon community, become a sponsor, or get involved as a volunteer, every contribution makes a real difference to how we’re able to bring the festival back in 2024.

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Upfest Projects

Are you a business looking to enhance your surroundings or a creative agency, architect or property developer working with a client looking for something unique? Are you a homeowner or art collector wanting to bring a mural to your home? Then speak to our creative team.

Upfest has worked on multiple place making initiatives including the Bristol Hearts, In collaboration with We Are Plaster, Bristol Business Improvement District and Visit Bristol we designed and painted 374 socially distanced giant hearts across 3 sites in Bristol city centre for the #BristolTogether campaign. These hearts were to encourage and promote the safe reopening of our city after the lockdown of 2020.

We can work with you on your artistic project in a number of different ways - from concept and creative planning through to delivery - to create artworks that bring your vision to life and have the kind of impact you’re looking for.

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Latest News from the world of Upfest

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A Brief History of ANXTI

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Upfest 2023 Announcement

Upfest festival to move to biannual model - having a break in 2023. A fallow year for the festival as organisers focus on putting on the renowned street art festival for the city in 2024
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SIX SISTERS AUGMENTED REALITY

Upfest has teamed up with Bristol VR company Zubr Curio supported by the West of England Combined Authority to bring the iconic Six Sisters mural series to life ahead of the Easter holidays.
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Spray Paint Workshop

Graft will be offering spraypaint workshop sessions at #Upfest2022 with a team of professional artists.
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