Festival News Category: Upfest 2026
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Rocking Records Posca Mindful Mandalas
Why not boost your health and wellbeing by joining Jo from Craftysew&so in using LP records as an unconventional canvas. Use Posca pens to create colourful, mindful mandalas. Or alternatively experiment with the materials and create your own fun and inspiring design. Suitable for 8+ BOOK HERE
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Make Your Own Woven Wheel with Colourful Minds (Drop-In)
Create a painted cardboard circle filled with colour using wools, yarns and scrap fabric. Sunday 24th May 11 – 3pm Suitable for 5+ No booking required
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Make Your Own Planet with Colourful Minds (Drop-In)
Create a shiny planet work of art using foil, marker pens and shiny collage materials. Suitable for 5+ No booking required
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Pinwheel Art & Craft for Kids (Drop-In)
An informal art session for kids where they can learn how to construct their own pinwheel and decorate it. There will also be informal chats and fun quizzes for kids about air quality and how we can improve it at home and at school. Suitable for ages 5+ Stay as long as you wish. No booking required
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Letterpress Taster Workshop (Ages 10–16)
This two-hour letterpress taster workshop at Frankenstein Press is designed especially for young makers aged 10–16. It’s a fun, hands-on introduction to printing with type, with no experience needed. Participants will be guided through the basics of setting wood type, learning how to arrange letters and words to create bold and expressive prints. Using a…
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Linocut Taster Workshop (Adults)
Curious about linocut printmaking? This two-hour taster session at Frankenstein Press is the perfect introduction. Designed for complete beginners as well as those wanting to refresh their skills, this workshop offers a hands-on glimpse into the process of carving and printing your own design. You’ll be guided through the basics, learning how to use carving…
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Linocut Taster Workshop (Ages 10–16)
This two-hour linocut taster workshop at Frankenstein Press is designed especially for young makers aged 10–16. It’s a fun, hands-on introduction to the process of carving and printing your own design, with no experience needed. Participants will be guided through the basics of using lino carving tools safely, learning how to translate an idea into…
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Buy Artwork & Merch
Want to take a bit of Upfest home? Support the artists and help Upfest return in 2028, then visit our Upfest sales areas for artwork, t-shirt’s and merch, located at the Tobacco Factory and the Upfest Gallery.
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Make a Zine with Jazz Thompson
Tobacco FactoryRaleigh Rd, Southville, Bristol BS3 1TF Art is about making your voice visible. Join Jazz Thompson for a creative, illustration-based workshop exploring how characters and comics can be used to share ideas, tell stories, and respond to the world around us. Inspired by street art and zine-making, you’ll design your own original character based…
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Burlesque Life Drawing
Spirited196 North St, Southville, Bristol BS3 1JF Antonia Purdie is a multi-disciplined performer, who specialises in burlesque. A classic burlesque artist, with neo moves but classic styling. She explores and celebrates sexual empowerment, body positivity, unlearning societal shame through movement and creativity. Along side this, she is the person behind Purdie Life Drawing. Striving to…