ART FEST NOTTINGHAM
PAINT is our POWER
1. Transforming Our City
Making our city centre colourful, attractive and inspiring; ensuring Nottingham is a destination for local, national and international visitors. A vibrant high street which encourages businesses to rent property and developers to invest in the city.
CREATING AN INSPIRING CITY CENTRE THAT EVERYONE IS PROUD TO BE A PART OF.
OUR AIMS
2. Inviting you to our colourful home
Welcoming tourists and visitors and providing them with an exciting agenda for exploring and engaging with our city. Nurturing relationships with students who are newly arrived to the city and encouraging them to become involved with the city through artworks and projects whilst ensuring they are invited to discover Nottingham’s fantastic businesses.
3. Community Engagement
Supporting our local creative community and championing the amazing talent we have within the city; levelling up their work and showcasing it to new audiences. Keeping creatives within the city instead of them moving to other cities where there is more opportunity. Running community projects such as ‘Collaborative Murals’ which involve the general public and teach them about producing art.
2024
A mini Notts Mural Fest.
21st September, 2024
What we want to do in the first three years…
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Launch of the website, Instagram and comms infrastructure.
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Partnering with five organisations to support the project. Ensuring we have the support of local stakeholders.
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Focused on one area with three new murals, finishing off Sussex St and running two community murals.
2025
A medium Notts Mural Fest.
20 - 21st September, 2025
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Focused growth across social platforms throughout the year building up to the second event.
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Raising more funds through our sponsored partnerships. Supporting more stakeholders.
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Staying focused to a specific area (location TBC) whilst delivering double the amount of outputs.
2026
Notts Mural Fest
17 - 20th September, 2026
TAKE OVER several sites & put NOTTS on the map for murals!!!
Delivery…
2024
3 new murals
2 community murals
1 free wall
2025
6 new murals
4 community murals
2 free walls
2026
9 new murals
8 community murals
4 free walls
The team…
2024
3 headliners
4 coordinators
20 assistants / volunteers
2025
6 headliners
6 coordinators
30 assistants / volunteers
2026
9 headliners
8 coordinators
40 assistants / volunteers
During the festival in person attendees…
2024
2000
2025
6000
2026
12,000
“There are 40,000 people who walk down Lister Gate every month.”
Yearly in person viewers of the artworks….
2024
500,000 views
25,000* new viewers
*5% of total viewers
2025
1 million views
50,000* new viewers
2026
2 million people
100,000* new viewers
Digital metrics…
2024
REACH Total reach 3000
Impressions 15,000
CONVERSION RATE*
1% / 30 tickets
*people booking onto events
2025
REACH Total reach 5750
Impressions 30,000
CONVERSION RATE*
2% / 115 tickets
2026
REACH Total reach 9000
Impressions 60,000
CONVERSION RATE*
3% / 270 tickets
“Mural design competitions on Instagram to encourage growth”
2024
3 Sponsors
5 Partners
Organisations involved..
2025
5 Sponsors
7 Partners
2025
7 Sponsors
9 Partners
“Involving NTU / College students from YR. 2 through live briefs”
2024
LOCAL pre festival 2
post festival 3
NATIONAL pre 0
post 1
Media coverage…
2025
LOCAL pre festival 3
post festival 4
NATIONAL pre 1
post 2
2026
LOCAL pre festival 3
post festival 4
NATIONAL pre 2
post 3
Questionnaires…
Before the event a questionnaire will be sent out to creatives and participants.
The questionnaire will be used to establish their sentiments to the city centre.
The same questionnaire will be sent out post festival and any difference will be captured.
