Upfest street art series announces 2024 line-up

Dozens of artists will be painting murals across south Bristol

The Upfest Presents team has announced the artists to paint a series of murals across south Bristol.

The event will run for 17 days from 17 May to 2 June 2024, with artists from around the world invited to decorate walls and buildings in BS3.

Artists taking part include Artez from Serbia and Audrey Kawasaki from Los Angeles in the US.

Organisers have also asked for final donations to a crowdfunder to raise £10,000 towards the event.

Upfest was started by a handful of artists painting together in a yard more than 15 years ago.

Since then it has grown to take over walls in large swathes of the BS3 area.

Upfest has drawn huge crowds to Bedminster in previous years

This year more than 200 murals and artworks will be painted across the city and other events will include creative workshops, artists' panels, comedy, theatre and street art tours.

Other street artists invited include Bristolian Inkie, .EPOD, A L Grimes, Aspire, Liam Bononi, Jagung, Georgie Webster and HazardOne.

HazardOne was named by the Huffington Post as one of the top 25 female street artists, and one of the top five British female artists by The Guardian.

The walls of buildings are turned into art

They will be joined by Bristol designer Jody, who painted a huge mural of Greta Thunberg on the side of the Tobacco Factory in 2019.

Upfest Presents is free to attend, with about half of its funding coming from Arts Council England.