A few weekends back we here at London Calling Blog had the absolute pleasure in visiting Bristol for Upfest 2018, marking the 10th anniversary of what is now Europe’s largest Urban Arts Festival and our second time attending the event. Bristol is very much a place with a long and rich history of a thriving Graffiti […]Read Post ›
Next up in our series of reviews of the last year we are heading over to North London and taking a look back at the year of Street Art in Camden Town. Camden Town has long been a hub of high quality Street Art, a place busting with a sense of creative energy and certainly one of […]Read Post ›
A couple of weekends back we here at London Calling Blog had the absolute pleasure in visiting Bristol for Upfest 2017, our first time attending the event and an experience well worth the visit. Bristol is very much a place with a long and rich history of a thriving Graffiti and Street Art scene, most […]Read Post ›
A couple of weeks back saw the launch of the ‘Amy Street Art Trail’ in Camden Town setting to celebrate former local resident Amy Winehouse with a series of four Street Art murals placed about town and on display until June 4th 2016. The funds for the street art trail were raised via Art Happens and was put […]Read Post ›
Yesterday we here at London Calling Blog were up bright and early in order to catch the train from London to Birmingham in order to spend the day attending the City of Colours Street Art Festival in Digbeth, Birmingham. Originally launched in 2014 with much success, sadly last year City of Colours was cancelled due […]Read Post ›
Yesterday in Leake Street, a mini-paint jam took place with six artists painting five works as part of the Festifeel event held in conjunction with the charity Coppafeel whom help promote awareness of symptoms of Breast Cancer and fortify all moves that encourage early detection. We were unaware of the live painting taking place, however we headed […]Read Post ›
A Street Art Guide To Bristol.
Well unfortunately we were unable to attend to Upfest this year, however that doesn’t mean we haven’t since been by to see a good chunk of the more permanent works created for the event. Upfest 2015 marked the seventh incarnation of the largest Street Art gathering in Europe and brought together some 250 or so artists […]Read Post ›
Over the weekend whilst Meeting of Styles was happening in Shoreditch, further south Urban Art 2015 took place in Brixton, returning for its 14th year, showcasing a impressive collection and display of Street Art and Graffiti. The event was primarily focused on Graffiti Writers but this is far from all that was happening. In the […]Read Post ›
Yesterday at Tobacco Docks, StreetFest 2015, returning for it’s eighth consecutive year, this time in its new setting of Tobacco Dock, took place with a day and evening packed with events set to entertain all, including an eclectic mix of music, dance, urban sport, a street kitchen, and most quintessentially for us here at London Calling […]Read Post ›
