Ink & Wheels Big Show Ottawa
Ottawa's three-day spring tattoo and custom-motorcycle show at Lansdowne's Aberdeen Pavilion, combining a 62-artist tattoo roster and contest programme with bike builders, vendors and live music.
Event details
- Next edition: TBA for 2027. The 2026 edition ran May 29-31
- Venue: Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne, 1000 Exhibition Way, Ottawa ON
- Location: Ottawa, ON
- Organizer: Ink & Wheels Big Show Inc.
- Founded: 2025 in Ottawa
- Frequency: Annual
- Artists / booths: 62 tattoo artists on the official Ottawa roster. Their 500+ exhibitor figure counts bikes and vendors too.
- Tickets: Friday $20, Saturday $25, Sunday $20, weekend pass $60, all plus tax. Children under 12 enter at no charge.
- Tattoo competitions: yes, judged categories run across the weekend
- Website: https://inkandwheelsbigshow.com/en/
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/inkwheelsbigshow
About
Ink & Wheels Big Show Ottawa is a three-day spring show at the Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne, run by Ink & Wheels Big Show Inc. It combines tattooing with custom motorcycles, putting bike builders, vendors and live music on the same floor as the artists. The Ottawa edition started in 2025.
Read the roster figure carefully before you book: the official Ottawa list names 62 tattoo artists, while the widely quoted 500-plus exhibitor number counts bikes and vendors as well, not tattooers. A contest programme runs across the weekend. Admission is $20 Friday, $25 Saturday, $20 Sunday and $60 for the weekend pass, all plus tax, with children under 12 entering at no charge. The crowd is a motorcycle-show crowd as much as a tattoo one, which suits some books and not others.
What to expect
- Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne, 1000 Exhibition Way, central Ottawa
- Three-day show in the spring slot, running in Ottawa since 2025
- 62 tattoo artists on the official Ottawa roster
- The 500-plus exhibitor figure counts bikes and vendors, not just tattooers
- Tattooing, custom motorcycles, vendors and live music on one floor
- $20 / $25 / $20 daily, $60 weekend, plus tax; no charge under 12
Best for
Artists comfortable working a motorcycle-show crowd rather than a dedicated tattoo convention audience.
Notable: A tattoo and custom-motorcycle crossover held in the Aberdeen Pavilion, a landmark exhibition hall at Lansdowne.
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://inkandwheelsbigshow.com/en/, https://instagram.com/inkwheelsbigshow