Tattoo Hall Hours   Friday 2pm-10pm Saturday 11am-10pm Sunday 11am-9pm

Sin Alley Stage   Friday 2pm-2am Saturday 11am-2am Sunday 11am-9pm

Main Stage   Friday 5pm-11:30pm Saturday 12pm-11:30pm Sunday 12pm-10:0pm

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Art Show

Kulture Klash Art Show

Open the hours of the festival in the Sin Alley Gallery, you can view works from Southern California’s finest low brow and  photography artists.

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International Pole Performer Showcase

In its Third year; the International Pole Performers Showcase returns and has become one of the most exciting portions of the weekend. The IPPS will feature title holding pole athletes from Russia/Elena Baghira-Germany/Jeannine Wilkerling-Australia/Jedda Jordon-Fontaine Bradbury and the U.S. Each artistic performer will demonstrate their athletic skill on their vertical canvas; the pole. The poles will reach a dizzying height of 15 feet in the Sin Alley Ballroom, 4 times throughout the weekend. Each of the 8 performers has been selected to demonstrate a different presence; to allure and entertain you.

 

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The Leg Show-”Carnival Cabaret”

Produced by Leila Bazzani and Trace Edwards

Ladies and Gentleman, Step right up!

Into the Carnival World of the Bump and Grind!

We’ve got girls, girls, girls from around the World and across the Nation, imported directly here for you!

From the Exotic Orient to the Red Light District, from port towns too far off palaces, we’ve got ladies for the ladies and ladies for the gents, they’ll make the old go young, and the young go bold.

That’s not all folks!

We’ve got magic and comedy, snakes and swords, and clowns on bikes; from high wire heights…Come see them shimmy, come see them shake, all behind the velvet and don’t be late, so if you already know, then we’re ready to go!

And we’ll see you at the Carnival–Cabaret show!

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Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School

Presented by Dr. Sketchy’s Los Angeles

Want to get your art on at Ink-n-Iron? We’ll supply the smokin’ hot models, you bring your own drawing supplies. Sketch to your heart’s content deep in the Queen Mary’s boiler room as Dr. Sketchy’s Los Angeles presents a continuous figure drawing cabaret. All festival attendees 18 and over are welcome to take part in uninstructed drawing sessions featuring costumed and implied nude models. Artists of all skill levels are encouraged to participate. Several celebrity artists and models will be participating, so watch for additional announcements. ABSOLUTELY NO PHOTOGRAPHY ALLOWED!!

Dr. Sketchy’s is the little Brooklyn drawing event that became a movement. Founded in 2005 by artist Molly Crabapple, Dr. Sketchy’s asked a simple question. Why can’t drawing naked people be sexy? The answer is… it can! There are now Dr. Sketchy’s branches in 110 cities worldwide.

(Days and times to coincide with tattoo hall days and times.)

Art book publisher Baby Tattoo Books will be giving away MISS MINDY’S SASSY PAPER DOLL BONANZA to the first 250 attendees through the Ink-n- Iron gate each day. The book is an outrageous collection of burlesque paper dolls unlike anything you’ve seen before. Dress them up or strip them down… either way, you win!

 

 

 

 

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Car Show

Hosted by the Cavaliers Car Club

The Ink-N-Iron Car Show is the best car show of its type in So Cal. Cars are strictly hand-picked and must be pre-63, and have to be in a style from that era. Please check out the photos in the Gallery. The last Ink-N-Iron had over 200 selected cars in the show with 18,000 attending to view the car show. If you wish to put your car in the car show, you can register with our down loadable form.

Register Now!

 

 

This year we bring you the “Motorama Experience” under the dome. This series of displays illustrates the car show and drag racing history of Long Beach and throughout Southern California. We will be showcasing historically matched dragsters-gassers and altereds on the Lions Drag Strip diorama, complete with all the signage-artifacts and photo archive of the historical Long Beach drag strip. Besides that, we have Barris Kustom City. We have built the historical façade of the shop on Atlantic Blvd., circa 1959 to display 3 traditional kustoms. Then, we re-created the cover of Motor Trends’ 1949 cover with its 1930’s ranch house and grass front yard , all life size to display the very car that was on the cover in the original shot. Lastly, the creator of the Rat Fink character, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s’ shop has been resurrected to display his wild automotive creations of the “60’s”. But, by far the most interesting feature of the “Motorama Experience” is the museum quality presentation of the Wall of Legends display alongside the Renegades C/C historical presentation. These two displays will transform you back to the “Hey Day” and beginning of the Hot Rod and Kustom car craze daddio. Through the three dimensional castings of the legends hands holding the tool of their craft on the Wall of Legends, these are the men who forged this sport of hopping up and kustomizing automobiles of the day. To the illustration of one of Americas most revered and respected car clubs, Renegades, they were formed in Long Beach back in 1941 by 5 high school friends. This display shows the club from their beginning to their rise in car show prominence to become Car Craft Magazine’s “Americas Car Club of the Year”, 1959. We are able to show you pictures of the club members and their cars, to their 5 day Rod & Kustom Motorama held in the LB Municipal Auditorium back in 1958-1960 as well as other club activities.

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Movies on the Green Friday- Saturday Double Feature

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Pin-Up Pageant

This has become one of the most anticipated Pin-Up Pageants in the country with entrants from as far away as Europe. Pin-Up Pageant-Ink-N-Iron pays the highest cash prize awarded; to the girls that make it happen. Between January and February hopeful participants submit their photos and information onto the Ink-N-Iron website. Then during the months of February-May the public votes for who they would like to see compete live at Ink-N-Iron. The top 12 finalist get to compete in a live finale at Ink-N-Iron festival with the audience and a panel of industry judges deciding on the winner

Prizes include Pageant Sash-Gift Bags, Photo Shoot, Prizes and the largest payout of $3000 to the top 4 girls.

 

View the 2008 Pageant & 2009 Pageant

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Tattoo Contest

Every year we are amazed as to the quality of tattoos and contestants who enter in the tattoo contests. Contestants pay $10 to enter a specific category (ie. Best Black & Grey) and the chance to win a Sterling Silver Sacred Heart trophy for themselves and a marble plaque for their artist. The Sacred Heart awards are hand made for us from a friend in Rome Italy, who has an agreement to obtain the hearts from the Roman Catholic church. Some are over 100yrs. Old. These are very special and sought after.

Our panel of industry leaders is left to the responsibility of judging each tattoo using multiple criteria. We do award second place for each category with a ribbon.

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2012 Tattoo Contest Categories

Friday (starts 6pm)

Best Tribal

Best Traditional

Best Japanese

Best of Day Friday

Saturday (starts 4pm)

Best Black & Gray – SM

Best Black & Gray – LG

Best Arm/Leg Sleeve

Best Portrait Black & Gray

Best Portrait Color

Best of Day Saturday

Sunday (starts 4pm)

Best Back/Chest Panel

Best Color – SM

Best Color – LG

Best Overall Male

Best Overall Female

Best of Day Sunday

Best of Show 2010