

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Valentine's Gay 2026
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 at 11:45 pm
- **Event Description**: 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.

Cash payouts provided by Matchplay:
• 1st place: $125 + trophy
• 2nd place: $80 + trophy
• 3rd place: $60 + trophy
• 4th place: $40 + trophy
• 5th-8th place: $15
• 100% of entry fees minus cost of trophies (about $900 if 100 players) 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, we are not playing super panic ball lol): https://pinballmap.com/map/?by_location_id=26995
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/valentines-gay-2026/200029564126037
- **Event Categories**: sports, tournaments, valentines-day, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 45

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029564126037?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=new+york-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: New York
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Barcade - FIDI
- **lat**: 40.71008
- **long**: -74.0104
- **full address**: Barcade - FIDI, 10 Cortlandt St.,New York, New York, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Jess Warren (https://allevents.in/org/jess-warren/1885547)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/cef21929b60edc076716bf25ae6f03075f964a73723b2f261029343f12d3ca70-rimg-w800-h600-dcf2f3f2-gmir?v=1770927665
- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/5179ece877017e97c58fb8f93362243834ff9601659f9b450e1c86a775045678-rimg-w300-h300-dc302f2f-gmir?v=1770927666

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Barcade - FIDI, 10 Cortlandt St.,New York, New York, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Jess Warren
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** sports, tournaments, valentines-day, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Valentine's Gay 2026 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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