Entertainment
2025 Schedule…
Saturday 1st February
10:00 Welcome Tattoo Freeze!
10:00 Slippers the Split
11:30 Craig Gould Live Music
12:00 Slippers the Split - Musical Bingo
13:30 Craig Gould Live Music
14:00 How Much For a Sleeve? Live Podcast
15:00 Slippers the Split
17:00 The Fuel Girls
17:30 Skin Deep Tattoo Contest Judging
18:30 Slippers the Split
19:30 Skin Deep Prize Giving
20:00 Hometime :( See you tomorrow!
Sunday 2nd February
09:00 Welcome Tattoo Freeze!
10:00 Slippers the Split
10:30 Craig Gould Live Music
11:00 Slippers the Split
11:30 Art Fusion
13:00 Craig Gould Live Music
13:30 Slippers the Split - Musical Bingo
15:30 The Fuel Girls
16:00 Skin Deep Tattoo Contest Judging
17:00 Slippers the Split
17:30 Skin Deep Prize Giving
18:00 Hometime. See you next year!
Skin Deep Tattoo Competitions
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WINNERS FROM TATTOO FREEZE 2024 HERE
Fiercely contested, forever popular and the high point of any tattoo convention, the Tattoo Competitions will return once more over the weekend.
The weekend offers working artists and their clients the chance to enter, giving our esteemed panel of judges the incredibly hard task of choosing a winner.
Gunning for one of our coveted awards?
Make sure you’ve got your timings down and don't miss out - judging takes place on the main stage.
If you have any questions about judging, contact sarah@jazzevents.co.uk
Saturday 1st February
Best Avant-Garde
Colour or mono, abstract, distorted reality, brushwork, expressionist, line work, geometric and experimental.Best Blackwork
Strong presence of black ink, line work, geometric, symmetry.Best Oriental
Colour or mono, excellent depiction of oriental, including but not limited to traditional koi and Japanese Oni masks.
Best Traditional
Colour or mono, defined by the presence of a long-established, traditional tattoo. Includes but is not limited to traditional depictions of the nautical, gypsy, roses etc.Best Colour
A strong presence of colour, water colour, vivid tones with impact.Best of Saturday
Only winners of the Saturday categories will be judged for Best of Saturday.
Sunday 2nd February
Best Neo-Traditional Colour or mono, bold lines, revival of traditional tattoo style.
Best Realism
Colour or mono, portraits, wildlife, hyper realistic detail.Best Black & Grey
May be a wide variety of subject but must exclusively be black and grey.Best of Sunday
Only winners of the Sunday categories will be judged for Best of Sunday.Best of Convention
Self explanatory - your tattoo is the victor of all and may take it's rightful throne in the Tattoo Freeze Hall of Fame.Best Booth
Every Artist Booth will be entered into this competition, you do not need to do anything (its just a bit of fun!)
Rules & Guidelines:
Only tattoos with a significant amount of work and that are completed at the convention can enter the awards.*
Tattoos can only be entered into one category.
All entrants must be registered to enter. Registration forms can be found at the info stand.
The winners from both days will be entered into the Best of Convention category on Sunday.
No tattoo studio/artists T-shirts to be worn in front of the judges.
Judges will not be made aware of any artist’s studio or identity.
Judging will take place on stage in the Arena on the ground floor.
*Oriental bodysuits entered into Best Oriental will be the only tattoos judged that have not been worked on at the show.
Your Judges…
David Haddock
Judging Saturday and Sunday
Gav Underhill
Judging Sunday
Elliott Wells
Judging Saturday and Sunday
Lucie Tattoo
Judging Saturday
Adam Hudson
Judging Saturday
Art Fusion
Art Fusion
Art Fusion is an event created by Paul Booth and Filip Leu that has become a regular part of many international conventions. It consists of 4 or 5 artists working on the same amount of canvases, rotating every 5 minutes, for the duration of the performance.
The final pieces should be a freestyle organic amalgamation of all the Artists styles that have been involved in the performance, as opposed to each Artist forcing the pieces in one direction. Art Fusion is about bringing the Artists together harmoniously as one “Artist” that will only exist and be able to create those pieces at that point in time.
How Much For a Sleeve? Live Podcast
How Much For a Sleeve?
is a tattoo podcast, hosted by tattoo artist and comedian, Lucie Richardson, and tattoo enthusiast and comedian, Mick Tickner.
Started during the Covid pandemic, the fortnightly episodes bring you conversations with some of the world’s most influential tattoo artists. They’ve been lucky enough to interview artists such as Bob Tyrrell, the late Shanghai Kate, Goodtime Charlie and Lal Hardy.
Covering a wide range of topics, How Much For a Sleeve? brings the perspective of the tattooer and the tattoo client, while combining humour, insight and knowledge of practises. Recently having raised over £3k for charitable causes thanks to the generosity of their listeners.
Truthfully though, it’s 95% pets and rude jokes.
The Fuel Girls
BURN BABY, BURN!
The Fuel Girls are BACK!
These incredible women perform all over the world with their fire, pyro, and aerial shows and they’re bringing that all to the Telford International Centre this February!
Catch their performances both Saturday and Sunday on the main stage right before the hotly anticipated Tattoo Competitions.
Is it just us, or us it getting hot in here? ❤️🔥
Craig Gould
Come chill out with Craig!
Releasing his debut album to critical acclaim, achieving top 20 positions in three of the UK's Official Albums Charts, followed by sell-out shows on his own national tours. Craig Gould is heralded as one of the hottest new artists on the Folk/Americana & Independent music scene.
We’re excited to be hosting Craig at Tattoo Freeze, come along to his performances and show him some love!
Slippers the Split
The coolest DJ booth ever?!
Slippers the Split will be at Tattoo Freeze all weekend, not only spinning great tunes to get tattooed to but also sound-tracking your weekend with us.
After a long day in the chair, come vibe with us with a drink in hand, listen to some tunes, possibly play some games and hang out with your mates! Tattoos, tunes and a few cold ones, count us in!
Circus Workshops
The circus is coming to town!
Get the whole family involved and start clowning around at Tattoo Freeze with professor Elmo and his Panic Family Circus.
With a long list of activities including traditional Punch & Judy, circus skill workshops as well as educations shows, there is something for the whole family to enjoy!
The circus only rolls into town on the Sunday of Tattoo Freeze, so be sure to visit!
