Texas Pinball Festival Returns to Frisco March 20-22, 2026

The largest event of its kind in the industry features giveaways, free play, and family fun 

FRISCO, TX – The award-winning Texas Pinball Festival is returning to Frisco March 20-22, 2026 at the Embassy Suites Hotel & Frisco Conference Center. For the 22nd anniversary of the Texas Pinball Festival, the largest of its kind in the industry, the show welcomes guests from all over the United States and beyond to a 60,000 square-foot game room filled with machines and family fun for the weekend.

The Texas Pinball Festival will feature more than 400 vintage and new pinball machines, as well as classic arcade games set to free play. Attendees can be the first to play the new games like BeetleJuice from Spooky Pinball, Pokemon from Stern Pinball, Three Musketeers debuts from French new comer Hexa-Pinball and this year Dragon theme boast a row of 14 Dragon related games including Dungeons & Dragons machine from Stern Pinball, Harry Potter by Jersey Jack Pinball and older classics like Dragon’s Lair by Don Bluth. You might just get a glimpse of a new 8-foot-tall fire breathing mascot.

Three pinball manufactures based in Texas, Barrels of Fun, Turner Pinball, and Multimorphic, will all be showing off their most recent releases at the festival.

A variety of adult and child pinball tournaments will take place throughout the weekend for trophies and prizes. Check out the new Warped Pinball Park for almost a dozen different pick-up Tournaments. Exhibitor demonstrations, parts, supplies, equipment, and memorabilia will be available, and collectors bring rare and custom games to compete for coveted machine awards. 

This year marks the beginning of a special Tech Day Party on Wednesday, March 18 with hands-on learning from service legends from all over the country. (Tickets are limited, pinball machine is not required to participate.)

Seminars with pinball designers and artists will take place Friday and Saturday, as well as performances by several pinball related musicians. Early Saturday morning at 7:00 a.m., the DFW Pinball and Arcade Club will host a swap meet in the northeast parking lot featuring coin-operated collectibles, project machines, and more.  

Guests will have a chance to win a Harry Potter arcade edition pinball machine with the raffle benefitting the National Videogame Museum. During the weekend, present your Texas Pinball Festival wristband at the National Videogame Museum in Frisco and get 50% off admission. Raffle tickets can only be purchased at the show, and you must be present Sunday to win. 

The Texas Pinball Festival will be open:  
Friday, March 20 from 4 p.m. – 1 a.m.  
Saturday, March 21 from 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 
Sunday, March 22 from 9 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 

Ticket options and pricing: Save on a weekend pass by purchasing ahead of time online. Tickets are $105 for the whole weekend if you pre-register by March 9. 

Weekend passes: $115 at the door   

One-day passes available at show registration:   

Friday: $50 for adults /$25 for children 

Saturday: $60 for adults /$35 for children 

Sunday: $30 for adults /$20 for children   

Children under 5 get in free.   

For more information, visit texaspinball.com.