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People seated and interacting with a screen monitor under a pink 'Delight' neon sign at an indoor bar venue.
10 Oct

Game in the Groove

  • Free
  • Music

As part of Melbourne International Games Week, demo games from local indie developers and Swinburne University students in a cosy bar space in the city.

Enjoy retro gaming stations and a Smash Brothers Ultimate tournament. Plus there will be DJs from the game industry and beyond playing grooving music all night, including future funk, Playstation breakbeats and jungle, UK garage, lo-fi beats, grooving house and more.

This is an 18+ event but kids are welcome with a guardian until 9pm.

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Date Times
Sat 10 Oct
  • 4pm - 12am 4:00pm - 12:00am

Location

Level 2
Aki Bar
35 Elizabeth St
Melbourne 3000

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Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 0488 605 232
  • email address: zayler@delightrecords.com.au
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Also part of Melbourne International Games Week

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5 – 10 Oct

Games Week Film Program

Visit ACMI cinema as they celebrate videogames on film.

  • Film
  • Activity
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8 Oct

Extra Lives: Video Game Concert

Fortress Melbourne hosts an interactive video game concert where the audience votes on the story.

  • Music
  • Activity
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2 – 11 Oct

Community Games Library

Got a game disc, cartridge or CD gathering dust? Bring it to ACMI and swap it for something new.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
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10 Oct

Games Week Party: The Big Reboot

Fortress Melbourne throws the party of Games Week, a Y2K night of gaming, music, cosplay and more.

  • Music
  • Dance

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Until 2 Oct

NGV Friday Nights: Cartier

NGV Friday Nights shine with Cartier, featuring live music, flims, food and drinks.

  • Film
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24 Oct

City Square Runway 2: After Hours

An ode to the fashion-forward trailblazers who give the city its unmistakable style after dark.

  • Free
  • Art
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Until 3 Oct

Poetry Goes No Further Than Language

Explore a moment in mid-1980s China when a group of artists began to question values about art.

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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

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