This 3 hour, hands-on workshop will cover the following: History & Traditions, How to make paste from powder, Making and filling applicators, Basic design layout, Application techniques, Preparation and aftercare, Dangers of Black “henna”, Practice time, Supplies & resources. SPACE IS LIMITED! UNIQUE TRAINING! BOOK TODAY! http://www.mmmehndi.com/events.html ~ Alberta Bound Productions

The Calgary Stampede Casino is Calgary's newest gaming entertainment centre open right on the edge of the Stampede Grounds with 96,000 sq. feet of gaming, restaurants and entertainment. Join us at the Calgary Tattoo & Arts Festival this Labour Day weekend and enter to win a $2500.00 gift certificate to Immaculate Concept Tattoo courtesy of The Calgary Stampede Casino. www.stampedecasino.com ~ Alberta Bound Productions

Once again those beautiful girls on rollerskates are back to entertain the visitors of The Calgary Tattoo & Arts Festival each day this year. This year the Calgary Rollerderby League has invited some special friends and will be playing against teams from Edmonton, Victoria and Vancouver. The girls will be breaking in the newest addition to the venue for The Calgary Tattoo & Arts Festival as they battle it out in The Stampede Corral. Come down to the show and cheer on the hometown girls as they take on the best from the west. Also slated for action in the Corral is Calgary's Top rollerderby team facing Vancouver's top team for the inaugural Ink Cup on Saturday Aug 31st at 6pm!! This trophy will be up for grabs at each Calgary Tattoo & Arts Festival from 2008 onwards. To view the entire schedule, please visit www.calgaryrollerderby.com ~ Alberta Bound Productions

The Calgary Tattoo & Arts Festival is proud to announce the first Tattoo Industry Dodgeball Tournament to take place in the Stampede Corral all weekend long. Free with your gate admission, come and check out the 16 teams as they beat the hell out of each other in search for the coveted title of Dodgeball champions. The teams will be from a wide variety of tattoo studios and local businesses. Game times are listed on the dodgeball page. dodgeball.calgarytattoos.com ~ Alberta Bound Productions

Alberta Bound Productions proudly announces the addition of Paul Booth to the artist lineup this year. Paul will not only be in attendance for the show itself, but will be presenting his ArtFusion Experiment throughout the weekend on the ArtFusion Stage. Join us as some of the best attending tattooists at the show join forces and create unique pieces of artwork right in front of your eyes. The ArtFusion Experiment will begin right at door opening on Saturday and finish Monday evening at 5pm with selected artworks being auctioned off and the proceeds going to charity. Be sure not to miss the ArtFusion Experiment at this years Calgary Tattoo & Arts Festival and for a fortunate few, leave with these one of a kind original pieces. Participating artists will be listed on the website soon. www.artfusionexperiment.com ~ Alberta Bound Productions

Continue to check back to the Calgary Tattoo & Arts Festival webstie as we will be bringing you weekly updates on the show from now until the event on Labour Day Weekend. The event planning is in full swing and we have a lot to tell you about! ~ Alberta Bound Productions

The Official 2008 Event Magazine has been sent to production. We are extremely happy with this year's magazine. It will be available for free at tattoo shops and other notable establishments throughout Western Canada by July 1st. Keep your eyes out for it! ~ Alberta Bound Productions

Due to the overwhelming inquiries that Alberta Bound Productions has received for new tattoo artist applications at the Calgary Tattoo & Arts Festival, we now have implemented a new way to register for artist space. All new artist applications will be placed into a database and after April 1st, 2008 all spaces not taken by returning artists will be individually handed out on a talent basis. Thank you for your interest! ~ Alberta Bound Productions

Click here and you can check out all the photographs from the 2007 Calgary Tattoo & Arts Festival as well as a bunch of video clips from the festival.