13th Atlantic City Tattoo Expo

The Atlantic City Tattoo Expo continues its 12 year tradition or art and ink in Atlantic City New Jersey November 4th thu the 6th on the 6th floor of Bally’s Casino and Resort on the center of the Atlantic City Boardwalk.

Better known as “Drawin’ the Wild Card,” one of the east coast longest running tattoo expos finds its way to Bally’s Atlantic City’s. The 2015 hosted on the 6th floor ballroom of Bally’s is surrounded by casino gaming, amazing eateries and home to a 1200 room hotel, making this a perfect host partner for the 2015 event.

The 2016 Expo will feature tattooist and ink aficionados from around the planet as they converge on Atlantic City to leave their mark. This year’s event will highlight art and ink as we celebrate the artist and the canvas that adorn them. The Atlantic City Tattoo Expo will feature something for everyone, live entertainment, tattoo contest, seminars, parties and meet and greets. 5,000 plus attendees are expected to assemble over the week at Bally’s, invading this game space for the love of Art and Entertainment.

While the main focus of the expo (www.actattooexpo.com) is the opportunity to meet (and get tattooed by) over 80-plus tattoo artists from around the globe, the expo also offers a chance to check out unique exhibitors including a variety of clothing, jewelry and novelty vendors. The event also promises to astonish and amaze with its circus antics, pin up contest, tattoo contests and the return of the always entertaining “Stupid $hit People do for Money” as well as interactive art programs with tattoo artist Chris Dingwell. This year’s event will also feature an after party hosted by Bally’s own Blue Martini. Featuring side show personalities and Philly burlesque troop Peek a Boo Review (peekaboorevue.com)

The 2016 event will play host to a wide range of tattoo “reality” personalities including past and present Ink Master contestants such as Sarah Miller, James Vaughn and Halo. Tattoo Rescues Joey Tattoo will be also be joining the festivities along with Tattoo Nightmares Jasmine Rodriguez. The expo offers a unique opportunity to meet as well as get tattooed by these off the wall reality TV tattoo personalities and many others at Bally’s all weekend long.

The Atlantic City Tattoo Expo is open to the public and held on the 6th Floor Ballrooms at the Bally’s Casino & Resort Atlantic City, Admission is $20 for a one-day pass, $35 for a two-day pass and $40 for a three-day pass. An adult must accompany anyone under the age of 18. Kids under 12 get in free with a parent or guardian.

Dates:

Friday, November 4: 5pm-11pm

Saturday, November 5: 11am-11pm

Sunday, November 6: 11am-6pm

Prices:

$20 one-day pass

$35 two-day pass

$40 weekend pass

(Available at the door ONLY!)

Attending Tattoo Artists:

Sarah Miller – Tattoos, Illustration, Art of Wyld Chyld Pittsburgh.

Tattoos By Halo

Joey Tattoo of Bella Arte Tattoo Co.

Steve Martin

Carlos Paschoal – Tattooer Artist

Bone Daddys-Tattoo

Alex Fico of Tattoo CLUB North Italy

Hiren Patel

Kaelin Michael Moser

Lui Renzo Tattoos

Matthew James Gonzalez- Omkara Tattoo

Brett Dimattia- Mythic Ink Tattoo

Trevor Frasca

Mike Means

Dave Knaver

David Osovio

Adam Whetzel

AC Ink Tattoo Studio

Michael Cho of Ocean Front Tattoo

Justin Zak

Christian Masot of Silk City Tattoo

Jamilyn Corpes of The Inkuisition

CLUB 44 Tattoo

Ned De Leon

Bob McCarty

Ed Tierney of White Lotus Tattoo & Fine Art Gallery The LLC

Mike Nemo

& many more coming soon!