Promoter Danny Wimmer Presents has set the 2024 dates for its three spring festivals: Welcome to Rockville will return May 9 to 12 to Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida; the Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival is set for May 16 to 19 at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio; and the Inkcarceration... Continue Reading →
Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival 2023, held July 14 to 16 at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, drew 75,000 music fans, selling out for the third consecutive year. The event, co-produced by festival promoter Danny Wimmer Presents, drew fans from every state and 15 countries. Highlights of the weekend included headline performances from... Continue Reading →
As the 2023 Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival approaches, festival passes are 98 percent sold out for the July 14 to 16 event. Inkcarceration will feature a rock and metal lineup led by headliners Slipknot, Pantera and Limp Bizkit, plus more than 65 tattoo artists and haunted attractions at the historic grounds of the Ohio State Reformatory (made famous by the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" in Mansfield, Ohio. The three-day... 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 →
Band performance times have been announced 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”). A total of 63 bands are scheduled to perform throughout the weekend on the festival's three stages,... 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 →
Jose Mangin has signed a multiyear deal with Danny Wimmer Presents to serve as the official host and live correspondent of rock festivals Welcome to Rockville, Inkcarcration, Aftershock and Louder Than Life. "We are so thrilled to be having Jose Mangin at our rock festivals as our official host and backstage correspondent, bringing exclusive band interviews and... Continue Reading →
