When did the London Tattoo Convention first start?
The first London Tattoo Convention was held in September 2004.
Was it always at the Tobacco Dock Venue?
Actually no… We started in Brick Lane at the Old Truman Brewery. At the first London Tattoo Convention we invited around 300 tattooers, it was not the huge show it is today. We held the show at the Old Truman Brewery for 4 years, then my partner Marcus Berriman discovered Tobacco Dock, which at the time was not a very popular venue. Actually, I think I can say that the London Tattoo Convention put Tobacco Dock on the map, because at the time we were the biggest event to be held there. The reason we switched venues was to find a bigger place because the convention was growing fast and becoming a life style and cultural festival, not only a tattoo event, and Tobacco Dock was the best venue available in London for this.
How has the Tattoo Scene changed over the years?The tattoo scene has changed a lot. The biggest changes in the recent history of the tattoo world happened in 2004 when the Discovery Channel released ‘Miami Ink’,
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This summer it’s all about motorbikes, leather, rock ‘n roll, party times and always FIRE!
The Fuel Girls are busy all summer with a string of exciting Summer shows to keep you fired up! This weekend they are in Basel, Switzerland for the motorbike show Biker Days Basel, an epic FREE motorbike show and parade, through one of Switzerlands most beautiful cities! Amazing streetfood, entertainment, music, motorbikes and of course, The Fuel Girls! Thanks to gorgeous girl-power organiser Lucia for inviting us back for another year, we absolutely LOVE this show!
You can see more of us here on our Insta Story, so get your ass over there and follow us live!
Next weekend we head off to Brisbane, Australia for the Australian Tattoo Expo at the Brisbane Convention Centre! With over 57,000 visitors annually, this celebration of creativity and art promotes the skills of world-renowned artists in Australia and around the world.Meet the industry’s most talented artists, research the different tattoo genres, trends and techniques and make an appointment or get inked on the spot! All this AND get to see Katrina,
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Fuel Girls Auditions – meet our new Fuel Girls!
So, alot of you will know that we held an epic audition for a new Fuel Girl a few weeks ago at Proud Camden.
We had a huge response, with auditionees flying in from Paris and Los Angeles and travelling by train from as far as Scotland! Despite there being a storm and with trains cancelled, so many performers still made it and gave it their all! We had hoola hoop girls, we had fire archers, we had rope bondage, fire spinners, aerial straps, hoops and some pretty awesome fire dancing! A fantastic night, with a loud and VERY supportive audience and a few drinks to be had by all!
Firstly, thanks you SO much to everyone that made the effort to be there! We loved every single performance and wish we could take pretty much everyone into our group! BUT the final decision was to take not just one performer, but TWO and now we have expanded our group to include fire performer Jasmine and the multi-skilled Kasia! Two gorgeous girls who we cant WAIT to take on tour!
You can check out the profiles page on our website to find out more about the new Fuel Girls plus our existing girls!
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Searching for a new Fuel Girl!
2017 has started off with a BANG! At the end of last year we posted our search for a new Fuel Girl on facebook
https://www.facebook.com/TheFuelGirls/
The response has been EPIC! We have recieved so many applicants, from all over the world. The UK of course, but beautiful and skilled performers from the USA, Mexico, Spain, Austria, Belgium and more! We are really excited by the gorgeous girls applying and are currently working our way through your emails, pics and videos! We already have our eyes on a few 😉 Fire performers, aerial performers, pole performers, dancers, burlesque beauties, circus babes, party girls, motorbike queens and awesome characters! Love you all!
We will be hosting a ‘meet the Fuel Girls’ night in London soon and we hope to see some of you perform! We dont want to subject you to a ‘top table’ audition, so expect something alot more relaxed and fun!!!
And don’t worry if you are not in the UK, we will still take the time to check you out thoroughly, you never know what could happen…. 😉
Lots of info and details to come…
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Hi Everyone!
Just arrived home from Brussels Tattoo Convention, a show we have performed at for a few years now, and what a show it was! We are really excited about our new characters – Superheroes and Villians – and got the chance to show these off again, after our debut performance at London Tattoo Convention in September.
Tattoo Shows are one of our favourite performance spaces. We get the chance to entertain incredible inked up audiences all over the world! These crowds really appreciate the creative effort and skill put into our shows and we try to raise the bar every year, coming back with new ideas and fresh skills that we have worked really hard on!! This year was the debut of Sasha’s new aerial pole performance and we added our fantastic counter-weight rigger Maurycy, which added an exciting and dangerous element to our show, which people seemed to really enjoy! Fuel Girls are feeling the love people!
Our list of show dates for 2017 is growing fast and we hope to add as many Tattoo Show dates to that list as we can, maybe adding a few new locations and countries!
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Hey Londoners and Tattoo lovers…..
The Fuel Girls have performed at the London Tattoo Convention for a number of years and part of our journey as a group and as performers has been with this fantastic and creative event! As a resident main stage show, we have used the London Tattoo Convention to showcase new skills, new themes and new ideas and 2016 is no exception!
This year we are bringing two completely new shows to the stage – and a performer who you wont have seen before at London Tattoo Convention! Wink….. Expect to see something completely new, unique and alot of fun!
Feel free to take pics of our show and tag away…… you get a good view from the balcony too as we are going HIGH this year!
The Fuel Girls are performing at the following times on the main Fuel Girls stage:
Friday 3pm & 8.30pm
Saturday 3pm & 8.30pm
Sunday 1pm & 5pm
For the whole weekend our girl Von will be on the Fuel Girls booth, to chat and answer any questions about our show. Between shows she will be joined by the girls who will be signing posters,
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