The Long Island Retro Gaming Expo at the Cradle of Aviation

Fri Aug 8, 2025 - Sun Aug 10, 2025
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Repeating every days through August 10, 2025.
10:00am ET
Age: All ages
Price: $15-35
Location:
Cradle of Aviation Museum
Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, Garden City, NY, 11530
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Get ready to play all your retro video game favorites, browse vendors, participate in panel discussions, listen to music, and more at the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo. Attend dressed in your best cosplay, and enter tournaments to win prizes.

Explore more than four decades of video games and learn about the past, present, and future of gaming.

Some exciting features:

  • More than 100 arcade cabinets
  • More than 140 CRT (old-style "tube" TVs) setup around the museum
  • Tournaments (including kids' tournaments)
  • Cosplay contest
  • Marketplace
  • Guest speakers and panels

Pricing is noted here. 

2025 Hours:

  • Friday, August 8: 4pm-10pm (No vendor room)
  • Saturday, August 9: 10am-10pm
  • Sunday, August 10: 10am-5pm
** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.