Athens Tattoo Convention is returning this year on May 12, 13, and 14 at TAE KWON – DO in Palaio Faliro. The “best tattoo festival in the world” celebrates its 15th birthday with a spectacular event this year.
The festival, which began as an internal necessity of a group of people united by their love of the art and culture tattoos, has developed into an internationally renowned institution. It is now an annual global gathering of ink enthusiasts, with over 4,500 entries in 15 years and 600,000 participants.
This year, the vast urban party of the Athens Tattoo Convention will be even more enriched and will, of course, also have a lively character: 400 artists who are the infant gâté of tattoo artists from abroad and Greece compete and showcase their art with live tattooing and tattoo contests, while the parallel actions include: Dj sets, Live Bands, Food & Drinks, Art Exhibitions, Game Rooms, Graffiti Show, Bike and Skate Show, Kids Playground, Body Painting, Show Acrobatics and impressive fire performances by Tonia Banila.
RACK, a 22-year-old Greek rapper who has swept Greece in two years with awards and tours, will perform live on Saturday.
Since its inception, the Athens Tattoo Convention has supported the Make-A-Wish Organisation.
Through the STAR YO BODY initiative, where the visitor receives a tattoo with selected star designs, 100% of proceeds are donated to the organization, and the wishes of children who suffer from serious illnesses can be fulfilled.
The Program
Saturday
BODY PAINTING 17:00 – 17:30
Best realistic small tattoos between 17:30 and 18:30
Best Tribal Tattoo Contest 19:00 – 20:00
20:00-21:00 BIG REALISTIC TATTOOS – BEST REALISTIC TATTOOS
The best black work from 21:00 – 21:30
The Best of the Day is between 21:30 and 22:30
SATURDAY
BODY PAINTING – 13:30 – 14.00
Best Old School 14:00 – 15:00
15:30 – 17:00 BEST TATTOO COLOUR FOR SMALL TATTOO
17:00 – 17:30 FOOD CREATIVE CHALLENGE
Best Color Big Tattoo 17:30- 19:00
19:00 – 19:00 BEST DOTISM SMALL TATTOO
Fire Show from 19:30 – 20:00
Best Dotism Big Tattoo, 20:00 – 21:00
21:00-22:00 RACK LIVE
22:00-23.00 BEST OF THE DAY
SUNDAY
13:00-14.30 BEST GRAY AND BLUE TATTOO CONTEST, SMALL
15:30-15:30 BODY PAINT
15:30-17:00 BIG BLACK AND GRAY TATTOO
BEST JAPANESE TATOO 17:30-18.30
FIRE SHOW – 18:30-19:00
19:00-20:00 SMALL TATTOO BEST OF THE BEST
Mama Sings Fire live (live at 20:00-21:00)
Best of SHOW BIG, 21:00-22:00
Days & Hours:
Friday 14:00 – 23:00
Saturday 11:00 – 24:00
Sunday 11:00 – 22:00
Tickets on Sale HERE.
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