Madison Tattoo Festival

Friday: 12PM – 10PM; Saturday: 11AM – 10PM; Sunday: 11AM – 7PM

media release: The Second Annual Madison Tattoo Festival will be coming back to the Alliant Energy Center this September! The Festival will host over 275 tattoo artists exhibiting their work and competing in contests with over 20 categories. Competitions will be for healed tattoos as well as competitions each day for tattoos done at the Festival.

Nationally and Internationally recognized tattoo artists will be set up for the public to browse and collect tattoos! Reality tattoo stars from some of your favorite tattoo reality television shows will be on hand tattooing and able to be seen working their craft live, in front of attendees of the festival. Artists have already started booking  in advance, but plenty of others will be accepting walk up tattoos. To find your perfect artist, go to madisontattoofestival.com/artists. Do it quickly before they are booked solid for the entire weekend.

We also are proud to host the Worst Tattoo Competition, sponsored by Removery – the World’s Largest Tattoo Removal Company. A free to enter competition, attendees can show off bad or regrettable tattoos they have, with the winner receiving a free removal package from Removery, who has over 150 locations in the United States, Canada, and Australia.

Our Festival also features vendors ranging from oddities to clothing and makers of all kinds.This event is open to the public and family friendly.

The Madison Tattoo Festival is presented by Tattoo Fest and the Explorer Tattoo Conference – the world’s largest educational tattoo conference.

Family Friendly, Must be 18 with valid ID to be tattooed, Online Pre-Sale Early Bird Tickets are on sale now: Weekend($60) & Daily($27.50). Passes Also Available at the door.