Calendar

Mar
17
Sat
Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo @ The Columbia
Mar 17 @ 6:00 pm – Mar 18 @ 12:00 am

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/.

Mar
22
Thu
GameStorm @ Hilton Vancouver Washington
Mar 22 – Mar 26 all-day
Mar
24
Sat
HackVan 2012 @ A Thinking Ape
Mar 24 @ 4:00 pm – Mar 25 @ 2:00 am

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/

Apr
1
Sun
Video Game Burlesque @ The Red Room
Apr 1 @ 1:30 am – 6:45 am

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

May
4
Fri
Rick Riordan Q & A @ St. George Greek Orthodox Church
May 4 @ 2:00 am – 5:00 am

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.