Pintastic Pinball & Game Room Expo 2027

Pintastic New England is an annual public pinball and game room expo in Marlborough, Massachusetts, run by Pintastic LLC, with hundreds of free-play machines, competitive tournaments, seminars, special guests and a vendor hall.

Pintastic Pinball & Game Room Expo 2027

Pintastic Pinball & Game Room Expo runs April 8–10, 2027 at Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, Marlborough.

What it is

Pintastic New England is a public pinball and game room show run by Pintastic LLC, drawing visitors from across the eastern US and Canada. The organizer bills it as "the ultimate pinball and game room show in New England". It promises over 300 pinball machines, tournaments for all levels, seminars and workshops, special guests, and a hall of vendors and exhibitors.

It also pitches itself to home game room owners looking for ideas, and to anyone curious about pinball history and industry trends. The organizer describes the show as 25,000 square feet of family-friendly entertainment.

Tournaments and exhibitors

• The headlining tournament for 2027 is the Silverball Rumble, run by The Sanctum: a Stern Pro Circuit event with a dedicated room and unlimited PAPA-style qualifying.
• At the 2026 show, the SilverBelle Brawl women's+ match-play tournament was run with regional pinball clubs.
• The 2026 exhibitor list included pinball distributors and dealers for makers such as Stern, Jersey Jack and Chicago Gaming, alongside mod and parts makers, local arcades and pinball clubs.

Planning a visit

• Tickets and hotel rooms go on sale November 1, 2026.
• The pass lineup and hours on the organizer's site are still from the 2026 show. That year, passes ran from single-day general admission to multi-day premium and numbered, limited-quantity badges, with badge holders getting earlier vendor-hall and free-play access. Thursday evening was free play only, with the vendor hall closed for setup, and free play ran until 2:00 AM after Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Check the organizer's hours page for the 2027 schedule.
• Thursday night karaoke in the hotel bar is included with all admissions.