The 11th Villa de Biar Pinball Tournament will take place, as usual in the Pinball Biar Association venue, located in Camino de la Marcota, on November 11th -13th.

This year we will have three competitions:

-Friday 11th a Frenzy tournament will take place from 8pm for two-and-a-half hours sponsored by our friends of TUPINBALL. This IFPA-sanctioned and the entry fee is 15 euros per player, including pizza.

-On Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th, Classic and Modern tournaments will take place. Playoffs will be played between the best players from the first day in both categories. We will also have side tournaments available for every player. Both Classic and Modern events are sanctioned as part of the IFPA World Pinball Player Rankings (WPPR) and also for Spanish Pinball Series 2022.

Entry fee for all the tournaments on Saturday and Sunday is €65 per player and includes a present for everyone.

On Saturday we will stop to have lunch and as usual there will be an option for all the players and friends to eat t the same place. We are studying different options and all theplayers will receive info about the meal opportunely. We will also try to offer the possibility of having dinner for all the players and helpers together.

Accommodation:

Hotel La Façana – Plaza de la Constitución (Biar)
96.581.03.73 www.lafasana.com

Hotel Villa de Biar – Calle San José (Biar)
96.581.20.21

Albergue de Biar – Partida de les Llomes de la Mare de Deu(Biar)
96.581.06.18 www.quatrefulles.com/albergue-de-biar

Hotel La Salvadora – Avda de la Constitución 102 (Villena)
96.580.09.50 https://hotelsalvadora.com

More info about what to do in any spare time, fine dining and other possible accommodation can be found at http://turismobiar.com/

Registration will open September 1st at 12AM. From that moment emails received at [email protected] will be considered (not before). So if you are interested send a message with your full name, nickname, home city and phone number. As soon we receive your mails, payment instructions will be send back to you. Please remember to let us know if you wish to play in the Frenzy Tournament on Friday evening.

20th Anniversary Arcade Party BASH!!!

BRING A GAME and you will get in free for the weekend.

If you’ve never been to the Houston show, it’s one hell of a fun weekend we promise you won’t forget – or maybe you will, because it’s THAT much fun! So come on down to Houston and let us show everyone some Texan hospitality where you’ll meet some great local collectors and make new friends along the way!

Fri:12pm-2am
Sat:10am-2am
Sun 10am-2pm

Tickets: http://www.arcadecenter.com/index.php/tickets/.

The public is cordially invited to attend the largest antique show of its kind! Curious about what the Chicagoland Show has in store for you? Check out our ticketing options, and join us at this one-of-a-kind event!

Friday: 7am-5pm – Dealer Preview, $50
Saturday: 9:30am-2:30pm – Public admission, $7
Sunday: 9:30am-5:30pm – Public admission, $7

Tickets: http://www.chicagolandshow.com/faq/.

Held in collaboration with Dutch Pinball Museum.

Hosted in the museum, but additional floors and machines will be added for both recreational and competitive players.

More info about ticket sales will follow later!

Conference from Monday 14th to Thursday 17th, trade show from Tuesday 15th to Friday 18th.

IAAPA Expo is the one-stop destination for leisure and attractions industry professionals, including operators, suppliers, investors, and developers from.

Tickets: https://www.iaapa.org/expos/iaapa-expo/attend.

Pinfest will take place at the Agri-plex Expo Center of the Allentown Fair Grounds. The indoor and outdoor flea market is also planned for this year.

Show schedule for this event will be:
– Thursday May 3rd (setup only for vendors and free play) 1:00pm to 9:00pm
– Friday May 4th from 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm
– Saturday May 5th From 9:00 am to 8:00 pm

Fees for participation are as followed:
– General Admission per day is $20 for adults 12 and older
– Children under 12 are $10 and under 5 are free

Free Play Space available for pinball machines is approximately 250 units.  Indoor vendor space is approximately 10’x 10’. Indoor Flea Market space is approximately space is 20’x 15′.

Free play participants gain free access with a qualifying machine that’s admitted for the show per day. Please review specific rules as defined by show management

An on-location snack bar that will provide a typical selection. Several specialty shops to browse and sit down dinning available within the fair grounds main section.

lodging is available and discounts for this event may apply. We are inquiring and will provide details as they become available.

Free parking

Events may be added if planned

Tickets: http://pinfestival.com/details.html.

Our facility is the one of the largest dedicated pinball venues (by unique game count) in North America and has games from the 1950s “woodrails” to the latest games from Stern pinball. Every decade, manufacturer and game type is represented at the museum. There are many rare and hard to find games set up and ready to play. All machines are free play, so one entrance ticket allows unlimited play for the day. There’s something for every pinball fan here (we are the one of the largest dedicated pinball facility in North America.) But unlike other pinball museum type facilities, we are here every day working on our machines, making sure they play perfect! Arguably this makes us the best working/restored pinball collection in North America.

Tickets for the showcase will be available in advance only. We want to ensure that all attendees have the absolute best possible experience and have plenty of room to mingle and experience and play the pinball machines. To do this we have a limited number of tickets available for each day. Once the limit is reached, we are sold out, and no more tickets will be issued. Hence generally speaking there will not be tickets available at the door.

Tickets: http://vfwpinball.com/.

The third major pinball event in Munich since those in 2003 & 2006.

More details coming soon.

Tickets: https://www.flipperverein.de/2018/05/21/gpo-2019/.

Friday 3.5.2019 – Sunday 5.5.2019
Over 50 pinball machines in free play and over 50 pinball machines in the tournament

Friday 3.5.2019 14:00 – 23:00
Qualification for the German Championship and Classic Tournament, Free Game

Saturday 4.5.2019 10:00 – 23:00
First and Main Round German Championship, Classic Tournament Qualification, Free Play

Sunday 5.5.2019 10:00 – approx. 16:00 o’clock
Final German championship, elimination and final class tournament, children’s tournament at noon, free play

Registration for the GPO starts from the end of February.

Tickets: https://www.flipperverein.de/events/2019-gpo/.

Play Expo returns to Manchester but at a new time and in a new location, featuring the Northern Lights Pinball Show with around 60 pinballs, competitions, prize raffles and much more.

The UK’s favourite arcade, indie and retro games show will return in 2019! Close to 1000 consoles, handhelds, computers, arcades, pinballs and PCs all running the very best in classic and modern video games and all free to play!

Organised by experienced video game events specialists Replay Events the show will be full with features, exhibitors and more gaming mayhem than Manchester has ever seen.

Jam packed with everything you love about gaming and popular culture, the show has something for everyone.

Tickets: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/tickets.

A weekend-long classic arcade and pinball party, with all of the games set to free play!

Saturday pass: $30
Sunday pass: $20
Weekend pass: $40
Kids’ Saturday pass: $15
Kids’ Sunday pass: $10
Kids’ Weekend pass: $20

Tickets: http://www.zapcon.com/admission.php.

This is the second year of the central California show from the Northern California Pinball Association, being held in Lodi near Sacramento.

Along with all the games, the Pinball University (Pin-U) will hold talks designed to improve your pinball skills, from repairing to playing to learning how games are designed and the state of the pinball market today.

There is also a Pin-Golf tournament designed for all skill levels to enjoy.

See our comprehensive report from the 2018 show here.

Tickets: http://www.goldenstatepinball.org/.

The first ever Czech Pinball Open will be held at the Terra Technica museum in Kleinhaugsdorf, just across the Austrian border.

Around 200 pinballs and more than 600 jukeboxes are set up at Terra Technica, while a large shopping mall is next door.

More details of the tournament will be available soon.

The eleventh edition of the Madrid pinball tournament.

Modern and Classic tournaments.

Preferential hotel rates being negotiated.

Tickets: https://pinballmadrid.jimdo.com/tmap-2019/.

The annual Polish Pinball Championship combines with the PSF Cup at this three-day event at the JJP Flipper Club in Bytom.

Tickets: https://www.facebook.com/JerseyJackPinballFlipperClub/.

It is like the comicon for pinball, retro console, classic arcade video! Gameroom exhibitors of all types of games, parts, and collectibles are under one roof at this once-a-year festival for you to play, buy and sell. If they are a major name in pinball and arcade gaming, they are here.

Play all the games you want with admission. Interested in honing your pinball play and improving gaming skills? Want the industry low-down and to be an insider on innovations? We have that covered. Take a break from playing to join meetups and seminars hosted by industry insiders and celebrity guests — designers, modders, programmers, artists, and entrepreneurs galore.

Note: New location and new dates.

Tickets: https://www.pinballshowdown.com/attend.html.

Now in our seventh year, Horrorhouse Fest has found a home in it’s latest incarnation, now partnered with Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown to bring you the scariest and craziest gaming experience around. Combining the thrills of a spookhouse and an arcade tournament, Horrorhouse Fest is quite simply something we call a “Hauntcade”!

Traditionally our event has been a one night affair, but now that we’ll be at the showdown all weekend in our own “Conference Room of Death”, we have expanded to 2 sessions. One on Saturday, May 25th 2019 starting at 7pm and one on Sunday, May 26th starting at 5pm. Expect a mini thrill ride full of unique and rare games, actors who play the parts of characters from the games, and a super fun and hilarious tournament style adventure, where the players will be distracted by sights and sounds aplenty while trying to figure out how to get a high score on each machine at the same time!

Prizes will be amazing, as in the past we have given away everything from a full upright arcade machine, video games from the past and present, Dungeons and Dragons manuals, consoles and plenty of swag from our sponsors. What will be the grand prize this year? Just you wait… it will be worth every scream encountered!

IMPORTANT: You must purchase a corresponding admission ticket to the show (Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown) in order to participate in that day’s tournaments. The tournament entry does NOT include admission to the show.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/horrorhouse-fest-day-1-at-rocky-mountain-pinball-showdown-tickets-60027857939.

Around 400 pinball and video games fill the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center’s hall along with multiple tournaments and a wide variety of vendors, while seminars take place in the lobby outside.

See our reports from the past few years in the Shows section for a good overview.

Note that the 2019 dates are a week earlier in the year than in the past couple of years, avoiding clashes with other US shows.

Tickets: http://nwpinballshow.com/tickets.

Around 400 pinball and video games fill the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center’s hall along with multiple tournaments and a wide variety of vendors, while seminars take place in the lobby outside.

See our reports from the past few years in the Shows section for a good overview.

Note that the 2019 dates are a week earlier in the year than in the past couple of years, avoiding clashes with other US shows.

Tickets: http://nwpinballshow.com/tickets.

The sixteenth edition of the IFPA World Championship will take place from 7th to 9th June 2019, for the first time ever in Italy.

The event will be hosted in the Double Pinball showroom, in Assago, just outside Milan.

In the same week of the event and in the days before the Ifpa World Cup Italy and Double Pinball will organize a series of introductory tournament that will anticipate the maximum competition. For a week of sports pinball.

Note: Entry is restricted to the top players in each country and is by invitation only.

This year the STR-Pinball tournament will be held on June 15 and 16 at the facilities of the Pinball Biar Association.

Registration will open on April 22 at 12:00. Send an e-mail to [email protected].

There is a limit of 54 participants.  This year we will eat at our headquarters – we will give more information about it later.

The price is €65, which includes food.

The tournament is included in the IFPA Spanish Series.  Also includes the new STR-Pinball game, Tokyo Perfect Drift.

Tickets: https://www.facebook.com/pg/pinballbiar/.

We will play the IFPA Pinball Olympics 2019 in Fulda. Four-and-a-half days of “playing competitive pinball”.

What do we plan?

• 100+ players
• more than 60 pinball machines from all epoches (EE to the latest Sterns/JJP)
• up to 11 tournaments (10 registered for WPPR points) – Team Tournament – Swiss Mode – Group Matchplay – EPC Mode – Pingolf – Classics (various versions) – Best of 5 – and more
• a location from another dimension 😀 https://www.facebook.com/BullsandBalls/
• nice food and very tasteful alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks for very moderate prices
• a nice goodybag with pinball stuff and a digital LED nameplate (already personified with name, event and so on, looks like a DMD)
• many more……………………………… stay tuned

Tickets: https://www.facebook.com/events/2171886979730808/.

This expo is 30,000 square feet of fun for the whole family. The kids can have never-ending excitement with a caricature artist, face painting, friendly clowns, balloon animals, yo yo and juggling show. The adults can bring out their inner child with over 200 pinball machines set on free play, all while enjoying an ice-cold craft beer.

Well over 170 pinball machines set on free play! The mix is different each year, thanks to the dedicated hobbyists, operators, and game vendors who bring games to show off. Expect pinball machines that span a wide time range, and some non-pinball arcade games as well!

Tickets: https://pintasticnewengland.com/passes/.

Same location as the previous three years but dates have changed from usual mid-June due to hotel scheduling conflicts.

Hotel rooms available for $129 per night.  Book early as these usually sell out.

Online registration is now open, but only for full three-day passes at the time of writing.

Tickets: https://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com/registration/.

The UK’s two premier tournaments will be held on Friday 19th, Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st July, 2019 at the country’s largest pinball club, Flip Out London in Croydon. Not only that, we are arranging two additional days of tournaments on the Wednesday and Thursday to produce a full five days of competitive pinball in the UK’s capital.

– The first tournament will be held at Chief Coffee in Chiswick on Wednesday 17th July.

The fun starts at Flip Out London on Thursday 18th July, where tyou will find around fifty pinballs.

– Then on Thursday 18th July Flip Out London will host a tournament run by London Pinball which will run alongside the regular weekly Flip Out London League for a busy night of pinball fun.
– Friday 19th July is the start of qualifying for the UK Pinball Open – the IFPA European Championship Series qualifying tournament – and the UK Pinball Classic. Qualifying will be in groups, with the first groups playing Friday evening.
– The majority of the groups will play their qualifying in both tournaments on Saturday 20th July, after which the full list of qualifiers will be announced.

– Those qualifiers will then compete in the play-offs on Sunday 21st July, while an additional tournament will be run at Flip Out London for those who didn’t qualify or choose not to take part in the play-offs.

There will be trophies for all tournaments, with cash prizes for the top players in the UK Pinball Open and Classic. The exact cash prizes depend on player numbers, but last year we gave away more than £1,300 (€1,520/$1,730) and paid out down to 16th places in both tournaments, so there’s plenty to play for.

Tickets: http://tournaments.pinballnews.com/.

California Extreme is the “Classic Arcade Games Show”. It’s an annual celebration of coin operated pinball machines, video games and other novelties you once found in game arcades. All games on display are set for free play, so leave your quarters in the ash tray in your car. You won’t need ’em.

Tickets: http://caextreme.com/.

California Extreme is the “Classic Arcade Games Show”. It’s an annual celebration of coin operated pinball machines, video games and other novelties you once found in game arcades. All games on display are set for free play, so leave your quarters in the ash tray in your car. You won’t need ’em.

Tickets: http://caextreme.com/.

Featuring the Pinburgh Match-Play Championship with over $100,000 in total prizes and more than 700 pinball and arcade machines.

The World’s largest pinball tournament with close to 800 competitors.

Tickets: https://replayfx.org/buy-tickets/.

The show will feature approximately 50 pinball machines & arcade games from the past and present, all set on free play.  For one admission price, you are welcome to stay all day and play as much as you like for no additional cost. Many of the games available to play will also be for sale.

The show will also feature an indoor flea market with various pinball & arcade games and parts for sale, as well as a beginner-friendly pinball tournament.

There will also be a special exhibit featuring film memorabilia, including various original costumes and props from:

• Once Upon a Time
• Stargate Universe
• Ender’s Game
• Chronicles of Riddick
• Electric Dreams
• And more!

The UK’s national pinball show returns for a second year to the familiar surroundings of the Mercure Daventry Court Hotel.

More than 100 machines are expected, with more details on special announcements nearer the time

VIP-only sessions are held on Friday and Saturday evenings, and a tournament is also planned.

Tickets: https://www.facebook.com/events/230504707628470/.

This is the Spanish 2019 ECS qualifying tournament.

Details of 2019 event coming soon, but dates are confirmed.

Tickets for Pinfest 2019 will only be available at the door. Get along and enjoy the event, there will be no limit on ticket sales so you can be sure that you won’t miss out. Ticket purchases will be cash only, and if you have the correct money it will be greatly appreciated.
Event Date(s): 21st – 22nd September 2019
Entry cost(s): $15.00 per individual or $30.00 per family per session.

Session Times:
Saturday Morning 9:30am – 1:00pm
Saturday Afternoon 2:00pm – 5:30pm
Sunday Super Session 10:00am – 3:00pm

Tournaments and Competitions: There will be no pinball Tournaments at Pinfest in the foreseeable future.
T-Shirts: T-Shirts will be available for purchase during the event under our marquee in the courtyard section – to the right of the entry door.
The Pinballs: The machines on show are owned by private collectors and are on loan for the event, so please treat them with the utmost respect and do not place beverages on them. People caught playing excessively rough will be asked to leave the event with no refund.

This is not a sale or auction, however, some machines may be on private sale and will have for sale information on them. Any sale of a machine is done so as a private sale and does not contribute to the charity of the event. Newcastle Pinball Association and Club Macquarie are not responsible in any way for any purchases of pinball machines that happen at or as a result of Pinfest.

Our first annual Vancouver FlipOut Pinball Expo, held in September of 2016 was a fantastic success: Old school arcade classics and the latest cutting edge pinball technology; a local autistic pinball prodigy, competitive and amateur tournaments, the world’s largest pinball machine, and much more.

2017 proved to be an even bigger success and prompted our move to a larger venue for 2018!

Hundreds of visitors attend our three-day expo in Downtown Vancouver with over 100 pinball & arcade machines set to free play, guest speakers, vendors and tournaments for all ages and skills.

Tickets: http://www.vancouverflipout.com/tickets.

After a year away, the Belgian Open Pinball (BOP) returns to ‘t Bau-huis in Sint-Niklaas.

The usual mix of Open, Classic and side tournaments is expected, but check the website for more details.

Tickets: http://www.belgianopenpinball.be/.

Our first special exhibition in the Showcase Gallery at the Joseph Brant Museum, is the Canadian premiere of Part of the Machine: Rock & Pinball from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

The interactive exhibition features rock-themed, playable pinball machines alongside merchandise and artifacts related to artists and bands.

Tickets: https://museumsofburlington.ca/visitor-information/joseph-brant-museum/admission-hours/.

• Pinball machines, video games, jukeboxes, slot machines, etc.
  
• One price admission to play games all day, no quarters required!
  
• Lots of door prizes.
  
• Pinball and Gameroom items on sale.
  
• Kids and adults pinball machine tournaments.
  
• Refreshments will be available.
  

Tickets: http://www.theyorkshow.com/.

This annual event has long been supported by pinball enthusiasts from all over Northern California and helps local youth charities. Many people bring their pinball machines to share, the organizers and volunteers are not paid to put on the show, we spread pinball joy and everyone benefits!

Tickets: http://www.pin-a-go-go.org/.

The tournament weekend, in short, is comprised of two tournaments, the European Pinball Championship, and running alongside, the ever popular
Danish Pinball Open, back for its 14th iteration.

Furthermore there will also be the traditional National Team Tournament, where each country can enter a selection of their finest players, to compete for national glory and honour.

Finally, as we had at last years DPO, there will be a second chance consolation tournament on Sunday, for everyone that has had the misfortune of being knocked out of both the EPC and DPO.

The price for participation is 55€ + 5€ handling fee, totalling 60€ in all.

The formats:

EPC: Qualification on 10 player selected machines from a large bank, leading into head to head final rounds, ending in a 4 man grand final on
Sunday.

DPO: Qualification on 8 player selected machines from a large bank, leading into 4 man group final rounds, ending in a 4 man grand final on
Sunday.

National championship: Format still not finalized.

Second chance: Format still not finalized.

The schedule:

* Friday: 5 EPC qualification slots, DPO qualification open through the day, national team tournament.
* Saturday: 3 EPC qualification slots, DPO qualifications open through the day.
* Sunday: EPC finals, DPO finals, Second Chance consolation tournament.

Every country is allotted 5 pre-registrations.

The 5 pre-registered players will also represent their respective countries in the national team tournament, so choose your players wisely. (In case of a player not being able to actually come to the EPC, substitutions are of course allowed)

Each player will receive a personal link to sign up and pay the entry fee (pre-registration is not valid without payment), which will be useable until Wednesday the 5th, where the EPC 2019 website will go live and registration will open for all interested players.

Tickets: https://www.tilmelddigher.dk/epc19/.

The UK’s longest running and most popular retro games expo returns for 2019!

Organised by experienced video game events specialists Replay Events, the show will be crammed with games, features, exhibitors and video gaming mayhem. With everything you love about gaming under one roof, the show will have something for everyone.

Pinball is always very popular at our shows – partially because it’s a medium that is difficult to emulate – but also because they’re super cool!

So for PLAY Expo we will have an awesome selection of original pinball machines for you to try – all set to free play!

Batman 66
Game Of Thrones
Getaway High Speed 2
Monster Bash
Scared Stiff
Spider-Man
Star Trek Stern
Terminator 2
The Addams Family
F14 Tomcat

Tickets: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/tickets.

“The first historical exhibition of the Amusement & Gaming Sector” of Sapar, organized by IEG – Italian Exhibition Centre

Rome is the gaming capital again with Enada.

The 47th edition of Sapar’s International Amusement & Gaming Machine Show, organized by IEG – Italian Exhibition Group, will be held at Fiera di Roma from the 15th to the 17th October 2019.

Pinball Expo returns to the Westin Chicago North Shore for the 35th anniversary in 2019, including the Stern Pinball factory tour, a huge seminar schedule, an IFPA-ranked tournaments, a wide range of parts, machine and add-on vendors, two large games rooms, exhibits of the latest games and products, and much more starting with a free banquet on Wednesday evening.

Pinball News will be video recording all the seminars and they will be made available on the Pinball News site and YouTube channel soon after.

Note:  Normally only the tournaments continue into Sunday.  Pinball Expo vendor, games and seminar halls are all expected to close Saturday night.

Tickets: http://www.pinballexpo.com/.

The Museum of Pinball’s new second show of the year.

Over 1,400 pinball machines and arcade games (both vintage and modern) will be on freeplay with no quarters needed. Costume contests, entertainment, food, and more!

Tickets: https://arcadeexpo.myshopify.com/products/pinball-madness-2019?variant=20906607280182.

Our first special exhibition in the Showcase Gallery at the Joseph Brant Museum, is the Canadian premiere of Part of the Machine: Rock & Pinball from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

The interactive exhibition features rock-themed, playable pinball machines alongside merchandise and artifacts related to artists and bands.

Tickets: https://museumsofburlington.ca/visitor-information/joseph-brant-museum/admission-hours/.

Cost: $20 for A Division (for players IFPA ranked in the top 5,000)
$15 for B Division (all other players)

We have a generous anonymous donor who is willing to cover $10 of the entry fee for military veterans playing in this tournament. When submitting payment, please keep this discount in mind.

Separate prize pool for B division players!

Please note: tournament cost does not include cost to coin-up the games.

Pre-registration is HIGHLY encouraged as these tournaments typically sell out
Pre-register: Send payment via PayPal to [email protected] (please send as “friends and family” or payment will be returned)

Tournament Format: Group match play, limited to 20 players. 4.5 hours of regular play time, with finals following. Finals will start at 6:30 p.m. for the top 6 qualifiers.

Finals: Top 6 will advance to playoffs, with the top 2 getting byes straight to the finals. Playoffs/finals are 3 games each round with 4, 2, 1, 0 scoring.

This is an official IFPA tournament for WPPR points.

Tickets: https://buffalopinball.com/summeropen/register/.

Welcome to the GRAND OLE GAMEROOM EXPO, Nashville’s annual Arcade, Pinball, and Video Game Expo. We are back for year four at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville November 8-10, 2019.

The Grand Ole Gameroom Expo is a public event for gamers of all ages. Join us for a weekend packed with over 200 arcade and pinball games all set to free play. Play classic arcade games like Donkey Kong, Centipede, Ms Pac-Man, Double Dragon, Street Fighter II, and many others. Also play many classic pinball games like Black Knight, The Addams Family, and even some of the latest pinball games from Stern like Aerosmith, Star Wars, Deadpool, and Black Knight Sword of Rage. We also have air hockey, skeeball, and other family friendly games.

The Expo also has over 80 game consoles spanning the Atari 2600 to the latest Xbox One, PS4, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, and Playstation VR. There are multiple tournaments for casual players and competitive players on games like Super Smash Bros and Mortal Kombat 11, and we host the largest IFPA pinball tournament in Tennessee.

Tickets: https://grandoleexpo.com/tickets/.

The Dutch Pinball Open Expo 2019, the biggest pinball event in the Netherlands and home of the Dutch Pinball Open tournament, will take place in the new location of ‘de IJsselhallen’ in Zwolle.
On the 9th and the 10th of November all are welcome to play on the more than 100 games set to free-play, or attempt to go home with the title.

What to expect?

– About 150 games, all on free play
– Main tournament (open entry, anyone can join)
– Various ‘side-games’ such as the classics tournament
– Seminars
– Vendors

Tickets: https://www.nfvpinball.nl/dpo/entreetarieven–entrance-fees.

There will be over 300 classic and current coin-op pinball machines, video arcade games, penny arcades, and console video games ready for attendees to play on free play or buy them for their home.

There will be tournaments, events, music and workshops to keep the young and young-at-heart entertained.

Tickets: http://www.arcadecenter.com/index.php/tickets/.

The public is cordially invited to attend the largest antique show of its kind! Curious about what the Chicagoland Show has in store for you? Check out our ticketing options, and join us at this one-of-a-kind event!

Tickets: http://www.chicagolandshow.com/faq/.

Greater Cincinnati’s first annual pinball show featuring over 100 machines from local collections. All machines will be set for free play, so leave your quarters at home. 2018’s show and tournament will occur at the Holiday Inn Hotel of Eastgate.

Machines from the ’70s through the present will be well represented. Several machines will be available for purchase with contact and pricing listed on these machines.

Tickets will be limited to avoid overcrowding. Buy early to guarantee your spot. If the show does not sell out in advance, tickets will be sold at the door. If tickets do sell out prior to the show, the website will be updated to reflect such. Free entry for children 12 and under (1 per paying adult). IFPA approved tournaments will be held Friday and Saturday, with a gauntlet style tournament Sunday.

Tickets: http://www.pincinnati.com/html/tickets.html.

Flip Out London are proud to announce our second annual ‘Monster Pinball Meet’ to celebrate our 2nd birthday over the weekend of Nov 30th / Dec 1st! There will be a full IFPA competition on each day and another over the two days.

On Saturday there will be a head-2-head tournament, Sunday will be played in groups of 4. More details will be sent out to those who register. Registration for Flip Out London members is just £6 for both days. Non-Members are also welcome to attend either day at a cost of £15, or £25 for both days. A free T-shirt will be given to all competitors and, as always… There will be trophies!

Tickets: http://flipoutlondon.com/.

Our first special exhibition in the Showcase Gallery at the Joseph Brant Museum, is the Canadian premiere of Part of the Machine: Rock & Pinball from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

The interactive exhibition features rock-themed, playable pinball machines alongside merchandise and artifacts related to artists and bands.

Tickets: https://museumsofburlington.ca/visitor-information/joseph-brant-museum/admission-hours/.

Flip Out London are proud to announce our second annual ‘Monster Pinball Meet’ to celebrate our 2nd birthday over the weekend of Nov 30th / Dec 1st! There will be a full IFPA competition on each day and another over the two days.

On Saturday there will be a head-2-head tournament, Sunday will be played in groups of 4. More details will be sent out to those who register. Registration for Flip Out London members is just £6 for both days. Non-Members are also welcome to attend either day at a cost of £15, or £25 for both days. A free T-shirt will be given to all competitors and, as always… There will be trophies!

Tickets: http://flipoutlondon.com/.

Friday 13th December, 18:30-22:00
Friday evening social – £5 per person; £3 for children under 16.

Saturday 14th December, 11:30-19:00
Festive Classics tournament – £10 per person; £6 for children under 16.
Format: Head-to-head play; Five Strike Knockout on the classic games.
Note: There will be no practice on machines in the Classic tournaments but you are free to practice on any other machines.
Registration 11:30 am for 12 noon start.

Sunday 15th December, 11:00-18:00 (qualifying 11:00-15:00)
Main tournament – £10 per person, £6 for children under 16.
Format: Play two qualification games on eight machines of your choice. The top 16 qualify (or even numbered just less than 50% if less than 32 players) for head-to-head play consisting of best of five games (may change to best of three depending on numbers).

Note: Social visits are welcome but no classic play possible on Saturday during the tournament and you may be asked to vacate a machine on Sunday if tournament players require it. Social visit cost is £10 per person, £6 for children under 16.

Please email [email protected] to confirm you place. State which day or both days.

Tickets: http://www.specialwhenlit.co.uk/events.php.

Our first special exhibition in the Showcase Gallery at the Joseph Brant Museum, is the Canadian premiere of Part of the Machine: Rock & Pinball from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

The interactive exhibition features rock-themed, playable pinball machines alongside merchandise and artifacts related to artists and bands.

Tickets: https://museumsofburlington.ca/visitor-information/joseph-brant-museum/admission-hours/.

The INDISC Pinball Festival is a four day pinball arcade party with more fun than you can imagine. Not only do we have 500+ pinball machines and a small selection of classic video games on free play, we are hosting one of the largest Stern Pinball Pro Circuit events of the year, It Never Drains in Southern California™ and The Open IFPA World Championship™—which also happens to be one of the largest open pinball tournaments in the world and has been designated as the 5th major championship.

In addition to hosting The Open, INDISC 2020 will include multiple Classics events along with the High Stakes, Women’s and Youth divisions from previous years. New for 2020, INDISC will now include a Seniors division and will be expanding to a fourth day. More details coming soon.

Come battle the best players from all over the world or simply enjoy the vast collection of machines the Museum of Pinball has to offer. Either way, we’ll see you in Janaury!

Tickets: https://arcadeexpo.myshopify.com/products/indisc-2020.

The annual UK amusement and coin-op trade show is back at ExCel London in the Docklands area of the capital.

Often a launchpad for various companies’ new releases, expect a presence from Stern Pinball on the Electrocoin stand, Jersey Jack and Chicago Gaming on the Pinball Heaven stand, and some surprise pinball-related products.

Tickets: https://www.eagexpo.com/.

PinBelles is a new women-only pinball tournament held at Flip Out London, the UK’s biggest pinball club, located in the nation’s capital city, London.

The tournament begins at 11am. Details of the location, transport options and a map can be found on the Flip Out London website.

The prices for the tournament are:
– Flip Out London members: £10
– Non-members: £20

There is a guaranteed top prize of £250 for the winner. Depending on the number of entries additional prizes may be added and/or the top prize increased.

Tickets: http://tournaments.pinballnews.com/.

Wednesday 4th to Sunday 8th March, 2020 (optional warm-up tournament on the Wednesday).
More than 70 machines from all epochs.
Nice drinks and food.
Many tournaments.
Good and cheap hotels and hostels nearby.
Good connections from Frankfurt airport.

More details to be added soon.

The amusement, FEC and allied out-of-home entertainment segments will take a 1,727 mile detour next spring, when the AAMA-AMOA Amusement Expo International (AEI) takes a one-year break from Las Vegas and heads south to New Orleans for its annual gathering of equipment, ideas and industry executives.

“Jazz Up Your Business in the Big Easy!” will serve as the theme for next year’s March 9-11, 2020 AEI, with Expo Education Day to kick things off on Monday, March 9, followed by the two-day of exhibits on Tuesday, March 10 and Wednesday, March 11. In addition to changing the location for next year, the schedule for AEI will also shift by a day, to a Monday-Wednesday pattern (from the previous Tuesday-Thursday time frame).

Tickets: https://www.amusementexpo.org/2020/Public/Enter.aspx.

Featuring the main Dutch Pinball Masters tournament, a Classics tournament, a Team tournament and a 4-Strikes Knockout tournament.  Maximum prize money of €1,000 for the winner of the DPM and €500 for the Classics winner.

Usually held at the Dutch Pinball Association (NFV) Clubhouse in Veenendaal where there are also free play practice machines and a cafe/bar on-site, there have been some changes in the staffing at the Clubhouse and so the location for the 2020 event has not been confirmed yet.

Tickets: https://www.dutchpinballmasters.nl/index.php/pricing-payment/.

FREEPLAY ON ALL 1,100 MACHINES:
Join us for three days of freeplay on over 1,100 retro to modern arcade games and pinball machines!

STARCADE at ARCADE EXPO 6:
Ever wanted to play retro games under the stars? This is your chance to enjoy tons of games out on the patio – not only at night, but also during the day!

GAME ROOM & ARCADE SWAP MEET/FLEA MARKET:
Saturday, March 16, 2019 (11 – 2pm). Sell your pinball, arcade, and game room related items – games, parts, artwork, etc.- no charge for space, no need to register. Load in / setup will be 10am and load out/tear down 2-3 pm.

Tickets: http://www.arcadeexpo.com/.

The 2020 Texas Pinball Festival will be held the weekend of March 27 – 29, 2020 in a HUGE 40,000 square foot game room! We’ll be at the Embassy Suites Dallas – Frisco Hotel and Conference Center in Frisco again, and we want to top what we did last year and fill this space with more than 400 pinball machines, classic video games and other game room goodies set up on free play for everyone to enjoy the entire weekend. Leave your quarters at home!

Children under 5 get in free. Pre-register for the 2020 Texas Pinball Festival starting October 1st, or find out how get in FREE when you bring a game! T-shirts, tournament tickets, and other merchandise will be available for pre-order and sale at the show and of course at the door. And don’t forget to book your room.

The Texas Pinball Festival opens it’s door Friday evening at 5pm and will stay open until 1am on Friday and until midnight on Saturday. The hotel offers multiple options for food and drink.

Do you have what it takes to be a pinball wizard? A variety of adult and children’s tournaments will be held throughout the weekend to test your skills. Compete against others for trophies, ribbons and cash prizes. You could walk out a superstar!

As if inside wasn’t fun enough… Check out the bargains outside! Saturday, March 28, 2020 starting at 8:00am, the DFW Pinball and Arcade Club will be putting on an outdoor flea market and swap meet featuring coin operated collectibles, project machines and more! Admission is free to all guests. Got a machine taking up space in your garage? Too many projects? Too many parts? Bring ’em to the swap meet!

The show will conclude Sunday afternoon after the Awards Ceremony scheduled for 2:30pm. Though we give out door prizes all weekend long, one lucky winner will take home the Raffle Drawing grand prize: a brand new pinball machine!

This show draws people from all over the United States and beyond. It is one of the largest shows in the industry and we want you to experience it first hand. So come on out and join us!

Tickets: http://texaspinball.com/tpf/pre-registration/.

As every year, we return with our STR-Pinball Tournament sponsored by the company of our friends Orlando and Cristina.

This year will be the weekend of 28 and 29 March, the weekend before Easter. It will be held at the facilities of our association in Biar.

Registration can be done from now on: [email protected]

We’ll have fantastic trophies sponsored by STR-Pinball.

This year we will eat at our headquarters. The price is €65 which includes food.

Tickets: https://www.facebook.com/pg/pinballbiar/.

The Midwest Gaming Classic is a trade show featuring 100,000+ square feet of retro and modern home video game consoles, pinball machines, arcade video games, computers, table top gaming, crane games, collectible card games and air hockey, and that’s just the start!

The Midwest Gaming Classic is about celebrating gaming, trying new things, learning about the gaming hobby, about meeting others who share the love of gaming, and having fun doing it!

No matter if you have one console and a handful of games or thousands of games in every room of your house, you’ll find something to celebrate with us!

Tickets: https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/buy-tickets/.

We are showcasing Pinball Machines, Arcade games, coin-ops and all the cool things you need to complete your gameroom including neon signs, gas pumps, and more.

2:00 PM Thursday – 10:00 PM Thursday.
1:00 PM Friday – 10:00 PM Friday.
9:00 AM Saturday – 6:00 PM Saturday.

Adults $15.00 per day
Kids 5-13 $8.00 per day
Kids 4 and under Free

Come out and join us for our 21st year!

Tickets: http://www.pinballatthezoo.com/advancetickets.htm.

The public is cordially invited to attend the largest antique show of its kind! Curious about what the Chicagoland Show has in store for you? Check out our ticketing options, and join us at this one-of-a-kind event!

Tickets: http://www.chicagolandshow.com/faq/.

Our facility is the one of the largest dedicated pinball venues (by unique game count) in North America and has games from the 1950s “woodrails” to the latest games from Stern pinball. Every decade, manufacturer and game type is represented at the museum. There are many rare and hard to find games set up and ready to play. All machines are free play, so one entrance ticket allows unlimited play for the day. There’s something for every pinball fan here (we are the one of the largest dedicated pinball facility in North America.) But unlike other pinball museum type facilities, we are here every day working on our machines, making sure they play perfect! Arguably this makes us the best working/restored pinball collection in North America.

Tickets for the showcase will be available in advance only. We want to ensure that all attendees have the absolute best possible experience and have plenty of room to mingle and experience and play the pinball machines. To do this we have a limited number of tickets available for each day. Once the limit is reached, we are sold out, and no more tickets will be issued. Hence generally speaking there will not be tickets available at the door.

Tickets: http://vfwpinball.com/.

Play Expo returns to Manchester but at a new location, featuring the Northern Lights Pinball Show with around 60 pinballs, competitions, prize raffles and much more.

The UK’s favourite arcade, indie and retro games show will return in 2020! Close to 1000 consoles, handhelds, computers, arcades, pinballs and PCs all running the very best in classic and modern video games and all free to play!

Organised by experienced video game events specialists Replay Events the show will be full with features, exhibitors and more gaming mayhem than Manchester has ever seen.

Jam packed with everything you love about gaming and popular culture, the show has something for everyone.

Tickets: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/tickets.

Dear pinball friends,

We would like to inform you about a year in advance that the GPO 2020 will take place in our beautiful city of GIFHORN, on the southern edge of the Lüneburg Heath.
So mark the following period very thick in the calendar.

The date is already fixed: Friday, May 15, 2020 – Sunday, May 17, 2020.
Location: Stadthalle in 38518 Gifhorn, Schützenplatz 2
Link: Stadthalle-gifhorn.de

Further information follows.

If you already have questions, ask …

Greetings from your organizing team “on site”:

Tickets: https://www.flipperverein.de/2019/06/09/pinball-38-gpo-2020-in-gifhorn-termin/.

This is the third year of the central California show from the Northern California Pinball Association, being held in Lodi near Sacramento.

Along with all the games, the Pinball University (Pin-U) will hold talks designed to improve your pinball skills, from repairing to playing to learning how games are designed and the state of the pinball market today.

There is also a Pin-Golf tournament designed for all skill levels to enjoy.

See our comprehensive report from the 2018 show here.

Tickets: http://www.goldenstatepinball.org/.