Ink The 6ix Toronto Tattoo Expo

Toronto's newer big-money summer expo at Exhibition Place, launched in 2025 by the Puedmag Inkpire studio and built around a $10,000 Best of Show purse.

Event details

• Next edition: TBA for 2027. The 2026 edition ran July 10-12
• Venue: Enercare Centre, Hall C, Exhibition Place, 100 Princes' Boulevard, Toronto
• Location: Toronto, ON
• Organizer: Luis Puedmag of Puedmag Inkpire, a Toronto tattoo studio
• Founded: 2025
• Frequency: Annual
• Artists / booths: Over 200 at the 2025 debut, artists from more than 25 countries advertised for 2026
• Tickets: 2025 pricing before tax and fees: day $30, three-day $75, VIP $250. Seminars $200 each. 2026 pricing not published.
• Tattoo competitions: yes, judged categories run across the weekend
• Website: https://www.inkthe6ixtorontotattooexpo.com/
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/inkthe6ixtorontotattooexpo

About

Ink The 6ix Toronto Tattoo Expo is a summer show at the Enercare Centre, Hall C, on Exhibition Place in Toronto. It was launched in 2025 by Luis Puedmag of Puedmag Inkpire, a Toronto tattoo studio, rather than by an events company, and it is built around a $10,000 Best of Show purse. The debut drew over 200 artists, and the organizer has advertised artists from more than 25 countries since.

For a working artist the competition programme is the reason to book it: a purse that size changes who enters and who watches. The show also sells a seminar track separately. The most recent published pricing, from the 2025 edition and before tax and fees, was $30 a day, $75 for three days and $250 for VIP, with seminars at $200 each; current pricing has not been published, so confirm with the organizer before budgeting.

What to expect

• Enercare Centre, Hall C, Exhibition Place, 100 Princes' Boulevard, Toronto
• Three-day summer show, launched in 2025
• Built around a $10,000 Best of Show purse
• Over 200 artists at the 2025 debut, 25-plus countries advertised since
• Founded and run by Luis Puedmag of the Puedmag Inkpire studio
• 2025 pricing before tax and fees: $30 day, $75 three-day, $250 VIP, seminars $200 each

Best for

Artists who compete seriously and want a large published purse on a Toronto summer floor.

Notable: Launched in 2025 by a working Toronto studio and built around a $10,000 Best of Show purse.

How we check this listing

We last confirmed these details on 2026-07-22. Dates and prices are taken from the organizer and change between editions, so treat the organizer's own page as final before you book travel or a booth.

Checked against: https://www.inkthe6ixtorontotattooexpo.com/, https://instagram.com/inkthe6ixtorontotattooexpo