It is in its sixth year and much different to previous stagings due to the various Covid-19 related restrictions, but the fact that the Waterford Walls international street art festival was able to go ahead at all came as a relief to organisers and admirers.
The publication of the Government's green list on international travel meant that many of the overseas artists could not participate in this year's event, but the festival team ploughed ahead with a renewed schedule which kicked off in mid-July and runs until 28 August.
Some of the best-known figures in street art across Ireland, as well as some who were allowed travel from other countries, have lined up in recent weeks to add their creations to the walls of Waterford - over 200 of which have now been adorned with artwork since the Waterford Walls festival was inaugurated in 2015.
"We had to think on our feet and find a different way of approaching it," MJ Jacob of the organising committee explained.
They went to a number of different wall owners in and near the city centre and also worked with Waterford City and County Council as well as the HSE and the Department of Foreign Affairs to ensure the event could go ahead in a safe manner.
"We found [participants] from our list of Irish artists to come here and paint and found new walls, new wall-owners and new sponsorship to help fund that."
The ever-popular tours of the artwork have proceeded this year, albeit limited to five visitors at a time.
Among the artists who have been taking part this year are the renowned Aches and Maser, whose new work can be found on Thomas Street; as well as Magda Karol, Polish-born but settled in Waterford for the last 16 years and with a new addition to the side of the Waterford Distillery building; Case McClaim from Germany; and Shane O'Driscoll.
Many have been admiring the mural of Jack Charlton at Norris's corner near Slievekeale Road and Barrack Street, completed just over a month after the World Cup winner and former Ireland football manager died.
This piece of work came about when the owner of Norris's pub, Martin Colbert, approached the festival team with an interest in having a mural painted on the wall. They in turn linked up with local artist Caoilfhionn Hanton and Dublin-based Niall O'Loughlin.
According to Martin Colbert, Jack Charlton is like "the patron saint of pubs", such was the influence his Ireland-managed team had in filling up hostelries across the country through the late '80s and early '90s.
"When someone suggested Jack Charlton, I said that has to be it," the publican said.
"At this stage he's no longer just a soccer figure, he's almost an honorary Irishman and everyone across all sports genuinely accepts him as a nice, decent guy, so we're proud to have him on our wall."
He described the mural as "a lovely piece of work, great artwork by two great artists".
