WELCOME TO RITES OF PASSAGE TATTOO FESTIVAL

Move in begins 6pm – 9pm Thursday April 27. When you arrive at the Royal Exhibition Building Carlton via the Nicholson St entrance, please head straight to the Information Office to collect your wristbands for the weekend.

EXHIBITOR ENTRANCE ACCREDITATION

All exhibitors and their crew must wear both their lanyard and their wristband at all times for identification purposes. This is the only way you can get in the door. If you forget or lose your wristband etc you will need to purchase a ticket to enter.

Crew wristbands are NOT for clients. All clients getting tattooed must hold a ticket to the festival. Any artists or exhibitors seen handing out wristbands or lanyards to clients will be forced to pay for a ticket for that person and face a potential ban from the event.

Please note, during BUMP IN & BUMP OUT, Children are not permitted to enter the venue, and all people entering MUST wear closed toe shoes (no thongs, sandles, high heels etc).

MOVE IN HOURS

Thursday 27 April 6.00pm – 9.00pm
Friday 28 April 7:00am – 8:30am

EQUIPMENT TEST & TAG

Friday 28 April 7.30am – 9.30am, next to Info Office or roaming around

EVENT OPEN HOURS

Friday 28 April 7.30am – 9.30am, next to Info Office or roaming around
Saturday 29 April 10:00am – 9:00pm (exhibitor access from 9:00am)
Sunday 30 April 10:00am – 6:00pm (exhibitor access from 9:00am)

EXHIBITOR DRINKS

Saturday 29 April 9:00am – 11.30pm

MOVE OUT HOURS

Sunday 30 April 6:00pm – 8:00pm

MASSAGE BED COLLECTION

All pre-booked massage beds can be collected from the collection point located at to the right of the Info Office, next to stand L7.

NEW DIGITAL CLIENT WAIVER FORM

Please use the new digital client waiver form for your clients available from tatwaiver.com.au

ARTIST FACILITIES & PRINT ROOM

The Artist Facilities Room containing print facilities is located at the very back of the hall on the right, behind stand T9. In peak times this room can become busy, so you may like to stencil before you arrive at the expo to save time. Please see the Info Office for any issues.

INFO OFFICE & TATTOO AWARD SERIES REGISTRATION

You can register for the Tattoo Award Series at the Info Office at the following times only:

Friday and Saturday 4.30 – 6.30pm

Sunday 1 – 3pm

PAPER TOWEL

We no longer supply paper towel for artists. Please remember to bring your own supply of paper towel for the weekend.

HEALTH & SAFETY

During move in/out periods, all event personnel must wear high-visibility vests and closed-toe shoes, whether in the venue or in the Loading Dock. You must use the provided hi vis vests at the entrance, and then return this to the box on your way out. Sorry, you can no longer bring hi-vis vests from home. Hi vis workwear is acceptable.

WASH UP AREAS

All tattoo artists will have access to communal back of house areas with hot and cold sinks, sanitiser and medical waste bins. Please only put contaminated waste in the yellow medical waste bins. The only bin bags permitted in these bins must be yellow – you can grab more from the Info Office if you run out. You are supplied with a bucket and yellow bin bags for contaminated waste for your stand. DO NOT PUT GENERAL WASTE IN THIS BUCKET BIN.
Please do not put yellow bags in general waste bins, as the cleaners will assume this is contaminated. Put all GENERAL WASTE in the GENERAL WASTE BIN in the back of house area.
We will do regular checks but if there are any issues back of house, notify the Info Office.

CITY OF MELBOURNE COUNCIL INSPECTIONS

• The City of Melbourne Health Department will be inspecting this event to ensure everything is compliant, and all artist have their correct certifications/registrations. We cannot open the show until they have approved your stand set up.PLEASE ensure you:
  • Keep the entrances to the back of house areas clear of furniture, stock etc. Absolutely no storage in back of house areas – anything left here will be considered as garbage and thrown out.
  • Do not hang banners across these doorways to avoid risk of contamination. These will be removed by council.
  • Check the ID of all clients who wish to be tattooed to ensure they are over the age of 18 and note their ID number on the client waiver form.
  • Use the digital Client Waiver Form available at tatwaiver.com.au

TESTING AND TAGGING

All electrical equipment and power leads must be tested and tagged prior to use. As part of your stand package, electrical engineers will be on site to test equipment as required. If your equipment does not have a tag on it, they will be on site from 7.30 -9.30am Friday morning to perform tests. If an electrician has not yet visited your stand, please bring ALL electrical equipment to the Test and Tag desk next to the Info Office Friday morning for approval. You may NOT operate any electrical equipment without official testing and tagging. Please keep the tag on for any future events and to comply with your local council requirements. No double adaptors/power boards allowed as this will short circuit the entire stand block’s power – please be conscious that this will impact your neighbours too.

FIRST AID

If you require first aid assistance, please notify any of the event security or event staff who will be able to assist.