Warhammer Fest
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Warhammer Fans in cosplay at Warhammer Fest 2023[2]
Warhammer Fest was a yearly gaming convention held by Games Workshop that was first held in 2014[1]. It has not been run since 2023.
Like Games Day before it, Warhammer Fest included game demos, gaming tournaments, Cosplay copetitions, and previews of upcoming releases.[2]
Timeline of Warhammer Fest (Partial)
| Event | Date | Location | Approximate Attendance |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warhammer Fest 2014 | 11-12 October 2014[1] | Coventry | The first Warhammer Fest. | |
| Warhammer Fest 2017 | 27-28 May 2018[11] | Ricoh Arena, Coventry[11] | ||
| Warhammer Fest 2018 | 12-13 May 2018[9] | Ricoh Arena, Coventry[9] | ||
| Warhammer Fest 2019 | 11-12 May 2019[8] | Ricoh Arena, Coventry[8] | ||
| Warhammer Fest 2020 | 2-3 May 2020[4] (Cancelled)[10] | National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham[4] | 0[10] | Warhammer Fest was to be held at the NEC for the first time where its predecessor, Games Day, had been traditionally held.[4] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Warhammer Fest was cancelled.[10] |
| Warhammer Fest 2021 | 3-8 May 2021[5] | Online[5] | Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic Warhammer Fest 2021 was an online only event.[5] | |
| Warhammer Fest 2022 | 4-7 May 2022[6] | Online[6] | Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic Warhammer Fest 2022 was an online only event.[6] | |
| Warhammer Fest 2023 | 29 April - 1 May 2023[7] | Manchester Central, Manchester[3] | The 10th Edition of Warhammer 40,000 was launched at Warhammer Fest 2023.[3] |
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Fest 2014 Programme: Front Cover
- 2: Warhammer Community - Warhammer Fest 2023 Live Blog and Stream - Watch All The Reveals (archived from the original 8 September 2025, last accessed 2 December 2025)
- 3: Warhammer Community - Warhammer Fest Is in Two Weeks (archived from the original 19 April 2025, last accessed 2 December 2025)
- 4: Warhammer Fest (archived from the original 12 March 2020, last accessed 2 December 2025)
- 5: Warhammer Fest (archived from the original 6 May 2021, last accessed 2 December 2025)
- 6: Warhammer Fest Online – All the Massive Reveals Right Here (archived from the original 13 August 2025, last accessed 2 December 2025)
- 7: Warhammer Fest (archived from the original 11 November 2022, last accessed 2 December 2025)
- 8: Eventbrite - Warhammer Fest 2019 Book Tickets (archived from the original 24 October 2022, last accessed 2 December 2025)
- 9: Bell of Lost Souls - Warhammer Fest 2018 Coming In May (archived from the original 23 April 2025, last accessed 3 December 2025)
- 10: NEC Birmingham - Warhammer Fest (archived from the original 24 September 2020, last accessed 3 December 2025)
- 11: Bell of Lost Souls - GW: Warhammer Fest 2017 (archived from the original 9 April 2017, last accessed 19 December 2025)
