tattoofest

On the occasion of the 15th anniversary edition we are back in our favourite place, Forum Przestrzenie. And this time, the before and after will take place in its friendly spaces. Your mood will be taken care of by the brilliant DJs of Forum Przestrzenie 10.06 DE la rocka i Łapsky // 11.06 Good Paul i Senor Soul, golden Jameson Irish Whiskey and, of course, we! Save the address: 28 Marii Konopnickiej Street.

During this year's Tattoofest, apart from a small revolution in the way of evaluating separately fresh and healed tattoos made styles, we decided to invite expert judges. Apart from the basic jury: Robert Borbas, Tomasz Tofi Torfiński i Davee Blows, tattoos will be additionally judged by: OLD SCHOOL/TRADITIONAL Leszek/Crazy Lessi   REALISTIC TATTOO OR WITH REALISTIC ELEMENTS OF REALISM / COLOR Joanna Fąferko REALISTIC TATTOO OR WITH REALISTIC ELEMENTS OF REALISM / B&G Radek Nikson Rozek  GRAPHIC TATTOO (LINEWORKS, FINELINE, TRASHPOLKA, WATERCOLOR) Fabian Staniec  NEOTRADITIONAL Bartosz Panas  NEWSCHOOL Janusz Więckowski  ETHNIC TATTOO (TRIBAL, BLACKWORK, GEOMETRY, CLASSICAL JAPANESE TATTOO) Karolina Czaja [...]

We are back after a long break. We have spent this time talking and consulting with tattooists and people connected with the industry. Our numerous discussions focused on tattoo contests and their rules. Competitions have always been the main point of each convention. Thanks to them we can admire tattoos of the highest quality, excellent artistry and quality. In their new version we are making a step back for what was good: we are coming back to origin tattooing styles as separate categories. However, we are also taking a step forward by educating and creating simple and transparent criteria. We [...]

Due to ongoing pandemic situation, we have decided to postpone again next edition of Tattoofest. The new date for the 15th edition of Tattoofest is 11-12 June 2022. We hope that this time will allow us to put redoubled effort, so that the jubilee edition takes place in an atmosphere of joy, not uncertainty. Many thanks for the support that comes to us from exhibitors and partners – this confirms the rightness of this decision! All purchased tickets will be honored next year. You can also return them, for this you should write an email to: support@goingapp.pl. Stay safe! [...]

Finally the long-awaited moment has come when we can present you a poster promoting this year's edition of our Tattoofest tattoo festival. The author of the graphics is Kubec from the Slovakian studio Wolf Town Tattoo Collective, who won last year two awards, including one of the most important, i.e. I place in Best of Day category. Kubec's works are quintessence of neotraditional style and he has translated the history of the Krakow dragon into it, which inspired him to create the project for the 15th jubilee edition of Tattoofest.If you haven't know him already we highly recommend to catch up really quickly [...]