My Dad’s Bigger Than Your Dad Festival collaborating with Swindon Paint Fest to showcase local talent

Six fantastic local artists will be demonstrating their talents by live painting in the Sunken Garden. There will also be a guided spray paint and acrylic pen workshop led by Emma from Old Town’s Mamsgallery where participants will be able to have a go with using the spray paint and acrylic pens onto a canvas board creating an artwork which they are able to take home.

Caryn Koh from Swindon Paint Fest said "We at Swindon Paint Fest are excited to collaborate with My Dad's Bigger Than Your Dad event which is a great initiative raising money for Swindon's Prospect Hospice. These talented artists Ed Poster, T Rex, Sophie Mills-Thomas, Jaksta Art, Dario Santos and Dayna Baxter will grace the event doing live painting to complement the amazing music line up for the day. On top of that, Emma from Mamsgallery will be holding a workshop that would allow for the public's participation with activities. Definitely a celebration of creativity to be enjoyed by all."

My Dad’s Bigger Than Your Dad Festival co-organiser, Gemma Denley-Doswell said “We were all blown away by the sheer talent of the artists involved in last year’s Swindon Paint Fest and love the colour that their artworks have brought to our town. We are so honoured that these incredible artists have given up their time to come to our little festival and hope that it also helps get their art in front of other members of the community that may not have been aware of the Paint Fest or of the artists themselves.”

Swindon Paint Fest, established in 2022, is set to return this September to make a splash on the town. After a successful first year, the organisers are working tirelessly to make this year’s Paint Fest bigger and better. Artworks created last October were admired by many, attracting a lot of attention from the wider communities in Wiltshire and beyond.

My Dad’s Bigger Than Your Dad Festival, organised in association with South Swindon Parish Council, is held in tribute to Dave Young, the former landlord of The Victoria and 12 Bar who died in early June 2021 at Prospect Hospice after a hard-fought battle against cancer.

Prospect Hospice, based in Wroughton, provides palliative and end of life care for people across the region and has to raise the majority of its costs through fundraising. My Dad’s Bigger Than Your Dad Festival raised over £24,000 for Prospect Hospice in its first two years.

My Dad’s Bigger Than Your Dad Festival 2023 is being held on Saturday 22nd July in The Town Gardens, Old Town. 16 acts will be gracing the two stages on the day, including festival favourites Imperial Leisure, local party band Kova Me Badd, and The Pop Punk Revolution Tour who will be bringing three bands in one. Local food and drink vendors have been brought in to keep revellers fed and watered, as well as an independent business market and a funfair area for children.

Sponsors this year include headline sponsor, Old Town’s Future Planning, plus Anytime Fitness, Imagine Cruising, Leightons Opticians, and Lewis Farrant Floor Layer.

Festival tickets are available via www.mydadsbiggerthanyourdad.co.uk or in person at The Tuppenny, The Castle and Holmes Music. Follow the festival’s social media pages for regular updates.

For more information about becoming a sponsor of Swindon Paint Fest, visit https://swindonpaintfest.weebly.com/be-a-sponsor.html or contact the organisers via email at [email protected]

Below are the details of the artists involved:

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