PINBALL NEWS DIARY

30 pinball machines, 15 with ColorDMD displays.

Starts at 10am on Saturday.

Entry: 100zł for one day, 180zł for both days.

CORVETTE
CIRQUS VOLTAIRE
CONGO
CREATURE FROM BLACK LAGOON
CHAMPION PUB
DIRTY HARRY
DR. WHO
HURRICANE
INDIANA JONE
INDIANAPOLIS 500
JUDGE DREDD
JUNK YARD
MEDIEVAL MADNESS
MONSTER BASH
NO FEAR
NO GOOD GOFERS
ROADSHOW
REVENGE FROM MARS
SCARED STIFF
STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION
STARGATE
TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
TERMINATOR 2
THE ADDAMS FAMILY GOLD
THE GETAWAY
THE MACHINE
THE SHADOW
THE WALKING DEAD LIMITED EDITION
TWILIGHT ZONE
WHITE WATER

The UK’s new national pinball show takes place in the familiar surroundings of the Mercure Daventry Court Hotel which previously hosted the UK Pinball Party.

More than 100 machines are promised, including the new Thunderbirds Are Go from Homepin and the custom Kill Bill game from Dennis Van de Pas.

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

Pinball Expo co-organiser Rob Berk new show in Schaumburg promises seminars, tournaments, vendors, free-play games, and much more.

Note: Event has been cancelled, and the original Pinball Expo date and location reinstated

Four full tournaments over three days – Warm-Up, Classic, PinGolf and 5-Strike Knockout – plus a Midnigh Madness tournament from midnight until 5am on Sunday morning.

A current maximum of 70 entrants, with priority given to those registering for all three days.  Entry cost is €25 for one day, €50 for two and €60 for all three days.  Buffet meal is €10 per day.  Midnight Madness is €5 entry with €2 re-buys.

Friday
17:00 Admission and registration
18:00 Start “Warm up Tournament”
00:00 End “Warm up Tournament” and final
01:00 bar closes (plus/minus, decided then the tavern)

Saturday
09:30 Admission and registration and award ceremony
10:00 Start “PinGolf” and “Classic Torunament”
14:00 Lunch break (machines will be switched off)
18:00 End of preliminary round “PinGolf” and start of finals “PinGolf”
20:00 End of preliminary round “Classic Tournament”; Start finals after finals “PinGolf” or earlier if no player overlap
23:00 End of both tournaments and award ceremony
00:00 Start “Hackdicht und Rotzevoll Midnight Madness”
05:00 End of preliminary round “Hackdicht and Rotzevoll Midnight Madness” and start final
06:00 End tournament and close

Sunday
09:30 Admission and registration
10:00 Start “5-Strike-Knockout Tournament”
13:00 lunch break (machines will be switched off)
18:00 End of preliminary round “5-Strike-Knockout Tournament” and start final
20:00 Tournaments and bar closes

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!

NOTE: DATES AND LOCATION ARE NOT YET CONFIRMED – DON’T BOOK ANYTHING YET.

Stern Pinball factory tour, seminars, banquet, tournaments, vendors, large games room, exhibits and much more.

Home of the Northern Lights Pinball’s biggest display of machines.

Just as we’ve added to our arcade sectrion for this RETRO SPECIAL, we’re also increasing the number of pinballs at the show. In fact we will have five times as many pins at PLAY Expo Blackpool this year!

DPO is the biggest pinball event in The Netherlands, if you are in any way involved in pinball it’s a must-visit event. What to expect?

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

These are the prices for entry to the DPO Expo and for the tournaments:

• Entrance Saturday: € 15,00;
• Entrance Sunday: € 15,00;
• Entrance Weekend : € 30,00;
• Participation main tournament: € 20,00 (excl. entrance);
• Participation ladies tournament: € 10,00 (excl. entrance);
• Participation kids tournament (max 15 yr): € 0,00 (excl. entrance);
• Entry Classic Match: € 3,00 per entry (3 pinballs, 3 balls per game);
• Participation Swiss match: € 5,00 (no pre-sale, excl. entrance);
• Package deal 1 (only pre-sale, before October 1st): weekend entrance + special DPO shirt + poster: € 50,00;
• Package deal 2 (only pre-sale, before October 1st): weekend entrance + main tournament + special DPO shirt + poster: € 70,00;
• Kids up to 11 years of age get free entrance, they need to be accompanied by an adult (max. 3 children per adult).

More details to be announced in September, but this is the annual Romanian Pinball Open and IFPC ECS qualifying event.

The annual UK amusement and coin-op trade show is bacckk at ExCel London in the Docclands 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 Chiccago Gaming on the Pinball Heaven stand, and some surprise pinball-related products.

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

More Information coming soon.

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.

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.