Warhammer World Celebrates 2026 Anniversary Weekend with Exhibits and Fan Events

Warhammer World’s flagship visitor centre in Lenton has gone fully booked for its Anniversary Day weekend, with Eventbrite and Warhammer Community listing 1,200 tickets "split equally across the weekend" and marking them sold out. The two-day celebration runs Saturday 28 February and Sunday 1 March 2026, each day open 10:00 to 18:00, and promises painting seminars, live games, and special hobby activities across the venue.

The event is organised by the Warhammer World events team with support from Warhammer Community; Eventbrite’s ticket copy specifies that "This ticket is issued by Games Workshop Limited (GW) for Warhammer World Anniversary Day event, February 2026 (Event) at the Warhammer World Venue, Lenton (Venue), and is subject to the following terms and conditions." The public contact for enquiries is whworldevents@gwplc.com, as shown on the Eventbrite listing.

Programming details released in the January Update emphasise painting as a core draw. Eventbrite encourages attendees to "Come and paint with our World class painting team or take part in Scrap Demon Live! Full details can be found below." Warhammer Community and the Eventbrite page repeatedly reference "special games," "live games," and "painting events" as part of the weekend schedule, though neither site publishes a full, itemised timetable for individual sessions or hosts by name.

MiniCal and Instagram promotions fill in community-facing features. MiniCal lists a Legends of Paint competition and advises "Legends of Paint welcomes painters of all levels. Bring your best painted model and enter on the day. Then, enjoy the displays and meet other hobbyists." Instagram copy confirms the dates and hours and encourages entrants to "Bring your painted model, meet other" hobbyists, indicating drop-in exhibition elements alongside longer scheduled sessions. MiniCal also cautions that some activities may require separate tickets and that the weekend supports a mix of drop-in fun and longer sessions.

Online CTAs and the sold-out status frame the practicalities for would-be attendees. Warhammer Community's event page shows "Buy Now" and "Download Pack" buttons and invites newsletter signups for future event notices; Eventbrite’s listing bluntly states "This year we have 1,200 tickets split equally across the wekend. These tickets are now sold out." The typo "wekend" appears verbatim on the Eventbrite copy.

One discrepancy remains in public listings: the MiniCal page header includes a banner reading "February 20 - February 22," conflicting with Eventbrite, Warhammer Community, and Instagram, which all list 28 February and 1 March 2026. Eventbrite and Warhammer Community have been treated as the authoritative schedule for this report; organisers have not published full session timetables, presenter names, or the complete terms and conditions on the public event pages. With tickets sold out for the weekend, the events email whworldevents@gwplc.com is the listed contact for any outstanding programme clarifications.