Who’d have thought there’d be more to do at a pinball festival than play pinball? Well there is! Your time at the Texas Pinball Festival will be filled with pinball playing, informative seminars, socializing and more!
Check back often to see if any changes have been made to the scheduled events. TPF2016 is also featured in the Eventbase app. Get your free download on your device’s app store or here. We will keep the schedule updated and push out updates as often as they occur.
Friday, March 18th
11 am: Pre-Registration Table Opens
If you pre-registered for the show, you can pick your packet up early. That means no waiting in line when the game room opens to the public at 5pm!
11 am: Tournament Area Opens
Location: Tournament Area
Only tournament players with badges and/or tickets will be admitted into the tournament area. Find out how you can play in the tournaments here. Open qualification for all events runs until midnight.
5 pm: TPF2016 Opens!
6 pm: The Pinball Magazine and Pinball News “So You Think You Know Pinball?” Pop Quiz
Hosts: Jonathan Joosten & Martin Ayub
Location: Seminar Room
7 pm: Speaker Andrew Heighway of Heighway Pinball
Location: Seminar Room
7 pm: Pinside Meet & Greet
Location: Wild Pitch
8 pm: Speaker Steve Ritchie of Stern Pinball
Location: Seminar Room
9 pm: Coast 2 Coast Pinball LIVE! with Special Guest George Gomez
Host: Nate Shivers
Location: Seminar Room
10 pm: TPF Big Smoke!
Hosts: Ed VanderVeen and Barry Sanders
Location: Embassy Suites Cypress Lounge Outdoor Patio
1 am: Open Qualifying Ends
1 am: Game Room Closes
Saturday, March 19th
8 am: TPF Swap Meet
Host: DFW Pinball & Arcade Club
Location: Northeast Convention Center Parking Lot 
Trying to find your next project? You might just come across it at the TPF2016 Swap Meet. Come get you some donuts and coffee and see what there is to see.
8 am: World Record Attempt
All guests are invited to be part of our attempt to reclaim the title for “Most People Playing Pinball Simultaneously.” Currently, the record stands at 331.
The line will form in the hallway outside the side doors to the show room floor. Please be patient as Guinness has some exacting requirements we must meet, and we don’t want to lost out over a technicality. Exhibitors will gain first access to the show room to man games, beginning at about 8:15.
Man… exhibitors get all the perks! How do I become an exhibitor? Click here.
8:45 am: World Record Attempt
Once all participants have manned their pins, our adjudicator will give the signal. All players will plunge the first ball simultaneously, and continue playing a full game. Notice: The entire event will be photographed and video taped, as required by Guinness.
9 am: Tournament play resumes
Open qualifying for the Texas Wizards Tournament continues until 5pm. Open qualifying for the Kids Bump ‘n’ Win and the Parent/Child Tournaments continues until 2pm.
10 am: Game Room Opens
11 am: Speaker Jaap Nauta of Dutch Pinball
Location: Seminar Room
12 pm: Speaker Gerry Stellenberg of Multimorphic
Location: Seminar Room
2 pm: Speaker John Trudeau of Stern Pinball
Location: Seminar Room
2:30 pm: Kids Bump ‘n’ Win Finals begin
Location: Tournament Area
3 pm: Speaker Paul Faris, famed pinball artist
Location: Seminar Room
3:30 pm: Parent/Child Tourney Finals begin
Location: Tournament Area
4 pm: Speakers Charlie Emery, Ben Heck and crew of Spooky Pinball
Location: Seminar Room
5 pm: Multimorphic P3 “Deep Dive Session”
Location: Multimorphic Booth
5 pm: Speakers Jack Guarnieri & Butch Peel of Jersey Jack Pinball
Location: Seminar Room
5 pm: Open Qualifying Ends
6 pm: Texas Wizards Finals
Commentators: Nate Shivers and Jack Danger
Location: Tournament Area
6 pm: “PINBALL: Hiding your Gun while Drunk and Barenaked”
Speaker Jim Schelberg of PinGame Journal
Location: Seminar Room
7 pm: Speakers Mark Ritchie & Chris Granner
Location: Seminar Room
8 pm: Autograph Session
Guests:
Location: Seminar Room
12 am: Game Room Closes
12 am: Exhibitor After Party
What? How do I get into the after party? You become an Exhibitor! Find out how.
2 am: Game Room Closes
For real this time.
Sunday, March 20th
9 am: Game Room Opens
2:30 pm: Awards Ceremony/American Heroes Raffle
TPF2016 closes – See you next year!