Ronnie Beaird returned to this year’s Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival after suffering a heart attack during last year’s festival.
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Your full guide to Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival 2024
MANSFIELD — In a few days, the population of Mansfield will grow by around 75,000 as the Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival returns to the historic Ohio State Reformatory. The festival — held July 19 to 21 — officially starts Friday, but festival goers who plan to camp at the Richland County Fairgrounds are expected to […]
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Return to Shawshank: Clancy Brown to participate in 30th anniversary at OSR
MANSFIELD — Clancy Brown will have a chance to see three decades of improvement when he returns to Shawshank State Prison. The 65-year-old Ohio native, who portrayed Capt. Byron Hadley in the “Shawshank Redemption,” will return to the Ohio State Reformatory in August for the first time since the iconic movie was filmed here in […]
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Road closures & traffic delays expected/Inkcarceration Festival
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/ […]
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Turner Classic Movies host to lead ‘Shawshank Redemption’ panel discussion
MANSFIELD — The 30th anniversary celebration of “The Shawshank Redemption” movie is designed for the film’s legion of fans around the world. But it’s also a family reunion of sorts for the cast and crew that created the film that earned seven Academy Award nominations and is IMDB’s top-rated movie of all time. In 2015, […]
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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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Destination Mansfield kicks off ‘Return to Shawshank’ season
Destination Mansfield president Lee Tasseff promised an exciting event celebrating Mansfield’s best known landmark on Wednesday.
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ParaPsyCon V set for May 17 to 19 at the Ohio State Reformatory
MANSFIELD — Please join us on May 18 and 19 for ParaPsyCon V, which will be at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield. ParaPsyCon is a gathering of paranormal enthusiasts and those who love the unknown. Visit over 90 vendors, including authors, psychics, healers, jewelry and crystal retailers, metaphysical items, candles, soap, t-shirts, celebrities, speakers, […]
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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 […]