Skill Shot

Sunday August 17th the NW Pinball Championship pre-tourney series host a Pingolf at the 8-Bit. If interested you can sign up now for a tee time

Sign up on the google spread sheet. The link can be found on the tournaments calendar listing: Here

On Saturday August 9th 2025 the Belltown community comes together to bring you the 1st Annual BELLTOWN BLAST! A three block long street party celebrating Belltown!

2nd Ave between Lenora and Battery will be closed off and businesses will be opening their doors to celebrate Belltown (this includes both Shorty’s and Jupiter) -food and drink specials, local art vendors, live art and mural painting, 2 stages with live music, skateboarding and lots more!
The fun begins at noon and runs late – All-Ages!

The Ice Box 1st Sunday IFPA Tournament for August will be a max Value classics challenge – play on Classic games only (Pre-DMD)

$10 registration, Ice Box open at NOON for practice, 1PM sign up and 2PM start.
Limited to 64 players, first come first serve- They’ve sold out the past couple of month, so please arrive early to get a spot. More details on our calendar!
All-Ages!

the Fall 2025 edition of Seattle Women’s Super Weekend will have FIVE separate pinball tournaments from October 23rd to 26th at Ice Box Arcade and 4Bs Tavern in the Ballard

Two open division tournaments
Three women’s division tournaments
Karaoke and costume contest after party at 4Bs Tavern
-Series standings with cash prize for series champion
Pre-registration sale September 6th at noon PST, with a discount package option
Fantastic venues with stellar support: Ice Box Arcade and 4Bs
Stay tuned to South Sound Pinball’s Facebook page for pre-reg and pricing info!
We’ll do our best to have the pre-reg info on the Skill Shot site also.- ed

This progressive tournament is being held at three different locations north of seattle. players at these tournaments can win spots at the series finals on August 16th at the White Buffalo Saloon in Everett

Thursday at the White Buffalo, Fridays at Another Castle in Edmonds and Crave 80s in Marysville are the locations hosting the prelim tournies. One of the interesting features of this series is that you don’t necessarily need to place first to progress to the finals! Full details and prize breakdowns will be found on our Calendar… Here

An all-ages King Kong Stern Launch Party is happening on Saturday July 26th at the Ice Box Arcade. This is yet another OPPORTUNITY to check out the new game and maybe win a prize.

People are really digging the new Stern pinball release: King Kong! $5 buy in + coin drop. All ages. 1:30p sign ups, 2p flippers up. 5 rounds of match play. Raffle prizes for participants and a Launch Party Grand Champion Plaque for the winner

Town Portal bar manager Josh McKenna had a serious medical emergency earlier in July. A GoFundMe has been set up to help with his recovery expenses

The GoFundMe link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/join-us-in-supporting-josh-mckennas-recovery

The Schedule for the pre-series of tournaments in August has been released. Two weeks before the main NWPC weekend on august 22nd this series of tournaments will award big ifpa points!