Ambato tattoo & graffiti fest
Ambato's 'Festival Ink the Garden City' ran on March 29, blending tattoo culture, graffiti, live music and folk dance into a single street-culture event (x.com). The mix positions the festival as a regional showcase for urban art forms meeting traditional performance in one day-long program (x.com).
Organizers staged Ink The Garden City on March 28–29, 2026 at Centro de Exposiciones Ambato (Galo Vela Álvarez 34) in Ambato. (inkppl.com) Local reporting said the convention opened with 110 tattoo artists on site and ran roughly 110 exhibitor stands during the first day. (lahora.com.ec) Promotional listings described the footprint as more than 90 tattoo-artist stands, over 30 entrepreneur/vendor booths, a dedicated gastronomic zone, a Main Stage and a Rave Stage. (buenplan.com.ec) La Hora published that doors opened at 10:00 and stayed until 23:00 both days, with general admission set at $7 and free entry for children under 10. (lahora.com.ec) The newspaper named musical acts on the bill including Los Kapone, Gianny, Mortero, Distrito Cumbia and Efecto Monigote among others. (lahora.com.ec) Organizers pointed to prior attendance figures of roughly 1,800, 3,000 and 2,600 visitors across earlier editions, while some event pages promoted the 2026 program as the festival’s fifth edition. (buenplan.com.ec) Festival director Franklin Tusa outlined a program element fusing folk dance with a “freak show” (including glass-walking) and confirmed participating tattoo artists had come from Chile, the United States, Brazil, Colombia and Europe. (lahora.com.ec)
