America’s Favorite Tattoo Festival is once again upon us! The Hell City Tattoo Fest is happening twice in 2009! Hell City “Let It Bleed” will take place May 29th -31st at the Hyatt Regency downtown Killumbus, Ohio. Then onto Hell City “Tattoo Vacation”, Sept 4th -6th at the Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona over Labor Day Weekend.  Without a doubt, this year’s back to back festivals are tattoo history in the making!

If you have ever been to Hell City before, you have seen the massive crowds. The line that gathers before the gates even open looks more like the line to get into a sold out rock concert. Once inside, all that is Hell City will amaze your eyes, ears and skin. With everything from live entertainment on the main stage, to music, to free seminars, The Art Fusion Experiment, tattoo competitions every day, and Suicide Girls giving out the one of a kind trophies, you will want to stay the entire weekend!

There are so many new events and happenings at this year’s Hell City Tattoo Fests, including the “Innerstate Art Camp”, brought to you by Hyperspace Studios. This interactive live painting exhibition will take place the entire weekend, featuring some of today’s top artists, including Hannah Aitchison and Kim Saigh of LA Ink, Guy Aitchison, Michele Wortman, Shawn Barber, Marcus Pacheco, Nick Baxter, and many more amazing artists!

There will also be exclusive book signings by some of the top published tattoo artists in the industry, including Hannah Aitchison of LA Ink. Hannah’s brother, Guy Aitchison, will also be signing his newest version of his book “Reinventing The Tattoo”. There will be all new seminars on everything from tattoo techniques to oil painting, given by such professionals as Joe Capobianco, Shawn Barber, Russ Abbott, Big Gus and more!

Friday night Hell City proudly presents... The comedy of Satan's Comic, Rob White and your host Tim Thomson. Together these New York based comics have been Rocking Clubs, Theatres and Colleges from New York City to Dublin. Guaranteed to provide a roller coaster ride of hilarity from start to finish. Come, laugh your horns off and have one hell of a good time with Satan’s Comics!!

The Hell City main stage just got hotter Saturday night with a twisted, flaming show of circus, dance and fire arts! This years Saturday night performance will be one to remember, bringing you intense visual movement with artistic choreography. This LIVE performance will feature artists from Elemotion Movement Arts, Kristina Isabelle Dance Company, HighJinks Productions, Grimaldi Circus, and The Extra-Terrestrial Circus Experiment to provide this year’s Hellions with a mind blowing unique performance guaranteed to mesmerize! DON'T MISS THIS EXCITING PERFORMANCE! LIVE SATURDAY @ 8 PM.

Another new addition to this year’s fest is live Tattoo Forums that are open to the public! Listen to today's top tattoo artists & industry leaders discuss topics ranging from the art of tattooing to the current state of the industry. Each carefully chosen panel of professionals will express their opinions and stories on various topics, as well as answering any questions Hellions may ask! These discussion panels are tattoo history in the making, don't miss your chance to listen and participate!

As always, we will have tattoo competitions with custom awards designed by the great Don Pendleton!  Every day at the Main Stage, tattoo competitions take place with the beautiful Suicide Girls handing out the awards to the winners who get to take their place on the custom awards podium. With over twenty different categories, Hell City uses it’s state of the art computer judging system, designed by Hell City scientists, to thoroughly critique tattoos, making the judging process unique from any other tattoo convention!

Hellions will be roasting the Mayor Of Tattooville, Chris Longo, Sunday evening!!! Once the gates of Hell City close, dinner starts in the Union Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency. Chris Longo steps into the hot seat at 9pm taking abuse from Guy Aitchison, Lyle Tuttle, Philadelphia Eddie Funk, Tommy Painter, Durb Morrison, Dolores Longo, Nate Drew, and many more great roasters!

Take a load off and kick your feet up in the Hell City Sinema, showing different tattoo and industry related videos everyday of the fest. Let's not forget about the Heck City Kid's Zone! Bring the little devils, get their faces painted, some temporary tattoos and they will fit right in! The Hell City Tattoo Fest is a family friendly environment, encouraging everyone to come and take a peek inside the world of tattoos. This year the festival will also be filming for a new DVD soon to be released, so be sure to get there and be a part of tattoo history!

There will be more great HC09 events to be announced very soon! Check out the Hell City website for a complete listing of updated scheduled events, attending artists and
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