{"id":264,"date":"2025-11-09T22:27:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T22:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/?page_id=264"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:36:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:36:50","slug":"retcon-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/?page_id=264","title":{"rendered":"RetCon 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RetCon-Eventbrite-Banner-2026-copy-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RetCon-Eventbrite-Banner-2026-copy-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RetCon-Eventbrite-Banner-2026-copy-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RetCon-Eventbrite-Banner-2026-copy-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RetCon-Eventbrite-Banner-2026-copy-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RetCon-Eventbrite-Banner-2026-copy-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you love hardware from yesteryear, gaming memories to cherish for life, brand new tech that can reignite your passion for games of the past, or all of the above, 2026 is set to bring some truly fun times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This June, RetCon 2026 will showcase all the most dearly loved computers and consoles of bygone times \u2013 as well as a fresh selection of the latest vintage homages, emulation tech and some of the newest gateways into vintage retro heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All playable, all with a huge selection of games and applications to try, and all accessible to you for the one-off (highly reasonable!) price of entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brought to you since 2018, by the decades long established Greenford Computer Club, and now based in the wonderful Barnhill Community Centre, RetCon \u2013 The Retro Gaming Festival is the event to visit this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the huge number of playable vintage computers and consoles, there will be talks by industry legends, writers, online journalists, and content creators \u2013 in all, a host of impressively knowledgeable tech pundits. Enjoy listening to their experiences and insight, surrounded by decades of rich computing history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Browse and buy merchandise and games from our selected market partners, all of whom are such dedicated retro enthusiasts and delighted to tell you all about what\u2019s on offer &#8211; at incredible convention prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Venue refreshments are available from the fully licenced bar and seating areas are available for those tuckered out youngsters in need of a quick break from all the fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/retcon-the-retro-gaming-festival-2026-tickets-1981048104208?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=listing&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=ebdsshcopyurl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get Tickets<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you love hardware from yesteryear, gaming memories to cherish for life, brand new tech that can reignite your passion for games of the past, or all of the above, 2026 is set to bring some truly fun times. This June, RetCon 2026 will showcase all the most dearly loved computers and consoles of bygone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-264","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279,"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264\/revisions\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}