Birmingham Gaming Market

The Birmingham Gaming Market is the place to find rare and collectible video games.
The UK’s biggest gaming market is returning to Birmingham on Sunday 21st May 2023. The Birmingham Gaming Market will take place in the Factory Works event space at the Custard Factory in Digbeth. This new venue is located a short distance from the city centre, just minutes from the famous Bull Ring shopping centre and is close to train stations, coach stations and car parks.
If you’ve yet to visit a Gaming Market they are collector style events that focus solely on buying and selling games. Simply put, imagine a massive venue filled with nothing but video games and merchandise retailers and thousands of gamers, collectors and fellow geeks eager to find a bargain. Gaming Nirvana!
Whether it’s classic games, consoles, gaming merchandise, old computers or even custom made artwork that floats your boat, you’ll no doubt want to be at this event!

Insomnia Gaming Festival

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London Anime & Gaming Con

One of the UKs best events for anime fans, gamers and cosplayers.

Anime & Manga Highlights
Top Voice Actors of your favourite anime – Expect a number of international celebrity voice actors to attend.
Anime Theatre – An entire room dedicated to anime viewing and chill-out where you can watch your favourite titles.
Manga Artists – Present as part of our Artists Alley. This will also include an area where you can sit down, draw and chillout with other artists.
Anime/Gaming/Manga/Comics/Japanese Exhibitors – Expect a wide range of anime and gaming merchandise, DVDs, manga, action figures, trading cards and more.
Live J-Pop/Anime themed Performers – There will be several live performers from J-Pop, Anime inspired singers, bands and performers throughout the day.

Video Gaming
Gaming will consist of Tournaments and casual setups as well including PC and Indie Gaming and Modern Consoles and an entire Retro Lounge!
Tournaments – Get ready for a fantastic tournaments lineup at London Anime & Gaming Con including favourites such as Smash Ultimate, League of Legends, Mario Kart and many more.
Challenges – For the more casual gamer, challenges allow you to pick up and play at anytime – the objective being to beat the fastest time, the highest score etc.
Retro & Modern Gaming Casual Play – Grab a game from our extensive library, sit down with your friends and have fun! A casual chillout area for gamers by gamers.
PC Gaming & Indie Gaming – Featuring the latest games to check out from a variety of developers.

TableTop Gaming
RPG Adventures – At most events, we have two-hour scheduled adventures (see timetable for details); come along and sign up on the day for any of our games. Even when this does not happen, there are also over a dozen quick and simple drop-in Indie RPGs you can just turn up and play.
Board Games – Bang!, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Carcassonne, Cards Against Humanity, Channel A, Concept, Coup, Dixit, Dungeon Roll, Flame War, Fluxx, Forbidden Island, Hanabi, Love Letter, Munchkin, Pandemic, The Resistance and many more.
TCGis – There will be tournaments with prizes provided throughout Saturday and Sunday as well as free-play sessions. Tournaments typically include Yu Gi Oh!, Magic the Gathering and Pokemon.

Stage & Cosplay Events
With two standard stages and a talks room, there will be a huge range of events, panels and talks. This can include;
Cosplay Masquerades – Not one, but two cosplay masquerades; one on each day with a £100 prize for Sunday’s winner!
Wide range of performers and live music – Ranging from UK Jpop/Kpop Idols, Live Bands from all over the UK who will bring the energy up on stage to entertain you all.
Dub That Anime – The aim of this event for those who have never seen it before is to dub a 30 second clip of our choice live on stage. The funnier the better.
The Talent Show – Do you have a hidden talent, be it singing, dancing, stand-up performing or pretty much anything? Come enter the Talent Show, show it off and win a £30 cash prize.
Big Geek Quiz – Various rounds on both anime and other more general subjects over five rounds. Get some friends together, make your own quiz team, and join in the fun. £50 cash prize to the winning team!
Big Geek Raffle – For just £1 for a ticket compete in a raffle where £100s of pounds worth of prizes are up for stake!

Oxford Comic Con and Gaming Festival

Welcome to our family friendly events held across the UK in 2023 from Cornwall to Derby. Each event has it’s own Facebook link on the @ukcgf website and there’s also a great UKCGF Community group linked to the page for interaction and updates.

Show content typically include TV & Film Props, Gaming Areas, Cosplay Competition, Photo Area, Comic Artists, TV & Film Guests, Traders, Exhibitors, Activities and much more.

Bournemouth Comic Con and Gaming Festival

Welcome to our family friendly events held across the UK in 2023 from Cornwall to Derby. Each event has it’s own Facebook link on the @ukcgf website and there’s also a great UKCGF Community group linked to the page for interaction and updates.

Show content typically include TV & Film Props, Gaming Areas, Cosplay Competition, Photo Area, Comic Artists, TV & Film Guests, Traders, Exhibitors, Activities and much more.

Somerset Comic Con and Gaming Festival

Welcome to our family friendly events held across the UK in 2023 from Cornwall to Derby. Each event has it’s own Facebook link on the @ukcgf website and there’s also a great UKCGF Community group linked to the page for interaction and updates.

Show content typically include TV & Film Props, Gaming Areas, Cosplay Competition, Photo Area, Comic Artists, TV & Film Guests, Traders, Exhibitors, Activities and much more.

Bristol Comic Con and Gaming Festival SPRING

Welcome to our family friendly events held across the UK in 2023 from Cornwall to Derby. Each event has it’s own Facebook link on the @ukcgf website and there’s also a great UKCGF Community group linked to the page for interaction and updates.

Show content typically include TV & Film Props, Gaming Areas, Cosplay Competition, Photo Area, Comic Artists, TV & Film Guests, Traders, Exhibitors, Activities and much more.

Insomnia Gaming Festival

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Birmingham Gaming Market

The Birmingham Gaming Market is the place to find rare and collectible video games.
The UK’s biggest gaming market is returning to Birmingham on Sunday 21st May 2023. The Birmingham Gaming Market will take place in the Factory Works event space at the Custard Factory in Digbeth. This new venue is located a short distance from the city centre, just minutes from the famous Bull Ring shopping centre and is close to train stations, coach stations and car parks.
If you’ve yet to visit a Gaming Market they are collector style events that focus solely on buying and selling games. Simply put, imagine a massive venue filled with nothing but video games and merchandise retailers and thousands of gamers, collectors and fellow geeks eager to find a bargain. Gaming Nirvana!
Whether it’s classic games, consoles, gaming merchandise, old computers or even custom made artwork that floats your boat, you’ll no doubt want to be at this event!

MCM Birmingham

We’re looking forward to welcoming you back for an unforgettable three-day celebration of all things pop culture! Don’t miss the chance to meet your anime, TV and film stars, the joy of browsing art from independent creators, the freedom to be yourself and all the special little moments you don’t get anywhere else. We’re excited to welcome you home to the greatest show of the year. Are you ready?