RetroFest 2026 - A Celebration of Retro Computers

Schedule

Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 10:00 am to Sun, 31 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Steam - Museum of the Great Western Railway | Swindon, EN

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The UK's largest festival of retro computing is returning to the STEAM museum in Swindon! You'll see a huge range of computers from the 70s, 80s and 90s - including favourites such as the Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64, plus hundreds of rare and unusual machines from across the world.
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Steam - Museum of the Great Western Railway, Carillion Development Management, Swindon, SN2 2, United Kingdom

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