Something a little different this weekend as 50 national and international tattoo artists will be on show at the Nicaragua Tattoo Convention being held at the Olof Palme Convention Center in Managua this June 19th and 20th. The “Ink Festival”, as it’s been dubbed, will also hold a competition to find the best artist for 2021.
Nicaragua Creativa
The tattoo convention has been organized by Alejandro Molina and Mauren Ramírez who have the backing of “Nicaragua Creativa”, a government of Nicaragua initiative which has the official title of “National Commission for the Creative Economy of the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua (Comisión Nacional de Economía Creativa del Gobierno de la República de Nicaragua).
Tickets and Event Details
Entry to the two day event is US $6 dollars for adults and is free for children. You can also purchase a two day pass for the discounted price of US $9. Tickets can be purchased in advance at TodoTicket or at the event box office.
Alejandro Molina, Co-Organizer stressed that the Nicaragua Tattoo Convention is for all the family and will feature about 25 local artists as well as regional and international, including Venezuela.
National bands will be performing concerts between the sessions by more than 5 DJs. There will be food and drinks, visual artists and also an exhibition of Harley Davidson motorcycles.
Where is it?
Use this Google Maps link to find the Olof Palme Convention Center. Travel north past Metrocentro, continue past the Dennis Martínez National Stadium towards the National Assembly complex in Barrio Buenos Aires (next to the tallest building in Nicaragua).
Olof Palme Convention Center
The project to upgrade the Olof Palme Convention Center (Centro de Convenciones Olof Palme) was started in 2011 and took 5 years to complete. It’s now a multi-purpose convention and meeting complex with six buildings that are separate but linked together. The “Plenary Chamber” seats up to 1,200 in plush leather armchairs. The chairs can be folded away to create a more flexible use of the room.
The center is named after Sven Olof Joachim Palme, the Swedish Prime Minister (Swedish Social Democratic Workers’ Party) who was murdered on the streets of Stockholm in 1986.
