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Busy Bees down at Spraoi HQ: 26 years of the Waterford festival

Artistic director Mike Leahy tells Ellie O’Byrne how the south east’s annual street art festival had its origins in a DIY ethos that sprang from the recession of the 1980s.

Busy Bees down at Spraoi HQ: 26 years of the Waterford festival

Mon, 30 Jul, 2018 - 01:00

By Ellie O'Byrne

Artistic director Mike Leahy tells Ellie O’Byrne how the south east’s annual street art festival had its origins in a DIY ethos that sprang from the recession of the 1980s.

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Courts Features Place: Spraoi HQ Place: Waterford Place: Dublin Place: Cashel Person: Mike Leahy Person: Ellie O’Byrne Person: Ellie O'Byrne Person: Leahy Person: Spraoi Event: Waterford Event: Spraoi Event: Waterford street arts festival Event: Spraoi Weekend Event: SprÓg Organisation: Spraoi

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