Another Fine Fest

"What we practice at a small scale sets the pattern for the whole system" @adriennemareebrown / Emergent Strategy. Wouldn't it be lovely to get more lush joy on our lile streets. To spread fun leafy love, mystical cats, & funky blue fungi...instead of artistically meh flag stickers filled with disdain for others👎. Flashing your feed with summery living wall street art combo w/@anotherfinefest & artist The Cunning Craftsman / @stilllife_ulverston . If you've never been to Ulverston, our homebase, we're a Cumbrian quirky market / creative festival town at the fringe of the Lake District. Our train station is down to the line from Lancaster city🚂. Tons of gorgeous botanical street art to oggle at round the town. The local outdoor market has also been bustling, lovely to see some new stalls. Lots of outdoorsy things to enjoy & independent shops. Our piece is located on the wonderful @nirodhah.yogastudio (thanks so much for the collab) in Brazier Fells yard nr one of our allies sustainable & inclusive shop @catkinandscraps 🪡. . . . Thanks to @wandfcouncil nature and climate funding, Ulverston BID, & belated thanks to Ulverston Town Council @ulverstontowncouncil for a recent cute letter of thanks to us. We've been gritting our teeth, a lot, ick. but still working v hard to find / gift reasons to smile. Happy holidays to all by our side on the kind side of history 🌷🍄‍🟫🪱🐛.

In honour of the gap year of our most fabulous festival x We painted our windows, the day the festival should have been x Bigger and better next year! #festivalvibes #anotherfinefest #festivalfundingcontroversy #saveourfestivals 🙃

For a long time it's been a dream of director Dave C to combine street art with living wall, & finally we're on our way to doing just that. Check out this newly installed beauty! We secured the funding for the wall, and @anotherfinefest generated the quids for the art (shout outs & love to all the backers). Imminently the art will be updated to tie in with these brand new beautiful plants! (with some fungal friends of course). We hope that this first for Ulverston will absolutely not be the last. We've not personally seen any living wall/art mashups happen anywhere else but please send us your pics if you have! Our aim is to use this as a pilot & inspire/support others to do the same. How wonderful would it be to see lush green walls all over the place! They create habitat for our ailing insect population, are great for the climate, sucking co2 from the atmosphere, they insulate walls, and look extremely pleasant on the eye. Well at least we very much hope they do to yours! Watch this space as the next phase will be executed imminently when the Cunning Craftsman @chris_dorning returns to add his next level botanical artistry. We can't wait! Thanks so much to Helen Allonby from Nirodhah for trusting us with your building and offering up your wall as a canvas, you have been fantastic & so accommodating throughout, it's been a pleasure, Walls of Plants for the stunning install (chosen for their green credentials using entirely recycled steel, biochar, creating the modules in house, and avoiding artificial plastic green walls), Christina @nightshadefurness for helping find quotes, Westmorland and Furness Council for the Nature & Climate grant, and Ulverston BID for promising to look after the wall going forward (though being a self contained system, it should hopefully take minimal effort). We know Ulverston BID is looking into installing one themselves which we applaud, & we hope to work with them create more of these in the future. Message us if you'd like to get involved! Amongst a bit of a tough year, an artsy win from us for the planet, bugs, & the eyes too. 🤎🌿👌🪲🐛🎨 . . . #myceliumthinking #anotherfinefest #Ulverston #art #greenwall #livingwall

Thursday throwback! Aquatic times on the cobbles back in '22! Would you like to see us return in '25?

🌍♻️🎶BIG THANKS to everyone involved in ECOCHILL SPACE as part of @anotherfinefest with @mindinfurness and Beaumont College South Lakes. Thanks to @zerocarboncumbria for supporting this Great Big Green Week event. It was lovely to have such a diverse range of ages come enjoy the space. We'd love to return to Beaumont College South Lakes soon, what a warm and friendly space🌞. Thanks to Amy @playfulnaturecommunity for her earthy connection musical session. Michael at @mindinfurness for his inspiring presentation, sharing Mind garden compost, plants, and info on the amazing regenerative projects they're up to. Hilary @bathedinsounds for a wonderful sound bath as usual. Rema @remagraceful played fungi & continued a scrap Mega Mosaic started by newest mycelial member @hannah.rose.kessler . Thanks to the venue lead Lorraine, and to event helpers: Joseph from Beaumont College, Dave Crossley, Chrissy Gifford, Kirsty Frame & partner John, all the amazing AFF road closure team and stewards. . . . #myceliumthinking #anotherfinefest #crafts #music #inclusive #soundhealing #ecotherapy #gbgw #eco #zerocarboncumbria #reuse #naturelovers #environment #sustainable #Ulverston

@anotherfinefest silent disco part 1 🎶🎧🎶 This is absolutely the highlight of the weekend for me! So much fun and joy to be had 🎉 #aff #aff24 #anotherfinefest #anotherfinefestulverston #silentdisco #ulverstoncumbria #ulverston #festival #portraitphotography #northwestphotographer #northwestcreatives #ulverstonphotographer #cumbriaphotographer

@anotherfinefest singalongs 🎤🎶🐦🐦🐦 iykyk #aff #aff24 #anotherfinefest #anotherfinefestulverston #ulverstoncumbria #ulverston #ulverstonphotographer #cumbriaphotographer #festival #music #singalong #karaoke #kaleidoscope #northwestphotographer #northwestcreatives

Some of the fabulous performers at this year's @anotherfinefest ! #aff #aff24 #anotherfinefest #anotherfinefestulverston #ulverstoncumbria #ulverston #cumbriaphotographer #ulverstonphotographer #performers #music #northwestphotographer #northwestcreatives #festival

@deatbeats @anotherfinefest 2024 🥁🥁🥁 More to come 👀👀 #deatbeats #aff #aff24 #anotherfinefest #cumbriaphotographer #ulverstoncumbria #ulverston #ulverstonphotographer #northwestphotographer #northwestcreatives #festival #portraitphotography #music

It was a fight against time to paint my wildflower window at Another Fine Fest before the rain hit 🪻 ☔️ I had the best time creating an ode to the bees 🐝 inspired by all the meadows and wild gardens across Cumbria this summer, and perfect for the gorgeous arches at Honeysuckle cafe So grateful to Dave Crossley for planting me and my work at the festivals most central spot, right by the main stage — Dave makes Fine Fest a huge, totally free arts & music bonanza happen every year, a gift to Ulverston — it means so much to be championed and showcased for their 10th year running, I hope to be back for many more ☺️ *and finally* I can’t forget to thank my flouro poncho-ed guardian angel Vicki, who in a last minute night before text message, offered me an extra pair of hands — I was on the 8am bus and a very tight deadline to get this painted before the rainstorm hit, meaning I’m fairly certain I’d still be there painting now if it was for her help 💖 Wildflowers are the bees needs! 🐝 @anotherfinefest @theaoi

Let's get together and feel alright ❤️❤️❤️ I love you all very very much. Thank you x #anotherfinefest 10th anniversary. See you in the morning beautiful people.

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