Calendar

IRL Events is proud to help sponsor the Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo.

This 15-hour gaming expo has taken the basics of vendors, retro video games, tournaments, panels, charity auctions, costumes, etc. and spiced it up a bit with a licensed venue, a DJ spinning some old-school tracks and remixes, and nerd burlesque into the evening.

Instead of 2-3 shorter days with the same content spread out, as much content as possibly could has been crammed into one big day.

For more information, check out the IRL Events forum, or http://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/.

HackVAN is the 2012 Vancouver-based edition of HackDays, the one-day API programming hackathon events that take place across Canada.

For one day, teams of 1 – 3 developers work on integrating with one or more of the sponsors APIs. Judges from the local tech community judge based on awesomeness and technical difficulty, and we award fantastic prizes including a MacBook Air, iPads, e-readers and more.

We’ll start with a mixer on Friday night so people can find development partners and meet everyone else, and then you have one day on Saturday to code your entire application. We’ll keep you fed and pour you a beer at  the end of the day, and then the presentations and judging occur.

Tickets can be found at http://hackvan2012.eventbrite.com/

Galaxion, Restricted Entertainment and Club 23 have come together to throw an 80’s themed tribute to Street Fighter II this Saturday, March 24th. Attendees get a discount  on the $10 Cover if they’re decked out in Neon 80’s gear. DJ’s Manos, Pandemonium, and Vortex will be on hand to mix the tunes consisting of New Wave, Punk, Retro Electro, and Vintage Chiptunes. The festivities commence at Club 23 on 23 West Cordova St. at 9 PM.

When: 9pm – 3am, March 24, 2012
Where: Club 23, 23 West Cordova, Vancouver, BC
DJs:Manos, DJ Pandemonium, DJ Vortex
The Music:80′s Pop, New Wave, Punk, Retro Electro, Old School, the occasional 8-bit / Chiptune and 80s inspired faves
Cover: $10, $8 if you’re in costume or 80′s gear and FREE for the first 50 people through the door

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/122541894532441/

Due to popular demand, The VanDolls present Video Game Burlesque: Pew! Pew! on March 31st at The Red Room. The last time The VanDolls did this show, it sold out a week in advance so make sure you get your tickets before they sell out.

Tickets can be bought at ClubZone

To kick off the launch of Wasted Talent: Welcome to the Real World, Angela Melick is hosting a launch party at The Pint in Downtown Vancouver. Yes, she knows that this is on short notice. Yes, she knows that everybody’s going to be watching their favorite hockey squadron score a basket in the last quarter. But you know what? That’s the way the real world works. Awesome stuff just happens while you’re making other plans. So do yourself a favour and stop by and say hi. There will be beer and cake.

Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson Series is coming to Vancouver! He will be hosting a 45 minute Q&A session at the Hellenic Centre on Arbutus Street. The tickets ($25) will be sold at kidsbooks.ca and can be picked up at their Kitsilano, North Shore and Surrey Locations.