Last year saw the first ever UK Pinball Party – Europe’s biggest pinball festival and the UK’s showcase pinball event with more than 100 pinball machines from the past, present and even the future – with exciting new games in development!
The event brings people from all over the UK, Europe and even the world as the UK Pinball Party has something for everyone who has ever loved the silver ball.
This year’s event will again be held at the luxurious Barcelo Daventry Hotel on August 12th-14th 2011.
If you love playing pinball, there will be more than 100 pinball machines set to freeplay over the weekend. From early electromechanicals to the latest solid state machines, there really is something for everyone. Members from the UK Pinball Group (click the name for more information) kindly bring along pinball machines from their own collections so everyone can play games they would never otherwise get to play.
Fancy competing with the best UK players? Why not enter the UK Pinball Open, organised by Pinball News? With prizes, trophies and World Pinball Player Ranking (WPPR) points available, when registrations open, make sure you sign up quickly as spaces are strictly limited. As well as the Open, there’s also the Classic Tournament, the Team Tournament, the Kids Tournament and the finals of the UK Pinball League!
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Are you fascinated by how games are designed and the history of pinball? Then why not come along to the luxurious 3-course dinner evening on Saturday 13th August 2011 where our guest speaker will be Jersey Jack Pinball founder, Jack Guarnieri – otherwise known as Jersey Jack. Jack will be flying in exclusively from the USA to talk about his experiences in the pinball industry, the founding of Jersey Jack Pinball and the first game due to hit the market later this year, “The Wizard of Oz”. Last year’s Dinner, where our guest speaker was industry design legend Dennis Nordman, was fully booked, and this year’s Dinner promises to be an unmissable evening – so book your tickets early as spaces are strictly limited!
The UK Pinball Party is a unique pinball event with everything under the one roof – the show’s venue, the accommodation, the dinner evening, the food, the drink, the bar and most importantly the people that make shows like this a huge success.
There will be pinball machines for sale, new and used pinball parts to buy, raffles, arcade video games to play and buy, jukeboxes and much much more. Come back to the site regularly for all the latest news, sign up for the show’s newsletter by clicking the link above and follow UKPinballParty on Twitter and Facebook!
There are a lot of exciting developments in the pinball world with new pinball manufacturers entering the industry and a record number of “homebrew” games in development. Make sure you visit the UK Pinball Party for exclusive news and presentations!
So, put a note in your diary, book your tickets now and support the UK’s world-class pinball event. We’ll see you at the Daventry Hotel in August for another fantastic weekend of pinballing!!
UK Pinball Party Organiser
UK Pinball Party organiser Andrew Heighway with special guest Dennis Nordman at the 2010 UK Pinball Party
