Over two editions, London Mural Festival has painted the city with over 140 permanent murals across the capital, from Brixton to Walthamstow. Here, we take a look at the impact of the festival’s latest outing in 2024…
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Wedo Goás for London Mural Festival 2024, 39 Lee Church St
eL Seed for London Mural Festival 2024, at Pelican House
Rosie Woods for London Mural Festival 2024, at Essex Close
Produced by Global Street Art, London Mural Festival 2024 was a huge feat of human creativity, which celebrated the theme of ‘Connection’. The festival brought together over 300 artists from all over the world to create 100+ permanent public art murals across London. The line up featured some of today’s top muralists and street artists, with permanent artworks by Aches, eL Seed, Mr Doodle, Rosie Woods, Sebas Velasco, Sophie Mess, Zabou, Shepard Fairey and many more!
The festival in numbers...
314 artists took part, creating...
140 permanent murals including 80 in housing estates!
Across 10 London boroughs
2 murals in London state schools, as part of our School Mural Competition
Using 10,000 cans of paint!
Sebas Velasco x London Mural Festival at Cobbett St, 2024
The festival has left behind an incredible artistic legacy for the capital’s communities and visitors to enjoy for years to come - and now, London is the street art capital of the world (according to this report in Secret London).
You can find all our permanent murals from two editions of London Mural Festival on our map.
Zoe Power, Hixxy, Venessa Scott x London Mural Festival at Canary Wharf, 2024
The Community
Local residents helped shaped the festival, inspiring artists with the spirit and stories of their neighborhood. Over half of the festival’s murals were painted in housing estates as part of our Art For Estates programme, which turns ugly, or lacklustre urban spaces into vibrant works of art for local communities across the UK. The programme has been running since 2012, but London Mural Festival 2024 saw us paint the highest number of murals in housing estates we’ve ever managed at one time, with over 80 murals!
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It provides a moment of creative joy and human connection for the area - we’ve had many people who wouldn’t normally interact with us go out of their way to say how much they appreciate the art in their life and community"
Local resident
Angry Dan x London Mural Festival at Olympic Park Stratford, 2024
Locals were at the heart of the creative process, selecting the artists, inspiring the designs, and getting involved during the painting sessions. We even hosted BBQs and street parties for some residents.
Alongside the mural programme, we also hosted a series of public events welcoming over 1,500 visitors. This included street art tours, spray-painting and creative workshops, parties and an enormous illustrated map of London by artist Angry Dan in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
100% of survey respondents would like to see more murals in cities
Impact and Press
The festival had 116 pieces of press coverage with an estimated readership of over 5 billion.
Coverage highlights include The Guardian’s Photos of the Day featuring Sebas Velasco’s mural, an interview with CEO Dr Lee Bofkin in Creative Boom, a full feature in BBC London News (reaching 615 million) and pieces in Colossal, Metro, The Standard, and many more.
We worked with the Greater London Authority's data team to help analyse the impact of our murals on the local area, and found...
"sense of place" scores went up 40% - with communities feeling more connected and proud of their local area.
Footfall increased 33% on average - driving visitors, with +17% average dwell time.
