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Just the name of the event suggests something mischievous is going on. And with guerrilla artist Banksy involved – of course there is. The Cans Festival was a three day street party of stencil art held in an old tunnel, which was evacuated when Eurostar left its Waterloo terminal and was formerly used by taxis. The tunnel was commissioned to stencil artists to convert the tunnel into a creative space. No doubt the drawcard to this event was Banksky and considering it was his first British exhibition in three years, the event was packed out over the May long weekend, experiencing crowds of up to 75,000 fans on each day. The exhibition is a great example of the incredible cult following Banksy has earned around the globe and how he has taken street art to the masses. For this exhibition, Banksy and other artists from Brazil, Canada and even Australia, were given the rights to the tunnel and for those budding street artists, there was a reserved space for anyone to use; how often could you say your work was side by side with Banksy’s?