Battle Arena Melbourne 10
Friday, May 18 – Sunday, May 20 (Fri: 4.00pm – 11.00pm; Sat & Sun: 10.00am – 11.00pm) | Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf)
Australia’s largest fighting video game tournament returns for another year of competition!
It’s a showcase of the very best video game fighters in Australia and you can see players compete in tournament and casual play across a multitude of games including Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, Super Smash Bros and more! International guests include Tokido (Street Fighter V), JDCR (Tekken 7) and Armada (Super Smash Bros Melee), all of whom were champions at EVO 2017, the world’s most prestigious fighting game tournament.
And for its tenth anniversary, BAM is doing a lot of special things – expect to cosplay competitions, merchandise vendors, early access to unreleased video games and so much more! What a way to celebrate ten years of the country’s fighting game community!
Registration is essential if you wish to compete but spectators are also welcome to just join the fun and see their favourite fighters duke it out in the digital arena.
For more on Battle Arena Melbourne 10, visit Couch Warriors’ website.
GABS Beer, Cider and Food Fest
Royal Exhibition Building (9 Nicholson St, Carlton)
Photo: Natasha Kapur via Unsplash
Beer, cider and food. Sometimes, just keeping it simple can lead to an amazing weekend.
And GABS have done just that with its festival as it invites participants to join by having a hearty meal and washing it down with a few pints of your favourite bit of grog (that’s Australian slang for beer!).
At the festival, you’ll be able to sample up to 170 exclusive, new-release brews straight from the tap, visit an entire marketplace set up by Dan Murphy’s, try out some tasty street food, play mini-golf, witness live entertainment and more!
It’ll truly feel like a celebration at the Royal Exhibition Building this weekend so grab a couple of your best mates and have at it at the GABS Beer, Cider and Food Fest!
For more on the festival, visit the official website.
QV Melbourne Virtual / Chill
Friday, May 18 – Sunday, June 10 | QV Melbourne (Corner Lonsdale & Swanston St, Melbourne)
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Want to truly experience Winter but don’t have the time or funds to visit Mt Buller or any of the state’s other snowy locales?
Beginning this weekend, you can immerse yourself in a winter wonderland by visiting QV’s Virtual / Chill, a pop-up winter village complete with new VR technology that gives you a chance to virtually explore snowy terrain. The cinematic virtual reality video that you’ll see will replicate the feeling of seeing the valleys of the Swiss Alps entirely from a paragliding harness.
Beyond the VR, the village itself will feel like a Scandinavian cabin, all warm and cosy, where visitors can also roast marshmallows by campfire, sip cocktails and watch musicians perform live before them.
Best of all, each visit to Virtual / Chill is free – that includes complimentary food and drinks!
For more on QV Melbourne’s Virtual / Chill, visit the website.
Sunday Tapas with Flamenco Performances
Every Sunday (7.00pm – late) | Vamos (1/37 Little Bourke St, Melbourne)
Photo: John Hope via Flickr
Experience all the fun and vibrancy of Spanish culture at Vamos this weekend when they show off some flamenco dancing and music alongside the bar’s own array of delicious tapas.
See flamenco dancer Aya Kitaoji dance to the soulful tunes of flamenco guitarist Alejandro Florez at Vamos. The instrumental set will kick off at 7.30pm while the actual dancing itself will begin from 8.45pm. If you can’t catch it this Sunday, don’t stress – there’s going to be flamenco performances every Sunday evening!
And don’t forget about that tapas and drinks on offer. With Latin-American and Spanish tapas options including dishes with pork belly, salmon, scallop and croquettes and cocktails that include a Latin-American twist on the classic espresso martini, mojito, a tequila old fashioned and much more!
Enjoy a night out and check out Vamos’ website for more information on this event.