For 27 years the Motor City Tattoo Expo has been the place for metro Detroit tattoo fans to gather under one roof. The annual convention took place at the Marriott in Detroit’s Renaissance Center, and featured more than 300 tattoo artists from around the world, and also an Elvis impersonator.
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