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 →
Korn, Breaking Benjamin, Disturbed and Evanescence lead the lineup for the 2022 Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival, set for July 15 to 17 on the grounds of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. The weekend also will feature performances from Lamb of God, Papa Roach, Seether, Falling in Reverse, Three Days Grace, I Prevail,... Continue Reading →
The 2021 Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival set a new record for the event this past weekend as 75,000 music fans rocked out at the sold-out event on the historic grounds of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio--a site made famous by the movie "The Shawshank Redemption." After originally selling out the event in only three weeks, festival co-producers Danny Wimmer Presents were... Continue Reading →
The Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival, which will return for its third year Sept. 10 to 12, 2021, on the grounds of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, has released its daily schedules and, due to production and artists releases, made available a limited number of passes to the previously sold-out three-day festival. Passes are available at https://inkcarceration.frontgatetickets.com/. Inkcarceration will... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki It’s been a long road, but hope is on the horizon. The light at the end of the tunnel is strong enough that we could shine it into the air on a moonlit night and use it to summon Batman. With COVID-19 numbers declining in the United States and a number of... Continue Reading →
Band performance times have been announced for the Inkcarceration Music and Tattoo Festival, which is return to the historic Ohio State Reformatory, aka Shawshank Prison, in Mansfield, Ohio, on July 12, 13 and 14. This year's lineup is led by Shinedown, Godsmack and Five Finger Death Punch. The festival will feature over 30 bands on two outdoor stages, 70 tattoo... Continue Reading →
