Where to Play Pinball in Nashville: Arcades, Bars, and Breweries with Machines
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Nashville's pinball stretches across the metro in two distinct flavors: family-friendly arcades with deep free-play collections in the suburbs, and a cluster of 21+ spots concentrated in the city's East Nashville and Gulch neighborhoods. The largest machine counts sit outside downtown, while the urban venues trade volume for atmosphere.
From massive arcade halls to bowling-and-bocce entertainment complexes, the Nashville area offers options for collectors chasing rare titles and casual players looking for a few games with a beer. Several spots run regular tournaments for competitive play.
| Venue | Area | Machines | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game Galaxy | Smyrna | 40+ | Arcade |
| Game Terminal | Wedgewood-Houston | 40+ | Barcade |
| Pins Mechanical Company | The Gulch | 20+ | Entertainment venue |
| No Quarter | East Nashville | 15+ | Bar |
| Up-Down | East Nashville | 15+ | Arcade bar |
| Quarter Bandits Arcade | Spring Hill | 10+ | Arcade |
| Eastside Bowl | Madison | A few | Entertainment venue |
Here's where to find pinball across the Nashville metro.
Arcade · Smyrna
Game Galaxy houses one of the largest pinball collections in Tennessee, with 40+ machines among a 400+ game arcade floor in downtown Smyrna. The venue operates on all-day passes—$15 gets unlimited free play on everything. IFPA-sanctioned tournaments run regularly.
Arcade · Spring Hill
Quarter Bandits Arcade operates a compact, family-friendly arcade in Spring Hill with 10+ pinball machines on a coin-free flat-rate admission model. The venue runs monthly pinball tournaments and dedicated pinball nights.
Barcade · Nashville
Game Terminal fills 10,000 square feet with 40+ pinball machines and 250+ total games in Nashville's Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood. Pinball runs on tokens ($1 per play), while classic arcade games are free to play. The venue includes craft cocktails, rotating food trucks, and an 8,000-square-foot dog-friendly patio. Music City Pinball operates a showroom on-site.
Bar with pinball · East Nashville
No Quarter keeps 15+ pinball machines in this East Nashville neighborhood bar on Main Street. The venue runs weekly tournaments on Wednesday nights at 7 PM and hosts state-level tournament events. Owner Seth Steele maintains the machines in-house. Curated craft beer selection.
Arcade bar · East Nashville
Up-Down spreads 15+ pinball machines and 80+ arcade games across 10,000 square feet in the Five Points area of East Nashville. Games run 25 cents. The two-story venue includes four skee-ball alleys, house-made pizza by the slice, and a pet-friendly rooftop patio.
Entertainment venue · The Gulch
Pins Mechanical Company anchors a 30,000-square-foot entertainment complex in The Gulch with 20+ pinball machines alongside duckpin bowling, bocce courts, foosball, and ping-pong. Pinball operates on quarters. The venue is all-ages until early evening, then 21+. Includes a large dog-friendly patio and craft cocktail program.
Entertainment venue · Madison
Eastside Bowl houses a rotating selection of pinball machines inside this 16-lane bowling alley and 750-capacity live music venue in Madison. The complex includes HyperBowling lanes, billiards, a retro lounge, and Chark's Laneside Diner.
For deeper collections and extended play sessions, Game Galaxy in Smyrna and Game Terminal in Nashville offer the volume, while No Quarter draws tournament players with its weekly competitive nights. East Nashville clusters three spots within walking distance for a multi-venue crawl.
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Last updated: December 2025
Colin is the chief pixel pusher at Kineticist. He's a lifetime gamer who became enamored with pinball after taking in a family copy of the 1979 classic Joker Poker (the EM version). Since then he's bought, sold and repaired many machines, competed in all kinds of tournaments, and contributes to This Week in Pinball, the New England Pinball League, and Pin-Masters of New England. Previously, Colin spent over a decade working in marketing for agencies and tech startups. He also started and ran a music blog, happy hour website, and wrote a regular craft beer review column for Central Track in Dallas. Once aspired to be an artsy film director.
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