{"id":38851,"date":"2025-12-18T17:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/events\/play-expo-blackpool-5\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T17:50:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:50:45","slug":"play-expo-blackpool-5","status":"publish","type":"ajde_events","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/events\/play-expo-blackpool-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Play Expo Blackpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ai1ec-event-avatar alignleft timely\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/play-expo-2018\/27-play-expo-2018-300x169.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The UK\u2019s longest running and most popular retro games expo returns for 2026 for its 16th year.<\/p>\n<p>PLAY Expo Blackpool will take place at the Norbreck Castle Exhibition Centre, Blackpool on the 3rd &amp; 4th of October 2026.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Retro Consoles, Handhelds and Computers &#8211; Hundreds of playable classics! Classic Arcade Machines and Pinball &#8211; All the best from seaside arcades and all set to Free Play! Indie and Modern games for PC and Console &#8211; The latest and greatest games on modern consoles and computers! Gaming Tournaments, LAN Gaming, Merchandise and much more!<\/p>\n<p>Pre-booked tickets allow entry from 10:00 &#8211; an hour earlier than on-the-door entry. Discounted weekend and family tickets are also available.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets: <a class=\"ai1ec-ticket-url-exported\" href=\"https:\/\/www.playexpoblackpool.com\/tickets\">https:\/\/www.playexpoblackpool.com\/tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[788,237,238],"event_type":[],"event_type_2":[],"class_list":["post-38851","ajde_events","type-ajde_events","status-publish","hentry","tag-blackpool","tag-play-expo","tag-uk","event_location-norcalympia-exhibition-centre-queens-promenade-blackpool-fy2-9aa-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events\/38851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ajde_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38851"},{"taxonomy":"event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type?post=38851"},{"taxonomy":"event_type_2","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type_2?post=38851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}