Episode 339: Kim VanderVeen, Texas Pinball Festival
Busy times for Kim as she organizes the Texas Pinball Festival, March 25-27. It's been a long 3 years since the last TPF, but the pinball community is excited to return. Hear how scary it was for Kim and crew when the show (and the world) came to a sudden halt, plus the excitement of a bigger, better event in 2022!
Kineticist’s take
Texas Pinball Festival returns after 3-year pandemic hiatus with record pre-registrations and expanded programming.
Synopsis
Jeff Teolis interviews Kim VanderVeen, organizer of Texas Pinball Festival (TPF), about the return of the event after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Kim discusses the emotional toll of canceling in 2020, community support that kept the event alive, current pre-registration numbers exceeding 2,500 (double the 2019 baseline), and the extensive lineup of vendors, tournaments, celebrity guests, and special events planned for the March show.
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Twippy Awards· event
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Ed· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jeff Frick· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Kim VanderVeen· person
- Mayor Bill Morrison· person
- Paul McKinney· person
- Robert Harris· person
- Scott Denise· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Sylvester McCoy· person
- TNA Pinball· product
- Weird Al Pinball· product