MURALS painted across Worcester over the past 12 months will be celebrated as part of a popular event.

Worcester Paint Festival is returning for 2024 as street and graffiti artists from around the UK descend on the city to showcase their talents for an outdoor gallery on Saturday (September 21).

The festival is entering its fourth year in the city and will see some older murals retired in favour of newer designs.

There is also a change in how the event unfolds, with artwork already completed in most places as opposed to previous years where the murals were painted over two days.

Where is the new artwork and who made it?

There are 14 sites across the city where muralists have been hard at work preparing new artwork.

  • Gresham Road, Dines Green, WR2 5QR - Curtis Hylton
  • Shakespeare Road (Behind Gresham Road shops), Dines Green, WR2 5QS - Spray Saint
  • Grosvenor Arms, 21 Henwick Road, WR2 5NP - Mind 49
  • Sons of Rest building, Cripplegate Park, WR2 5BA - Skyhigh and Roo
  • Cripplegate Park, WR2 5BA - Worcester Peace Wall by Mural Mind
  • 14 Chestnut Walk, WR1 1PR - Philth
  • Oasis Academy Warndon, WR4 9PE - Mantra Murals
  • Crowngate shopping centre, Angel Row, WR1 3LZ - Seventh Pencil
  • Foundry Street Canal Bridge, WR1 2BU - Graffoflarge 
  • Vinegar Works, Farrier Street, WR1 1DJ - Sleep Sparrow
  • Lansdowne Park canal bridge, Arboretum, WR3 8LJ - MrSce
  • Perdiswell canal bridge, Bilford Road, WR3 8DX - MrSce
  • Hope, The Granary, St Martins Quarter, WR1 2DA - Estee Angeline
  • Offerton Lane, underneath A449 bridge near Sixways Stadium, WR3 8ZE - Worcester Legal Wall by various artists

 

In Cripplegate Park, artists will be doing a live painting demonstration throughout the day while other murals around the city are given finishing touches. 

At the festival's headquarters on Friary Walk, visitors can take a trip through time for the Worcester Paint Festival's history of graffiti exhibition.

A spokesperson for the festival said: "Worcester Paint Festival brings street, mural and graffiti artists to the city showcasing renowned names in the UK scene, supported by emerging artists to create a vibrant outdoor art gallery.

"Please get in touch if you have a wall or project that needs brightening up."