This year’s Ink Life Tour Fort Myers is just around the corner. The Harborside Events Center is ready to welcome hundreds of tattooists from all over the world, for the second time, during this monstrous event. New to this year’s event is the ‘King of the Roses Competition’ which encourages human canvases to be available and get a free rose tattoo from the artist competitors!
Here’s the complete schedule of events and awards for the weekend:
March 1st
9:00 A.M. - Load In For Artists And Friday Bands
11:00 A.M - Sound Check
12:00 P.M - Doors Open To Public - Open Music MC Announcements
12:30 P.M - Registration For Tattoo Competitions Begins
1:00 P.M Open Music and misc stage shows
5:00 P.M Suspension Show
6:00 P.M Magic Show
6:30 P.M - End Of Tattoo Competition Registration, Open music
7:30 P.M Begin Tattoo Competition Judging
8:15 P.M Award Presentation
8:30 P.M Gemini Syndrome and Final Trigger
9:30 P.M MushroomHead
11:30 P.M Stage Load Out / Doors Closed
March 2nd
10:00 A.M. Load In For Artists And Friday Bands
11:00 A.M - Sound Check
12:00 P.M - Doors Open To Public - Open Music MC Announcements
12:30 P.M - Registration For Tattoo Competitions Begins
1:00 P.M Band Showcase begins
4:30 P.M Band Showcase Ends
5:00 P.M Suspension Show
6:00 P.M Magic Show
6:30 P.M - End Of Tattoo Competition Registration, Open music
7:30 P.M Begin Tattoo Competition Judging
9:00 P.M Award Presentation
9:30 P.M Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
11:30 P.M Stage Load Out / Doors Closed
Friday Award Categories
Tattoo Of The Day
Saturday Award Categories
TRADITIONAL (SMALL,MEDIUM & LARGE)
BLACK-N-GREY (SMALL,MEDIUM & LARGE)
COLOR (SMALL,MEDIUM & LARGE)
BEST SKULL (INCLUDES SUGAR SKULL & DAY OF THE DEAD)
MOST UNUSUAL
MOVIE CHARACTER
TRIBAL
WORST TATTOO
BEST OF DAY
Tattoo Of The Day (Judging To Begin Promptly After Sleeve Category)
March 3rd
10:00 A.M. Load In For Bands and Vendors
11:30 A.M Tables ready by stage for King Of The Roses
12:00 P.M Doors Open To Public -Open Music and MC Announcements Registration for King Of The Roses begins.
1:30 P.M Registration For Tattoo Competitions Begins
2:00 P.M King Of The Roses All Canvases and Artists need to listen for the MC announcements.
4:30 P.M King OF The Roses ends and Judging begins
5:00 P.M King Of The Roses Crown awarded
5:15 P.M Tattoo Competition Judging Begins
7:15 P.M Awards Presented
7:45 P.M TRAPT
9:15 P.M Stage Load Out / Doors Closed
Sunday Award Categories
BEST CHEST PIECE
BEST BACK PIECE
BEST LEG SLEEVE
BEST ARM SLEEVE
ASIAN
FLORAL
COLOR PORTRAIT
BLACK-N-GREY PORTRAIT
OVERALL MALE
OVERALL FEMALE
BEST OF DAY
BEST OF SHOW
*BEST OF SHOW* IS FOR THE WINNERS FROM EACH BEST OF DAY OR A Piece Worked On Over The Course Of The Weekend That Could Not Be Entered In Best Of Day
A reminder to all participating artists:
All artists must take this course to tattoo in the state of Florida! This is a one-time course! Once passed your class certification is good for life. You would only have to pay a $35.00 fee to the state when you come to tattoo. Once this class is complete and you have your certification fill out the form on this link and mail it in with your $35.00 permit fee, a copy of your current tattoo license from another state and a copy of your ID to this address ATT Peter Fiore Lee CHD/Environmental Health 2295 Victoria Ave, Ft Myers FL 33901.
The Florida permit link is http://www.myfloridaeh.com/community/tattoo/Application_Guest_Tattoo_Artist_Registration.pdf
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