Local artists will have the chance to showcase their work as the popular BS5 Art Trail returns for its third year and The Chocolate Factory visitor centre in Greenbank has confirmed it will once again be one of the venues.

Celebrating creativity across the BS5 community, the trail is back on the weekend of May 20 –21 with registrations now open for artists and venues to come forward.

Each year the organisers aim for the event to be bigger and better with homes, gardens, artist studios and group venues in BS5 showcasing wares and open for exploration. So far over 100 people have signed up to participate in the event, making it more popular than ever before.

The inaugural BS5 Art Trail took place in September 2021 and saw over 80 artists and makers exhibit at venues across the neighbourhood. In 2022 the communities of St George, Greenbank, Easton, Whitehall and Redfield rallied again to display and sell all kinds of arts and crafts.

Mya Castillo, sales and marketing consultant for The Chocolate Factory, explained why they chose to be involved again this year: “The BS5 Art Trail is establishing itself as an important community event, shown by the growing numbers of people wanting to take part this year. We are really pleased to be able to offer the use of our space once again and look forward to seeing which talented artists and makers are coming to The Chocolate Factory. It’s also the first year many of our new residents will experience the Art Trail for themselves, who knows some may even offer their own homes up as venues’.

Once the list of locations and participants is finalised the map of the event will be produced and available online and from local venues.

Details about registering for the event can be found online at www.bs5arttrail.co.uk or by following  the BS5 Art Trail on social media @BS5ArtTrail and on Twitter at @ArtTrailBS5.