Inkin Shreveport Tattoo Festival
The Ark-La-Tex region's anchor tattoo festival, gathering around 150 artists in downtown Shreveport for a weekend of live work and sideshow entertainment.
Event details
- Dates: Fall 2026 (TBA)
- Venue: Shreveport Convention Center, Shreveport, LA
- Location: Shreveport, LA
- Organizer: Inkin Productions
- Founded: N/A
- Frequency: Annual
- Attendance: N/A
- Artists / booths: ~150 artists
- Tickets: Day and weekend passes via Inkin Productions; see website.
- Tattoo competitions: yes, judged categories run across the weekend
- Website: https://inkinproductions.com/
- Instagram: @inkinshreveport
About
The Inkin Shreveport Tattoo Festival is billed as the largest annual tattoo and piercing festival in the Ark-La-Tex, drawing roughly 150 artists to the Shreveport Convention Center for a weekend of live tattooing, exhibitions, and the chance to explore new styles. Produced by Inkin Productions under president Aaron Antonucci, it shares its organizing team with the long-running Inkin The Coast convention on the Gulf, lending the younger Shreveport edition a seasoned production backbone.
Beyond the tattoo floor, the festival leans into spectacle with live music, circus-style sideshows, contests, and a wide vendor hall. Its most recent edition ran October 17-19, 2025; the 2026 dates have not yet been announced, but the event is expected to return in the fall.
What to expect
- Around 150 artists across the Shreveport Convention Center floor
- Billed as the largest tattoo festival in the Ark-La-Tex
- Produced by the team behind Inkin The Coast
- Live music and circus-style sideshow acts
- Tattoo contests across multiple categories
- Large vendor hall alongside the tattooing
Best for
Ark-La-Tex artists and collectors wanting the region's flagship festival
Notable: Run by the same team behind the long-running Inkin The Coast convention on the Gulf Coast.
How we check this listing
We last confirmed these details on 2026-07-06. 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://inkinproductions.com/, https://inkppl.com/en/tattooevents/2025/october-2025/inkin-shreveport-tattoo-festival, https://www.shreveportbossieradvocate.com/food_and_entertainment/inkin-shreveport-tattoo-pierceing-festival-convention-center/article_62d0bf74-60ab-11ef-b594-630d96d81c41.html