Valentine's Gay 2026
Schedule
Sat Feb 14 2026 at 12:00 pm to 11:45 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Barcade - FIDI | New York, NY
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Let's celebrate love of all kinds with a matchplay tournament for LGBTQIA+ pinball players and allies! We’ve got a new location, more players, more finalists, and it’s on the big day for the first time! We're excited to go to Barcade FiDi after raising $5,244 at PinPride and more than $29,000 to date!Preregistration for up to 100 players will open at noon Eastern time on Sunday, February 1 at https://matchplay.live/vgay2026 with $10 entry fee to Jess (venmo @zeta6742 w/ last four digits 1371 or paypal/ zelle jessicaleewarren at hotmail). Open to all skill levels and new players welcome but all participants and spectators must be 21+.
Not IFPA sanctioned in protest of their handling of OBX and in solidarity with the resignation of the Women’s Advisory Board.
Doors at 12 p.m., tournament starts at 1 p.m. Seven rounds of match play in 3- or 4-player groups with 7/5/3/1 scoring and balanced pairings. Top 16 make PAPA-style finals. Plunge all extra balls. Quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals will be three games with 4/2/1/0 scoring where top seed has choice of game or player order; top 2 from each group advance to the next round.
Approximate payouts based on 100 players:
• 1st place: $125 + trophy
• 2nd place: $80 + trophy
• 3rd place: $60 + trophy
• 4th place: $40 + trophy
• 5th-8th place: $15
• $500 (or 50% of entry fees) donated to Ali Forney Center (https://www.aliforneycenter.org/, additional donations welcome with your registration or at the event via cash, venmo, zelle, or paypal)
Tournament will also feature:
• Door prizes!
• Translites for Trans Rights silent auction to benefit Transgender Law Center (https://transgenderlawcenter.org/)
Tentative game list (some exclusions and/or day-of-only additions likely): https://pinballmap.com/map/?by_location_id=26995
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Where is it happening?
Barcade - FIDI, 10 Cortlandt St.,New York,NY,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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