Classic Game Fest

08/08/2025

ICYMI: Contact us if you lost anything at Classic Game Fest, and we'll do our best to reunite you with your stuff!

🧢🎒 Lost something at Classic Game Fest?

📧 If you think you left something behind, email us at [email protected] with a description of the item and where you last had it.

We’ll do our best to help you recover your lost gear!

08/04/2025

🧢🎒 Lost something at Classic Game Fest?

📧 If you think you left something behind, email us at [email protected] with a description of the item and where you last had it.

We’ll do our best to help you recover your lost gear!

07/30/2025

ICYMI: We want your feedback. Help make Classic Game Fest even better!

THANK YOU for an amazing Classic Game Fest 2025!

We loved celebrating retro gaming with all of you and now we want your feedback to help make CGF even better!

📝 Attended the event?
Take the Attendee Survey:
👉 https://questionpro.com/t/ANdXSZnrEj

🛍️ Were you a vendor?
Take the Vendor Survey:
👉 https://questionpro.com/t/ANdXSZnrEg

We appreciate your input and can’t wait to see you again next summer!

07/28/2025

THANK YOU for an amazing Classic Game Fest 2025!

We loved celebrating retro gaming with all of you and now we want your feedback to help make CGF even better!

📝 Attended the event?
Take the Attendee Survey:
👉 https://questionpro.com/t/ANdXSZnrEj

🛍️ Were you a vendor?
Take the Vendor Survey:
👉 https://questionpro.com/t/ANdXSZnrEg

We appreciate your input and can’t wait to see you again next summer!

07/27/2025

✨ Classic Game Fest 2025 is a wrap and what a weekend it was! ✨

A HUGE thank you to everyone who made it amazing:
👏 Our hardworking staff & volunteers
🛍️ Incredible vendors
🎤 Talented musicians & special guests
🎟️ And most importantly… YOU, the retro gaming fans who showed up and brought the energy!

CGF2025 was a massive success because of this awesome community. Continue to TAG & SHARE your pics and videos on social media using .

🕹️ We’ll see you next summer! 🎮

07/27/2025

✨🎭 What an incredible cosplay contest at Classic Game Fest!

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated! 🙌

👏 Congratulations to our winners in both the Kids and Adult categories!

Whether you competed or just cheered from the crowd, YOU made it a highlight of CGF2025!

Got great photos? Tag us and use so we can see your amazing looks!

07/27/2025

🎮 DAY 3 of Classic Game Fest has started for VIP and opens for all at 11am.

It’s the final day so come join the fun at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, TX before we wrap up at 5PM!

🕹️ Free Play arcade, pinball & retro consoles
👾 Costume Contest signups are open. Don’t miss the show at 1PM!
🏆 Tournaments: Halo 2, Smash Melee, Street Fighter 3, & Mario Kart: Double Dash
🎤 Trivia fun with AbdallahSmash + guest panel with J.S. Gilbert
🎵 Live music from Bitforce and Babality to close it out in style!

🎟️ Passes available at the door | Kids under 10 FREE

07/26/2025

The fun doesn’t stop when Classic Game Fest ends…
Join us for the OFFICIAL CGF After Party at The Original Pinballz Arcade! 🕹️🍻

📍 8940 Research Blvd, Austin, TX
🕗 Starts after CGF at 8PM Tonight!

🎟️ Show your CGF wristband for:
🍺 FREE beer (21+)
💸 Bonus $10 when you buy a $20 game card!

Keep the games going late into the night! See you there!

07/26/2025

AUSTIN - Classic Game Fest - WE'RE ON THIS EVENING (SAT 7/26) AT THE MUSIC STAGE - 6pm - BE THERE!

07/26/2025

There’s still time to catch some incredible panels & live performances today at Classic Game Fest!

🗣️ Panels with legends like:
🎮 Tim Kitzrow (NBA Jam – “Boomshakalaka!”)
🎮 David Crane & the Kitchen Bros (Pitfall)
🎮 Retro Game Gurus from the 90s dev scene

🎵 Live music from:
🥁 Modded Marimba
🎸 Descendants of Erdrick – rock out to your favorite game tunes!

We’re going strong ‘til 7PM! Come hang out at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, TX!
🎟️ Passes at the door | Kids under 10 FREE

07/26/2025

🎮 DAY 2 of Classic Game Fest is officially underway!
We're open 'til 7PM so come spend your Saturday at the BIGGEST retro gaming event in Texas at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, TX! Let’s GO! 🕹️🔥🙌

Here’s what’s going down today ⬇️
🎵 Live music all day including DJ Rockman, MC Squareroot, Modded Marimba, & Descendants of Erdrick
🏆 Tournaments for Mario Kart: Double Dash & MvC 2
🎤 Guest panels with Tim Kitzrow, David Crane, and more legends
🎮 Extra Lives returns with an all-new interactive video game concert!
🛍️ Massive vendor hall, free play arcade & pinball, and so much more!

🎟️ Wristbands available at the door
👶 Kids under 10 get in FREE
ℹ️ Visit our website for full schedule, FAQs, and event info