12 • 14 September 2025
LOCATION
Harrah’s Cherokee Center – Asheville
87 Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801,
United States
CONTACTS
TICKETS
Day Pass: $25
Weekend Pass: $50
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This is such a great resource that you are providing and you give it away for free.
This festival sounds amazing! I love that Villain Arts is bringing so many artists together, from local to international. The mention of Ink Master artists like Kyle Dunbar and Manifest Mark Matthews is super cool. Three days of art and self-expression sounds perfect. What a lineup for September 2025!
I really want a tattoo.
I’m looking forward to reading many of your posts
I think you’re going to enjoy yourself. Where do you submit your tattoos for judging?
How long on Sunday 11/7 will this event be open?
How do you enter your tattoos in the competitions?
Most conventions posts their contests online where you can either register online, OR you can register at the day of at the convention. But there is always a last minute submission the day of the competition, so you can just lube up your ink and walk up to the table and tell them you want to enter.
Thanks for the info!
Is it first come first served to get tattooed, or are appointments required in advance? If so, how?
every artist is different; if you have a particular artist you want to work with, its best to contact the artist directly and book an appointment. If you don’t care who you get tattooed by, walk around the convention and ask who is available for walk ins
How do we find out how o get a booth to sell merchandise?
Thanks.
well, the website have a page for artists and vendors, application usually involve you filling out a form, email it, and the convention people reply with an invoice for you to pay for the booth.
How do we find out what artists will be there?
Check the convention event website, that usually have a list of registered artists. HOWEVER, you can also do a search on Instagram, because a lot of conventions doesn’t list ALL the artists, so if there’s an artist you follow, you can look up their convention schedule and see if that artist attend the convention you’re interested in. If you don’t want to do the homework to research, you can just show up and hope for the best.