Wichita Emerald City Tattoo Convention
- Dates
- Next edition to be announced
- Status
- Confirmed
- Venue
- Kansas Star Casino
- Price
- $15 to $20
- Camping
- None on site
- Last checked
- Sep 5, 2026
Wichita Emerald City Tattoo Convention's next dates haven't been announced yet. The last festival was 2 to 4 October 2026 in Mulvane, KS. Froligo tracks current ticket prices, attendee feedback and travel details.
Age, licensing and hygiene
The organizer publishes NO attendee age policy and NO minimum age for getting tattooed, which is unusual for a tattoo convention and should be confirmed with the organizer before relying on it. This is a genuine gap rather than a stated all-ages policy
Kansas licenses body art at the state level through the Kansas Board of Cosmetology (KBOC), which licenses body-art practitioners (Tattoo Artist, Cosmetic Tattoo Artist, Body Piercer) and body-art establishments and publishes the governing statutes and regulations, an infection-control regulation set, a self-inspection checklist and blood-exposure procedures. The organizer requires artists to be properly credentialed: its artist-application page states, verbatim, 'Not licensed in Kansas? Click the image to the right to start your Kansas Tattoo / Body Piercing Temporary License Now!', and its KBOC page routes out-of-state artists to a KBOC Demonstration Permit (contact [email protected]; payment through the KBOC pay portal at kansas.gov/kboc). The Kansas Board of Cosmetology also publishes an 'Application For Out of State License Holder' for practitioners licensed elsewhere. The organizer, a 100% tattoo-artist-owned business run by Bryan Parsons of Addictions in Ink Tattoo, states its mission is to 'promote safe, professional & ethical standards'
The organizer publishes no attendee-facing hygiene procedure of its own. The applicable standard is the Kansas Board of Cosmetology's: Kansas maintains infection-control regulations for body art, a self-inspection checklist for practitioners and establishments, and documented blood-exposure procedures, and it publishes consumer information brochures about tattoos and about body piercing
The event is inside Kansas Star Casino (Boyd Gaming). Casino gaming areas are 21 and over under Kansas gaming rules, separate from the convention floor. The organizer publishes no security, first-aid or medical arrangement
The organiser publishes nothing on Any minimum age for attending or for getting tattooed, Any organizer hygiene or single-use-needle statement, The exact KBOC demonstration-permit fee and the verbatim KBOC infection-control regulation text (not retrieved 5 September 2026) and Any organizer consent or aftercare form. Ask the artist you are booking with, and expect a licensed booth to answer without hesitating.
Checked 2026-09-05The experience
What's special
The Wichita Emerald City Tattoo Convention is an artist-owned Kansas show at Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, October 2 to 4, 2026, in its billed 3rd Annual edition. Run by Bryan Parsons of Addictions in Ink Tattoo, it pairs a live-tattooing floor with tattoo contests and live tattoo battles, professional body piercing, art contests, graffiti showcases, large live-art installations, and local vendors, merch and food, plus an oddities section for ethically sourced taxidermy, osteology and specimen sellers. Admission is $15 for a single day or $45 for a three-day pass in advance, rising to $20 and $50 at the door, sold through the casino's Ticketmaster. The organizer says last year's edition drew over 140 artists from across the country, framed as prior-year context rather than a confirmed 2026 count, and it routes out-of-state artists through a Kansas Board of Cosmetology demonstration permit
What happens on the floor
The core format: artists take a booth for the weekend and work on the open floor, with the public walking through.
Piercers work alongside the tattoo booths. The same questions apply: age, ID, sterilisation and aftercare.
Finished and same-day work is judged on stage in named categories, usually late in the day.
Getting tattooed here
Admission gets you through the door, not into a chair. Tattoo work is arranged with the artist, not with the show.
The organizer publishes no central booking workflow. Live tattooing runs all weekend; contact artists directly to arrange work, and a ticket is required to enter
Walk-ups are implied by the all-weekend live tattooing, subject to each artist's availability; the organizer publishes no specific walk-up rule
Who is tattooing
No artist roster has been published for this edition, so there is no way to pick an artist in advance from the official pages.
No 2026 attending-artist roster is published on the organizer's site as of 5 September 2026; the site markets the show but lists no names. The organizer's only artist-count figure, 'over 140 tattoo artists from across the country', is explicitly framed as last year's edition, not a 2026 count, and is recorded under size.attendance_note as prior-edition context. A human should request the 2026 artist list from the organizer
Around the tattooing
Also running
- Live tattooingAll weekend
- Live tattoo battles
- Live art installations and graffiti showcases
- Professional body piercing
- Local vendors, merch and food
What it costs
Admission is the only price the show sets. Tattoo prices are set by each artist. The organizer publishes no price guide and no central booking workflow; contact the artist directly. A ticket is required to enter.
If you are exhibiting
Booth and vendor fees are what the show charges artists and traders. They are not visitor prices.
Only the single-day and three-day admissions are visitor gate prices. Vendor booths ($300 to $800 plus add-ons), tattoo and piercing booths (by application), sponsorships (invoice-based) and the KBOC demonstration permit are participant fees, not admission
The market and the food
The market floor carries local vendors and merchandise and oddities and ethically sourced taxidermy/osteology vendors.
Food on site: food-vendors.
The organizer's event-information page lists local vendors, merchandise and food; specific food vendors and dietary options are not stated. The venue is a casino resort with its own restaurants
Hours and the floor
Indoor three-day convention at Kansas Star Casino, doors open Friday 12pm to 10pm, Saturday 10am to 10pm and Sunday 10am to 8pm, with live tattooing, body piercing, contests, art installations, vendors, merch and food
Laid out as live-tattooing floor, piercing area, contest area, live-art area, vendor/merch area and food area.
The organizer lists a Hampton Inn & Suites group block near Kansas Star Casino with a pool, hot tub and 24-hour fitness center
Getting there
Nearest airport Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT), roughly 25 miles north by road.
How do I get to Wichita Emerald City Tattoo Convention?
By car
Kansas Star Casino is at 777 Kansas Star Drive in Mulvane, off I-35 (Kansas Turnpike) south of Wichita, about 25 miles / 30 minutes from Wichita Eisenhower National (ICT). Free casino parking
Most people drive to Wichita Emerald City Tattoo Convention. The nearest major airport is Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT), roughly 25 miles north by road, and from there it is a straightforward drive to the venue. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.
By train
No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.
By bus & public transit
No scheduled intercity bus or public transit route to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.
Taxi & rideshare
Taxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.
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Where
Venue
Kansas Star Casino
Camping & Accommodation
Where can I stay near Wichita Emerald City Tattoo Convention?
No on site camping. Here is where to stay nearby.
Mid-range hotels 1
785 Kansas Star Drive, Mulvane, immediately beside the Kansas Star Casino venue: the organizer's room-block hotel (group ID WEC, phone 316-524-3777). Indoor saltwater pool, hot tub and 24-hour fitness; a short walk to the convention
Link coming soonAirbnb & private camping
Wichita proper (about 30 minutes north) has the metro's full hotel and rental market; the Kansas Star cluster in Mulvane is closest to the venue
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What the organiser or venue publishes about getting around, and what they do not.
The organizer does not publish an attendee age policy or a minimum age for getting tattooed. The event is held inside Kansas Star Casino, where casino gaming areas are restricted to ages 21 and over under Kansas gaming rules, separate from the convention space.
A human should confirm the attendee and tattoo age rules with the organizer
Confirm your specific needs with the organiser's access team before you travel.
Pricing
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