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Welcome to the Golden State Pinball Festival!
The fun never stops at the Golden State Pinball Festival! 100’s of pinball machines set to free play with either a day pass or weekend pass. Browse our vendors for parts and new machines. Events planned all weekend, including auctions and a pinball machine raffle.
Admission
All passes purchased on-site at the show!
3-day Weekend Pass:
$60 ($30 for 13 & under)
2-day pass (Sat. & Sun.):
$45 ($20 for 13 & under)
1-day Saturday:
$30 ($15 for 13 & under)
1-day Fri. OR Sun.:
$20 ($10 for 13 & under)
Hours
Friday, May 15th
1:00pm – 11:00pm
Saturday, May 16th
10:00am – Midnight
Sunday, May 17th
9:00am – 5:00pm
Tournament
Friday, May 15th
Qualifying Session #1
10:00am – FINISH
Saturday, May 16th
Qualifying Session #2
10:00am – FINISH
Sunday, May 17th
FINALS
10:00am – FINISH
WOMEN’S
May 16th, 7pm-FINISH
Add’l. Details
All passes purchased on-site at the show!
FREE parking!
Active Military with ID half price. All admission paid at the door during time of the show.
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COVID-19 Policy
The Golden State Pinball Festival is required to follow all local and state guidelines related to COVID-19. As of April 2022, attending the festival will not require you to show any form of proof of vaccination or negative COVID test, but as in all things COVID-related, guidelines are subject to change. Any changes will be posted here before the show. Masking for certain groups is recommended but not required. Masking guidelines can be found here. We strongly recommend you follow these guidelines to ensure your health and safety.
2025 Show Art!
by
Johnny Crap
We are extremely proud to have Jonathan Bergeron, aka Johnny Crap, creating this awesome art for our 2025 show. Be sure to check out all his amazing art at johnnycrap.com!
We are busy getting ramped up and looking forward to seeing all of you in just a few short months!
Merchandise Now Available
from
The Flipper Room Online Shop
Did you miss out on that show poster at the show this year? Or maybe you want to go back and order a previous years poster? Need that new coffee mug for work? You can now order show merchandise directly from The Flipper Room online shop!
Please note that all show merchandise is available while supplies last!
Thank you to our show sponsors! Please visit our sponsors to show your support!
The Golden State Pinball Festival is located “in the middle of everywhere” as we are only 45 miles from the Sacramento International Airport (SMF), about 30 minutes south of Sacramento, 90 minutes east of San Francisco, close to the sunny shores of Santa Cruz and the snowy slopes of Lake Tahoe. We really are in the middle of it all!
This annual event is presented by the Northern California Pinball Association (NCPA), a non-profit organization. The festival is strongly supported by pinball enthusiasts from all over Northern California and helps local youth charities.
Proceeds benefit the World Of Wonders Science Museum. Learn about energy, electricity, magnetism, optics, and more at the World of Wonders (WOW) Science Museum in historic downtown Lodi, California, where hands-on exhibits stimulate discovery for all ages. The WOW is an engaging, educational, and inspirational science destination where both children and adults can learn about the world around them!
We are a 100% volunteer supported show!
We can’t do the show without the hard-working load-in and load-out crews, so you all will be treated like royalty and receive a free pass!
Thanks to some very generous sponsors we are able to reward those that bring pins, above and beyond what we have already promised! These sponsored swag boxes will help get your pins back in tip top shape after the show!
We will have about 80 swag boxes to give out to individuals (game sales vendors excluded from this offer), one per person, bringing any amount of games. They will be given out to the first 80 people checking in games at the show. Games must be present at the time of check in to qualify!
Thanks as always to our amazing VIPs that bring games, we could not have a show without you!
Bring Games!
Please make sure you read all guidelines when registering your games.
Got kids?
The Little Flippers introduce kids to social interaction and engagement through fun, hands-on, cross generational games, which helps to foster important social skills and group participation while also growing the hobby, recreation, and sport of pinball for future generations.
Our vision is to spread joy to children and families.