Tristan Keutmann and Mason Ballard at Tattoo Fest Memphis '25 (photo Michael Donahue)

If you didnโ€™t get to Tattoo Fest Memphis (the new name for the former โ€œMemphis Tattoo Festโ€), hereโ€™s a video showing some of the tattoo recipients and their tattoo artists in action.

Whether itโ€™s a leg, foot, or arm, Bodies are the canvases.

This was the second year of the festival, which was held April 4th, 5th, and 6th at Renasant Convention Center.

As Quinn Hurley, director of operations for the three-day festival, says, โ€œThis is an artistic show. Everyone thatโ€™s here is here because they love some form of art. A lot of itโ€™s tattooing, but we have our vendors that make art as well. And so we wanted the festival to reflect the love of that.โ€

Michael Donahue began his career in 1975 at the now-defunct Memphis Press-Scimitar and moved to The Commercial Appeal in 1984, where he wrote about food and dining, music, and covered social events until...