Disturbed, Bad Omens and Limp Bizkit headline this year's Inkcarceration Festival, which will take place July 17 to 19, 2026, on the Ohio State Reformatory grounds in Mansfield, Ohio. The three-day event features a lineup of more than 65 bands, led by: Friday, July 17: Disturbed, Papa Roach, Cypress Hill, Hollywood Undead Saturday, July 18: Bad Omens, Gojira, The Used,... Continue Reading →
The music set times and additional onsite experiences have been announced for the seventh Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival. The event will feature 66 rock and metal bands across three stages, along with more than 100 tattoo artists and haunted attractions, July 18 to 20 at the historic Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. Festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents also has launched the 2025 Inkcarceration mobile app so... Continue Reading →
Following another record-setting year with 75,000 fans attending three days of music, tattoos and haunted attractions, Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival will return for its seventh year July 18 to 20, 2025, at the historic Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. Watch the "Warden's Widow" introduction video for Inkcarceration 2025 below, and visit http://www.inkcarceration.com to sign up to be the first to buy... Continue Reading →
Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival has announced the music set times and additional onsite experiences for the July 19, 20 and 21, 2024, event at Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. The new Inkcarceration mobile app is available for download in app stores, providing festival-goers with an essential tool to enhance their experience. Following three consecutive years of sellouts, Inkcarceration will feature three stages... Continue Reading →
The Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival—returning July 19 to 21, 2024, to the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, for its sixth year—will feature headliners Shinedown, Godsmack and Breaking Benjamin. With bands performing on three stages, the music lineup also includes The Offspring, Bad Omens, Halestorm, Parkway Drive, I Prevail, Chevelle, Dropkick Murphys, Sleeping with Sirens, Killswitch Engage, Hollywood Undead,... Continue Reading →
The Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival will return July 14 to 16, 2023, with with a rock and metal lineup headlined by Slipknot, Pantera and Limp Bizkit, plus more than 65 tattoo artists and haunted attractions, all on the grounds of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. In addition to the headliners, the three-day... Continue Reading →
Closing out its most successful year to date, the sold-out 2022 edition of the Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival, co-produced by Danny Wimmer Presents, welcomed 75,000 fans for three days of performances from 60 bands on multiple stages, as well as appearances by more than 60 tattoo artists. The three-day weekend, July 15 to 17, was held at the Ohio... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki Read our recap of the festival’s first day here. 11 A.M. GATES OPEN On the second day of this year’s Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival, my first order of business is checking out Blood Prison, the haunted house located inside the Ohio State Reformatory. It’s another unique offering of this festival, filled... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki Four long years. I hadn’t attended a festival since Rock on the Range in May 2018, first due to the birth of my son in 2019 and then—well, everyone knows what happened in 2020. My long-awaited—for me, anyway—return came on the weekend of July 15-17, 2022, at the Ohio State Reformatory in... Continue Reading →
Festival producers Danny Wimmer Presents have announced additional onsite entertainment and food offerings for the Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival, which will return for its fourth year July 15, 16 and 17, 2022, on the grounds of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio (made famous by the movie "The Shawshank Redemption"). Inkcarceration will feature a lineup with some of the biggest names and brightest new... Continue Reading →
