Pass Info
- Inkcarceration is an all ages event, fans of any age require a pass for entry.
- All pass sales are final, no refunds or exchanges.
- All price levels are available in limited quantities. Buy your passes early to lock in the best price level available to save the most money. Once an allotment is sold out, passes will be available at the next price level. There is no difference in access between the levels.
- Your pass will come in the form of an RFID Festival Wristband.
- Festival admission, camping and parking are sold separately.
- We recommend you purchase directly via our PASSES PAGE, we are not responsible for any purchases made through unofficial or secondary sites.
- The re-sale of passes at a higher price point is prohibited, and if discovered, will result in the pass being voided without refund.
- Passes may not be used for advertising, promotion (including contests and sweepstakes), or other trade purposes without the express written consent of the festival.
- All Inkcarceration passes come with free admission to tour the famous Ohio State Reformatory and admission to the tattoo experience throughout the weekend.
Pass FAQs
For any pass-related issues, please email info@inkcarceration.com to contact our ticketing customer service team for help.
No, we do not offer any sort of official meet and greet packages for our events.
You can purchase passes online via Front Gate Tickets. Please see our PASSES PAGE for full info. There are no physical outlets for walk-up sales in advance of the festival.
Not to worry! Passes are fulfilled and shipped in batches over several weeks. If your order is being shipped within the U.S., you will receive a tracking number once your pass has been mailed. Passes ship approximately five – six weeks before the festival.
All wristbands are shipped five – six weeks prior to the event.
Your passes will be mailed out to you. As each order is fulfilled, an email will be sent with a tracking number. Emails will come from noreply@frontgatetickets.com and sometimes end up in spam folders, we advise checking there as well as adding this email to your safe-sender list. For those who purchased passes after the deadline, please bring your order confirmation and government-issued photo ID to the Box Office to receive your wristband. If you have questions about receiving your order, shipping address, tracking info, etc. please email us at info@inkcarceration.com.
Yes, someone other than the original purchaser can pick up the wristbands. However, they will need to bring the original order confirmation email, a copy of the original purchaser’s government-issued photo ID, and written consent from the original purchaser stating they can pick up the wristbands.
The box office will accept a State issued Driver’s license, a government-issued Non-Driver ID Card, Military ID, or Passport. Please make sure to have one of these forms of ID with you!
No. We do not offer refunds or exchanges on pass sales. All artists and scheduled performance times are subject to change. Festival is outdoors and is held rain or shine.
If you miss your payment, you will have up to a 30-day grace period to pay your next installment before your order is subject to cancellation and a non-refundable $50 fee + $10 termination fee.
You can upgrade on site at the Box Office if there is availability as quantities are limited. You can also email us at info@inkcarceration.com for support ahead of the festival if you wish to upgrade sooner, (based on availability).
No, your pass is an RFID wristband and a weekend pass is not transferable across multiple attendees.
There will be a Box Office located at the festival entrance. There will also be a Box Office at the Campground tollbooths at the Campground entrance into the festival. Hours of operation will be announced closer to the event.
Pre-order merchandise will be shipped separately from festival passes, no later than two weeks prior to the festival. You will receive an email with tracking information as soon as your merchandise package has shipped.
Front Gate Tickets Waitlist FAQs
When a show is not currently on sale (ex: pre-sale or a sold out pass type or show), items may be listed on a waitlist to offer festival or camping passes that aren’t available to the public. Due to high demand and limited availability, pricing will be dynamic and is subject to change.
No, not every pass will offer a waitlist, due to availability.
While viewing the Inkcarceration shopping cart, log in to your Front Gate Tickets account HERE. Click on the “YOUR ACCOUNT” tab at the top of the page. If a waitlist is available for the event you are interested in, you will see “WAITLIST” in your account options.
Once you click WAITLIST, you will see a list of ticket options available to request.
(The passes and prices listed below are hypothetical)
Select your desired pass and click “Request.” The following prompt should pop up. If you don’t see anything, make sure you have pop-ups enabled.
You will be prompted to update your Payment Method and Shipping Address in the following steps. Once your request is submitted, you will receive an email confirmation summarizing your request.
Please note there is no way to estimate how long it will take to be next in line. There is no guarantee that you will receive an offer to purchase waitlist passes. If passes become available to purchase and your request is approved, you will be sent a waitlist confirmation. Please review this confirmation to ensure that your information is still correct. Unless you opt out of your request by the date listed in your email confirmation, you will then be charged the full amount requested to your stored Payment Method.
*Please review your stored payment method. Since only one payment method can be saved to your Front Gate account at a time, any layaway purchases made for an FGT event might have overwritten the payment method you entered at the time of the request. Upon payment, you will receive an Order Receipt and your order will be delivered to your stored Shipping Address if the purchase was made during the event’s shipping timeline.
No. Signing up for the waitlist grabs a spot in line but does not guarantee that passes will be available at a later date.
You can now add multiple items to your waitlist request! Please note: If your waitlist request is approved, ALL items on the request will be purchased. Please only request what you intend to purchase if your request is offered.
Currently, layaway is not available for waitlist passes. You will be charged full price at time of purchase.
Waitlist passes will be released as they become available. You will receive the waitlist offer when your turn comes up, should they become available. You are not guaranteed an offer to purchase tickets.
Waitlist passes will ship if they were purchased before the shipping cutoff. If your tickets are purchased too late to ship for your event, they can be picked up at the box office / will call window with a photo ID.
Log into your Front Gate Tickets account. Click on “YOUR ACCOUNT” at the top of the page. Then select “WAITLIST.”
Yes, you can cancel your request at any time by logging into your Front Gate Tickets account then selecting “Waitlist” under the “Your Account” tab.
Under your request confirmation, you will see a “Cancel Request” button. Please be sure you wish to cancel your request before doing so. Cancelling your request cannot be undone. Pricing and availability of waitlist items may vary if you decide to opt back in at a later time.
Once you’ve canceled your request, you will receive an email confirmation of the cancellation, and you will no longer see this request in your account.
Yes, you can update your request at any time by logging into your Front Gate Tickets account and selecting “Waitlist” under the “My Account” tab.