After viewing Cans 1 back in May, one Bristol lad fancied a bit of that for himself and set about organising the first ever ‘Upfest‘ (“The Urban Paint Festival”). The basic premise is that for 12 hours on Sunday October 19 a selection of national and international graff and street artists will descend onto the Tobacco Factory in Brizzle for a day of painting, hip hop, drinking and fundraising, nice.

To see the full list of artists (although i’ve heard they’re not publishing a couple of the more high profile ones, tis a surprise), along with itineraries and general Upfest info check out their slick new site here.

Sonia Blair‘s new show, Playing With Myself, will open at Shop 14 of The Truman Brewery on September 26, for more info visit her site here. After the jump check out another of her works as well as the show flyer. 

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Nice new work from Mr Walker at Nuart. It’s all about trench-coats and the Bristol boy knows it.

We headed down to the opening of the new Paul Insect show tonight in Kings X. Tucked away at no. 9 Caledonian Road, the venue was once a Turkish baths, then a “Book” shop (sex shop) and then a photography studio, it was opened up to house some fantastic work from this sterling artist.

Once again, Laz, and Paul Insect have pulled out all the stops and put together an absolutely stunning show, which made excellent use of the space.

We’ve put together a gallery of some select images after the jump, but for those of you who can make it down we definitely recommend a visit.

Photography by Paul Jenkins

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Live art, djs, bbq – nuff said really, we’ll be there.

Ahead of Ad Hoc‘s group show’s opening on September 12 they have released a collaborative print from The London Police, Flying Fortress and Pez. Each print is hand spraypainted by the artists, signed and is from a run of just 19. Priced at $300 pick one up by ringing Ad Hoc direct on 718-366-2466.

Released in an edition of 65 and priced at £105 grab it from the Souled Out boys here.