Banksy's hometown is transformed by Europe's largest street art and graffiti festival

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Elizabeth Pierson
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Banksy's hometown is transformed by Europe's largest street art and graffiti festival
Upfest is billed as Europe's largest graffiti festival. Credit: MATT CARDY/GETTY IMAGES

Europe's largest street art and graffiti festival - Upfest - is under way in Bedminster and Southville, Bristol, in England's west country.

For three days, 250 artists are given permission to give the faces of 28 different buildings a bit of a lift.

Bristol is the hometown of Banksy, perhaps the world's most infamous street artist. While they don't all embrace Banksy's trademark style, the artists work together to, quite literally, paint the town.

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