Schedule

The 17th Annual Live Free or Die Tattoo Expo will be at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Manchester, NH USA on July 25 – 27, 2025.

FRI. JULY 25

5:00pm
Doors Open

5:00pm – 11:15pm
Tattoo Contest Registration Period
See tattoo contest categories + prizes

5:00pm – 11:15pm
Pin-Up Pageant (Sat. only) Registration Period
See pageant categories + prizes

7:00pm
No Gimmicks Needed Suspension

8:00pm
Monsters of Schlock

9:00pm
Sally Sapphire Aerialist

11:15pm
Tattoo Contest Registration Ends
See tattoo contest categories + prizes

11:30pm
Tattoo Contest Judging Begins
See tattoo contest categories + prizes

Midnight
Expo Day 1 Ends

SAT. JULY 26

11:00am
Doors Open

11:00am – 2:45pm
Tattoo Contest Registration Period
See tattoo contest categories + prizes

11:00am – 8:45pm
Pin-Up Pageant Registration Period
See pageant categories + prizes

12:30pm
Monsters of Schlock Session 1

2:30pm
Monsters of Schlock Session 2

2:45pm
Tattoo Contest Registration Ends
See tattoo contest categories + prizes

3:00pm
Tattoo Contest Judging Begins
See tattoo contest categories + prizes

6:00pm
Monsters of Schlock Session 3

7:00pm
Sally Sapphire Aerialist

7:30pm
No Gimmicks Needed Suspension

8:30pm
Monsters of Schlock Session 4

8:45pm
Pin-Up Pageant Registration Ends

9:00pm
Pin-Up Pageant Begins
See pageant categories + prizes

9:45pm
Tattoo of the Day Contest Registration Ends
See tattoo contest categories + prizes

10:00pm
Tattoo of the Day Contest Judging Begins
See tattoo contest categories + prizes

Midnight
Expo Day 2 Ends

SUN. JULY 27

12:00pm
Doors Open

12:00pm – 6:45pm
Tattoo Contest Registration Period
See tattoo contest categories + prizes

2:00pm
Monsters of Schlock Session 1

3:00pm
Kids Airbrush Tattoo Competition

3:30pm
Sally Sapphire Aerialist

4:30pm
No Gimmicks Needed Suspension

6:00pm
Monsters of Schlock Session 2

6:45pm
Tattoo Contest Registration Ends
See tattoo contest categories + prizes

7:00pm
Tattoo Contest Judging Begins
See tattoo contest categories + prizes

8:00pm
Expo Day 3 Ends

All events are subject to change.

Contest times may vary based on the amount of entrants.

Your Emcee: Emily Elegado

Emily Elegado will be on the mic ALL WEEKEND LONG! Be sure to stop by and meet her. You may know Emily from her time spent on INK MASTER: RIVALS.

Tattooing professionally for 12+ years, Emily has participated in over 100 conventions world wide and she has been printed in publications in both the US and abroad.

In 2014 she was a competing artist in Ink Master: Rivals and later appeared in two episodes of Ink Master: Redemption and the show Ink Sirens.

Emily is also an award winning artist specializing in black and gray portraiture and photo realism.

SEE EXPO FLOORPLAN