Information 2024

Saturday

• 10:00 AM - Doors open
• 11:00 AM - Opening day 1
• 12:00 PM - Registration for tattoo contests begins.
• 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Paella preparation by Nick and Rosti - finalists from the World Paella Cooking Competition in Valencia.
• 2:00 PM - Craziest Tattoo Contest, sponsored by "AutoMart".
• 3:00 PM - Canadian wrestling organized by the "Bulgarian Canadian Wrestling Federation".
• 3:30 PM - Show with Tsvetelina Tsvetkova - Lady Gergana.
• 5:00 PM - Competition program
  • 1. "Best Monochrome" /Black and Gray, Back and white, Gray wash technique, regardless of size and without the presence of any other color except Black, white and/or gray/
  • 2. "Best Color Tattoo" /all kinds of color tattoos, regardless of size, which do not fall into other categories/
  • 3. "Avant-garde Tattoos" /Line Work, Dot Work, geometry, minimalism, trash polka/.
    • Show with Vera Hitova Nia Laleva from Vertical Art
  • 4. "Neo Traditional" - /color or monochrome palette without size restrictions/.
  • 5. "Lettering" /Color or black/gray, regardless of size and position/
    • Chili pepper eating contest, sponsored by "UCHINDOL CHILLIES"
  • 6. "Best of Saturday" - Tattoos in this category must be started and completed on Saturday by an exhibitor. The winner will participate in the "Best of Bulgaria Tattoo Expo" category.
    • Show with Lea Montravers aka MERE DRAGON
    • Raffle for prizes Category "TATTOOMED"
      Raffle from Monster
• 8:00 PM - Awards ceremony
• 10:30 PM - Day 1 closes

Sunday

• 10:00 AM - Doors open
• 12:30 PM - Sign-up for competitions
• 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Paella preparation by Nick and Rosti - finalists from the World Paella Cooking Competition in Valencia
• 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - DJ set / Showcase Dj Alphabet
• 3:30 PM - Show with Tsvetelina Tsvetkova - Lady Gergana
• 4:30 PM - Competition program
  • 1. "Traditional" /Color or black traditional style without any restrictions in themes or size/
  • 2. "Japanese/Oriental" /Color or black, dragons, fish, samurai, etc. without size restrictions/
  • 3. "Realism" /Realistic tattoos without restrictions in themes, colors, and size including portraits/.
    • Show with Vera Hitova Nia Laleva from Vertical Art
  • 4. "Fantasy" - any "non-standard" representation of people, faces, animals, flowers, inanimate objects, fantasy, abstract interpretations, distorted reality, regardless of size./ 
  • 5. "Collaboration" - A work created by more than one artist, started at the expo and finished at the expo; can only compete in this category./
  • 6. "Best of Sunday" - Tattoos in this category must be started and completed on Sunday by an exhibitor + two-day sessions (made at the event by one Artist). The winner will participate in the "Best of Bulgaria Tattoo Expo" category.
  • 7. "Best of Bulgaria Tattoo Expo" - This category includes the two winners from Saturday and Sunday.
    • Show with Lea Montravers aka MERE DRAGON
    • Raffle for a GIVEAWEY from "Inside Ink tattoo studio"
    • Raffle for a Monster bike
    • Raffle for prizes Category "TATTOOMED"
• 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Awards ceremony Day II
• 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM - Group photo + Performance by the show program artists

(the program may have allowable inconsistencies in the schedule, which is entirely dependent on the tattoo contests)

Location of participants in Bulgaria Tattoo Expo 9

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