The Liverpool Gaming Market Is Coming To Aintree In September
- Lee Murray
- Jul 16, 2026
- 2 min read
As a proud Mancunian and Manchester United fan, I'll be honest and say Liverpool isn't my favourite destination, but I'll make an exception when Retro Gaming is involved (any Scousers reading, I'm just having the banter!).
Over in Liverpool on Sunday the 6th of September, the Liverpool Gaming Market is coming to Aintree Racecourse, and it is exactly the sort of day out I'm partial to: a big venue full of stalls selling nothing but retro games, consoles and gaming bits and bobs.
There is nothing quite like searching through boxes of old games with no idea what you might find, then walking out with something for the shelf you did not even know you wanted. It is half the fun of this hobby, and you cannot get that from most websites (with the exception of… cough cough!).
What's on offer
The market is packed with traders selling retro games, home computers, consoles and handhelds, import titles, arcade machines, artwork, apparel and all sorts of merchandise. It is run by Replay Events, who put on the Replay Gaming Markets and say they are the biggest and longest-running gaming markets in the country, with fifteen years of doing this behind them.
This one has Bitmap Books and ZenMarket on board as sponsors, so you know the right sort of people are involved.
Times, tickets and getting there
It is at Aintree Racecourse, Ormskirk Road, Liverpool, L9 5AS. Yes, the Grand National one. It is just off the M57 with plenty of parking, so it is an easy run over from most of the North West.
Doors open at 11am, and it runs through to 4pm. Entry is tiered, so the keenest collectors can get in first: it's £7 to get through the doors at 11 and have first dig through everything, £5 from midday, and then £4 for general entry from 2pm once it has calmed down a bit. Under-16s get in free with a paying adult, and little ones under 5 do not need a ticket at all. All in, cracking value for a proper day out.
Tickets are on the Liverpool Gaming Market Eventbrite page, and there is more on the official site.
I might pop over myself and have a gander. I'll take some pics and post about it on Retro Delights.
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