Recent updates
The latest news from our projects
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You did it! Hotel Competition & Rewards Update
An update for UPFEST 2018
May 29 2018
Good day everyone,
Once again a massive thanks to you all who contributed to this years festival crowd-funding we hit and smashed the target. Thanks also to all the artists who gave up some amazing rewards for you lovely people to get!.
Staying in touch.
With the new GDPR regulation we can no longer add you to the UPFEST NEWS email list without your permission, if you want to be kept up to date on everything Upfest, News and Competitions then follow this link to Opt-In Even if you've received emails from Upfest in the past, unless you opt-in again we wont be able to contact you which makes us sad...
Hotel competition update.
We're extreamly pleased to announce that 'edie' was randomly selected to receive the two night accomodation at the Grand Hotel courtesy of our official festival hotel partner Mercure Hotels, Edie contributed £5 to the campaign so will get a huge Upfest SMILE, as well as two night great sleep over the festival weekend, well done Edie!
Rewards update. (If you have received an email regarding your reward and have replied then please ignor this section)
If you've not received an email about your reward we have emailed 95% of people so please check your spam folder, otherwsie here's an update on all the rewards.
10yr anniversary bag
10 yr goody bag
stickers
pin badge
stickers and pin badge
pack of graffiti books
Posca and blackbook
artist blackbook
Andy C kids tee
Miss wah colouring tee
Cox and baloney gin & cheese
Lucky cat
Pahnl Dog
Value can of whoop ass
Lustre By Jody (PRINT)
10 yrs of colour By Inkie (PRINT)
Voyder sweathsirt
Upfest tshirt
South Bristol t-shirt
She's a waterfall By Xenz and Will Barras (PRINT)
Emily Donald Board
Downs tickets
Graffiti workshop (Dates have been emailed)
Nitty gritty Upfest tour (Dates have been emailed)
All of the above rewards are available to collect from the Upfest Gallery, Bristol. Please use the following email address if you need your reward posting out, please email your postal address: Artists@upfest.co.uk (If you have ordered a T-shirt please also include the size of T-shirt you require). Rewards can also be collected at the festival in July but please email us so we can give you details about collection.
The below rewards we are still working on, please see desciption for status:
Posca illustration Workshop: Location details will be emailed this week.
Stencil workshop: Location details will be emailed this week.
Fanakapan resin caps: Artist has been moving studio so we're schudule to have them available mid-June.
Philth print: Awaiting artist to sign prints, scheduled to be signed sunday 3rd.
Copyright Forever artwork: Artist has been working on a solo show so we're schudule to have them available mid-June.
Meal at North Steet Standard: Awaiting voucher
Meal at The Old Book Shop: Awaiting voucher
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Any queries regarding any of the rewards please use the email address Artists@upfest.co.uk to contact us or visit the gallery.
Thanks again everyone! See you in July!
Steve, Emma, Paul, Jake & Allan
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Almost there! Please help us spread the word...
An update for UPFEST 2018
May 12 2018
Hey folks,
We're so close, yet so far.... £1500 to go to hit target!
If you haven't done recently PLEASE could you share the link with everyone, if we don't hit target we wont get a penny ans be able to send out all those lovely rewards....
https://www.fundsurfer.com/crowdfund/upfest-2018
Thanks for everyones support, we're always humbled at how generous everyone is...
Crowdfunding closes midnight tomorrow...
Cheers
Steve & the crew...
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From Iran to Bristol: Recipes that have stood the test of time
An update for Help us fund and launch 91 Ways International pop up Peace Cafes!
May 10 2018
Hi Everyone - tickets are selling fast for this event.
We would love you join us as we explore the tastes of Persia with our friends Moh and Christien from KooKoo. Moh will take us on a food journey weaving his way from his homeland to Bristol sharing with us how each dish on the menu connects him to his birthplace.
Iran has a rich culinary heritage and the dishes he has chosen have been enjoyed in their culture for generations. We’ll learn how he is recreating them in Bristol and how Persian cooking with its evocative ingredients has influenced cuisine in other areas of the world
Kookoo are well known for their warmth and hospitality so this is expected to be a truly unique evening. Not only will we expand our culinary knowledge whilst enjoying one of the most sophisticated cuisines in the world, but during the two course buffet we will also have the opportunity to share stories from our heritage and recipes that have stood the test of time in our own culture and families.
The 91 Ways Team x
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75% raised!
An update for UPFEST 2018
May 9 2018
Thanks to you, UPFEST 2018 has already raised 75% of its goal
Keep sharing the project to help us get to 100%!
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In the news!
An update for A preschool for Down Ampney and surrounding villages - Little Explorers
May 4 2018
Here is the article that the Wilts and Glos Standard wrote about us recently:
Headline - Campaign for pre-school
A CAMPAIGN to raise £23,500 is underway to bring a pre-school back to Down Ampney, more than two years after the village lost its early years provision.
Little Explorers will be run as a Community Interest Company (CIC) and will be a not for profit social enterprise. The plan is for a nature-based pre-school, with the capacity to take 12 children. It will be situated in a portacabin in the grounds of Down Ampney Primary School and could open this autumn.
Karen Powell and Danielle Seatter have been working behind the scenes to turn the dream into a reality.
Volunteer Karen was on the committee of the previous pre-school Muddy Wellies, prior to its closure. "My children are now 6 and 8 so I no longer need the provision," she explained, "but I am really driven to make this happen. I believe it is a rural service that will benefit the whole community. We will also be creating several new jobs in the area."
Danielle, who will manage Little Explorers, gave up her role as chair and manager of Ashton Keynes Preschool. "A lot of services end up disappearing from villages. We would like to restore a pre-school to serve the local community," she said. "At the moment parents have to travel to other towns and villages and not everyone has the ability to do that.
"Chatting to parents it is also clear that some people want childcare that is on route to work and we could provide that."
The campaign has so far raised £5,000 through events and donations, with a further £2,000 of fundraisers planned for the next two months.
A capital grant application for £11,000 is also looking promising, as long as the team can show that all costs are covered. This leaves the project £5,500 short and the team have set up a crowdfunding campaign to help raise the outstanding funds.
"We need to raise money to renovate the building and to provide a contingency fund, so that we do not have to go down the route of needing loans," Danielle explained.
"The sooner we can raise the money the sooner we can open," she added.
For further information or to donate visit fundsurfer.com/littleexplorers
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Malaysian Hari Raya Celebration
An update for Help us fund and launch 91 Ways International pop up Peace Cafes!
Apr 29 2018
Hi Everyone
Tickets are now available for our Malaysian Supper Club on 19th June at Spike Island. We will be celebrating Malaysian Hari Raya with our friends from Malaysian Kitchen. It will be a joyous celebration of fellowship and feasting and marks the end of Ramadan. It's is all about sharing food and spending time with family, friends and neighbours so we'd love to see you there.
The 91 Ways Team.
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50% raised!
An update for UPFEST 2018
Apr 28 2018
Thanks to you, UPFEST 2018 has already raised 50% of its goal
Keep sharing the project to help us get to 100%!
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NEW REWARD ALERT - 2018 Festival Artwork by JODY
An update for UPFEST 2018
Apr 21 2018
NEW REWARD NOW AVAILABLE
Officially introducing our 2018 Festival Artist 'JODY' and this years festival artwork...
LUSTRE by JODY
Edition of 100
A2 Giclee Print on Fine Art Portrait paper
Pledge just £95 for this stunning reward!
Watch the video of the creation of this artwork HERE
#PLEDGE & #SHARE
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Official 2018 Hotel Partner - Mercure Hotels - Support & Win
An update for UPFEST 2018
Apr 18 2018
Support and WIN
As if supporting such an amazing event was not enough and also being rewarded with spectacular gifts, everyone who donates to the festival will be entered into a free prize draw for a festival weekend stay at our offical festival hotel partner the Mercure at The Grand Hotel, situated in the heart of the city.
A two night stay (Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th of July, Room for 2) is up for grabs in this stunning listed building. Mercure Grand Hotel, having recently undertaken a £4million renovation of this historic building, artwork at the hotel was provided by Upfest artists to give a unique blend of street art style against the hotels stunning Victorian features.
Check out this review of renovations at the Grand by travel blogger Heather Cowper HERE
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25% raised!
An update for UPFEST 2018
Apr 17 2018
Thanks to you, UPFEST 2018 has already raised 25% of its goal
Keep sharing the project to help us get to 100%!