We are a little over a week away from Kickstart 6 – the Royal Amiga BBQ – taking place on Saturday 21st June 2025 at our regular venue of Ottershaw Village Hall in Ottershaw, Surrey.

We sold out of table places at the beginning of the year, but have a couple of non-table places still available if you would like to join us. Details on our tickets page.

Doors open at 9am. We have the hall until 9pm, which means we will start breaking down at 8pm at the very latest (but often this happens a bit earlier as many people people decide to wrap up and pop to the Miller and Carter pub and restaurant across the road).

What’s Happening?

This will be an all-day user group meet up. It’s a chance for us to do all things Amiga – fix them, play games, show how to use different pieces of software and hardware, use them, show them off, talk about them – whatever you want to do. 

Happy New Year everyone!

We hope you had a fun and relaxing Christmas break, perhaps picking up a few new things for your Amiga along the way.

We are just a month away from Kickstart 5, our first event of 2025 and our first opportunity to mark 40 years of the Amiga computer:

• When: Sunday 2nd February 2025
• Where: Ottershaw Village Hall, Brox Road, Ottershaw, Surrey, KT16 0HG
• Time: 9am-9pm
• Cost: £14-16 per person (price includes lunch, the famous Kickstart cake, snacks and soft drinks throughout the day)
• Tickets: No-Table Tickets: https://kickstartamigagroup.sumupstore.com/product/no-table-ticket-kickstart-amiga-group-february-2025-meet

Table tickets are sold out, but we still have a handful of non-table tickets available. If you missed out on a table, you can still join us for the day and participate in all the fun.

Emails will be going out this week, along with a post here, detailing everything you need to know for the big day. If you have any questions in the meantime, do get in touch.

• When: Sunday 2nd February 2025
• Where: Ottershaw Village Hall, Brox Road, Ottershaw, Surrey, KT16 0HG
• Time: 9am-9pm
• Cost: £14-16 per person (price includes lunch, the famous Kickstart cake, snacks and soft drinks throughout the day)
• Tickets: Table Tickets: https://kickstartamigagroup.sumupstore.com/product/table-ticket-kickstart-amiga-group-february-2025-meet and No-Table Tickets: https://kickstartamigagroup.sumupstore.com/product/no-table-ticket-kickstart-amiga-group-february-2025-meet

We’ve already confirmed our first date for 2025, so please mark it down now. Tickets are on sale now. Kickstart 5 will be a regular all-day meet, with guests, traders, contests, and hopefully our first attendee raffle. It’s also a very special year – 2025 marks 40 years of our beloved Amiga computer platform and we will be marking 40 years of the Amiga at all of our 2025 events! So, get ready for special events and surprises.

Five Tables Left

At the time of writing, there are just five table tickets left, so please don’t delay if you plan to attend with your Amiga.

A Look Back at Kickstart 4

There are loads of photos over on our Facebook group, please do visit if you have not already.

Attendee Leigh Malpas put together this walkabout video on the day:

Also, Chris Thomas, AKA Retronaut, put together another of his excellent videos covering the meet, take a look here: