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 →
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 →
Festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents has announced additional onsite entertainment and unique food offerings for the sold-out Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival, which will return for its third year Sept. 10 to 12, 2021, on the historic 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... Continue Reading →
Slipknot, Mudvayne (in its first live performance since 2009) and Rob Zombie are the headliners for this year's Inkcarceration Festival, set for Sept. 10 to 12, 2021, at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. The lineup also features A Day to Remember, Mastodon, Halestorm, Chevelle, Killswitch Engage, Beartooth, Motionless in White, Asking Alexandria, Steel... Continue Reading →
The 2020 edition of the Inkcarceration Festival, scheduled for July 10 to 12 at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, has been canceled. Festival organizers released the following statement: “It is with extremely sad hearts that we must announce the cancellation of Inkcarceration Festival 2020. We’re sure this doesn’t come as a major surprise given the... Continue Reading →
