Vibrant murals were added to the walls of Belfast by local and international artists thanks to the annual ‘Hit The North’ Street Art Festival.

Organised by Seedhead Arts, ‘Hit The North’ has grown from humble beginnings to become the biggest street art festival in the UK and Ireland this year.

While Belfast is no stranger to murals, the new paintings created by over 75 festival artists are reflective of a vibrant, modern and diverse city. 

Celebrating its 10th birthday, the festival drew its most impressive crowd yet with over 1,000 spectators attending the annual ‘paint-jam’ in the city centre to see artists including Studio Giftig, winner of this year’s Street Art Cities ‘Best Mural of the 2022’ Award. 

R.O.A., Shok-1, studio giftig, aches

voyder, annatomix, nean, rocket01, peachzz, kmg, ellena lourenes, nol, ed hicks, conzo throb, andy council, woskerski, angry dan, danny rumbl, chelsea frew, andrey palval, friz, asbestos, rob hilken, shane o’driscoll

pens, fgb, adw, hixxy, alana mcdowell, david mcmillan, chroma cameleons, jmk, holly pereira, danni simpson, sufek west, kvlr, zippy, atmos, emic, leo boyd, glen molloy, noys, dmc, verz, sums, rask, mwak, codo, novice, all the dudes, ali-p, myfanwynia, hmc, remos, cha cha, sam mcAleese, aoife laverty, cyd noble, conor mcclure, graffic