Artist registration opens

ARTIST REGISTRATION OPENS FOR 2022 UPFEST FESTIVAL

Artist registration for Europe’s largest live street art festival, Upfest, opened on the 22nd January. The festival which will take place 28th-29th May in Bristol with pre-painting of Bedminsters walls kicking off from the 5th of May, the festival attracts will attract 400 artists and 50,000 visitors from around the world.

Upfest welcomes all practicing artists, graffiti writers or collectives to register their interest for the 2022 festival and applications are open to artists from all backgrounds, experience levels, disciplines and mediums - as long as they don’t mind a big audience!

Artists who had previously been accepted for a place painting at the 2020 festival have already secured their spot, but there’s still opportunities for more artists to join Upfest for the fifteenth year of the festival. Upfest co-founder, Stephen Hayles, explains; “We couldn’t be happier that registration for the festival is open. It’s been three years since the last Upfest festival and a lot of the artists chosen will have been waiting since 2020 to come and paint with us. Artist registration for Europe’s largest live street art festival, Upfest, opened on the 22nd January. The festival which will take place 28th-29th May in Bristol with pre-painting of Bedminsters walls kicking off from the 5th of May, the festival attracts will attract 400 artists and 50,000 visitors from around the world.

Upfest welcomes all practicing artists, graffiti writers or collectives to register their interest for the 2022 festival and applications are open to artists from all backgrounds, experience levels, disciplines and mediums - as long as they don’t mind a big audience!

Artists who had previously been accepted for a place painting at the 2020 festival have already secured their spot, but there’s still opportunities for more artists to join Upfest for the fifteenth year of the festival. Upfest co-founder, Stephen Hayles, explains; “We couldn’t be happier that registration for the festival is open. It’s been three years since the last Upfest festival and a lot of the artists chosen will have been waiting since 2020 to come and paint with us.

The festival will be as a platform for raising money for The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACOA) which offers a confidential phone line for children affected by alcoholism within the family unit, to date Upfest has raised over £100,000 for the amazing local charity with a national reach.

Artist registration opened Saturday 22nd January until Sunday 6th February and artists will be contacted by the end of the month to confirm if they’ ve been successful.