Europe’s biggest street art festival is coming to Weston-super-Mare.
Upfest will join forces with Weston Town Council, local artists and organisations including Culture Weston to create a series of murals on buildings across the seaside town next month.
Up-and-coming local artists from Weston, as well as artists from further afield, will be taking part in the project.
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They will paint 10 different murals over 10 days, mainly focused in and around the town centre.
The initiative – on a smaller scale to the huge Upfest event held in Bristol – has been funded with a £20,000 grant from Weston Town Council.
There will not be a set theme, with artists being asked to come up with their own designs.
Upfest co founder Steve Hayles said: “This will be a new mural trail curated and produced by Upfest which will feature a range of local artists and also artists from further afield.”
The murals will form part of a permanent trail around the town, and it is hoped this will help to bring people into Weston-super-Mare.
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