MANSFIELD — The Inkcarceration Music and Tattoo Festival is right around the corner and the Mansfield Police Department is giving the community a heads-up on how to avoid the traffic snarls that come with it. The event will take place at the historic Ohio State Reformatory located at 100 Reformatory Road. To start, Olivesburg Road/ […]
Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival
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WATCH: Interview with Tim Brennan of Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys are currently touring Europe, and lead guitarist Tim Brennan sat down on a stoop on a Norway street and chatted with Adam Doc Fox about the playing at Inkcarceration 2024 on July 21. Brennan talked about what songs and energy the fans should expect, how “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” landed in the […]
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Hope & redemption: The enduring 30-year bond between OSR and Shawshank
MANSFIELD — The former Ohio State Reformatory and the “Shawshank Redemption” movie have had a three-decade-long symbiotic relationship. One would not exist without the other. Ultimately, both found redemption within one another. More on that below. That unique relationship that will be renewed and refreshed Aug. 9 to 11 when movie lovers from around the […]
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Inkcarceration sets schedule for July 19-21 music & tattoo festival
MANSFIELD — Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival has announced the music set times and additional onsite experiences for the highly anticipated July 19, 20 & 21 event at historic Ohio State Reformatoryin Mansfield. The slate features a music lineup packed with top rock acts, more than 115 tattoo artists, haunted attractions and more. Fans can now plan their festival experience down […]
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Are you ready for the 30th anniversary of ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ in Mansfield?
MANSFIELD — Red and Andy have been invited back to Shawshank State Prison. In fact, Lee Tasseff, president of Destination Mansfield-Richland County, told Richland County commissioners on Tuesday morning that many of the cast and crew from “The Shawshank Redemption” have been invited to Mansfield this summer to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film’s […]
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2024 Inkcarceration to feature Shinedown, Godsmack & Breaking Benjamin
MANSFIELD — One of America’s most unique events — Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival — returns to historic Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield for its sixth year, July 19, 20 and 21 with a music lineup packed with top rock acts, more than 115 tattoo artists and haunted attractions. Following three consecutive years of sellouts, […]
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Loudonville couple ties the knot at Inkcarceration
MANSFIELD — Brandon Boyd and Jade Montoya aren’t interested in following convention. That’s why, on July 16, they decided to say “I do” to each other on the steps of the Ohio State Reformatory minutes before Slipknot took the stage at THE Inkcarceration Tattoo and Music Festival. “We saw a guy advertising on Facebook ‘Get […]
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From rage to devilish elation to joy: a journalist’s observation of emotions at Inkcarceration
MANSFIELD — Even the happiest person feels rage — and it has to go somewhere. For the black-haired, pale skinned woman wearing a scanty skirt, lace pantyhose and graphic tee, it went into a blue barf bag at the medical tent: a violent purge of not-fully digested who-knows-what. “Do you guys have ear plugs?” I ask […]
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An adults-only recap of this weekend’s Inkcarceration festival
MANSFIELD — A lady in a tank top with a red flannel tied around her waist was hovering around the port-o-pots near the entrance to the Inkcarceration Tattoo and Music Festival. “You’re better than what’s in there,” she told every person around her, through slurred speech, as they entered the bathroom box of doom. It […]
