It’s happening – pinball is growing in Colorado Springs! Their newest venue, North Side Social is having their Grand Opening this weekend.

Our good friend Russell Linskey has put his machines on location and he’s got 7 onsite so far: Willy Wonka, The Simpsons Pinball Party, X-Men, Stranger Things LE, Game of Thrones LE, Walking Dead LE and Beatles Gold. An 8th machine is on the way – Rick and Morty!

Russell will also be running monthly IFPA tournaments and once the date and format is locked down I’ll be sure to make a post about it.

Doh! I missed a timely announcement but it’s not too late to join! You can miss 3 of the 7 regular season dates. Week 2 is February 19!

Belles and Chimes is an all women pinball league that meets 7pm every other Wednesday at the 1up Colfax. The Winter/Spring season will run from 2/5 – 4/29 with finals on Sunday May 3rd at 1pm. Dues are $12 for the season. Follow them on Facebook.

Full Schedule:
Week 1: February 5
Week 2: February 19
Week 3: March 4
Week 4: March 18
Week 5: April 1 (no joke)
Week 6: April 15
Week 7: April 29
*Week 8: May 3 – League Finals

*League Finals are on a Sunday and start at 1p.

I could be missing an event or two. If so – please let me know!

February 15th – Pinball Jones Old Town
5:30pm signup, 6pm tournament starts
$6 ($5 to the prize pool, $1 to IFPA)
3-strike group knockout
4-player groups, 3rd and 4th take a strike
3-player groups, 3rd takes a strike

February 22nd – Wonderland Brewing
Starts at 1pm, $5 to enter
Head-to-head, double elimination
The Launch Party shares the same date as their monthly tourney.

March 1st – 1up LoDo
Tournament starts at 6pm
$5 to enter + cost of games
7-strike group knockout (progressive)
4-player groups: 0/1/2/3
3-player groups: 0/1/2
Top 4 players win cash and 1up adds a $50 gift card to the winner as well as sponsoring the IFPA fee! It will be an all ages tournament but if you are under 21 or bringing someone who is, please let Dan Gutchess know in advance.
This is the same date/format as their monthly tourney.

The future is now! Or the future was then? You all know I don’t internet well but I finally got the silly subscribe widget to show up in the sidebar. Since so many of you prefer to visit this site on your phone, I wanted to make a special post alerting users to this convenient new feature since it has been a popular request for…well years now.

I won’t send you spam or sell your info. You’ll just receive an email any time a blog post is made. This should be helpful for timely sign-ups like leagues and one-off events.

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