Blue sign with white text that says 'ACMI Late Night Program' on a purple background.

Victoria’s beloved home of games will be up late for Big Games Night Out with a range of special programming!

POWER MOVE: CYPHER QUEST - INTERACTIVE DANCE BATTLE

ACMI, in collaboration with Melbourne Fringe, present Cypher Quest: Interactive Dance Battle, an electrifying 2vs2 freestyle dance battle where the audience decides who takes the crown. Inspired by iconic video games featured in ACMI’s new playable exhibition Game Worlds – including The Sims, World of Warcraft, Neopets, and Hollow Knight: Silksong – dancers will channel your favourite game worlds through movement, energy, and style. 

💃🕺MORE DETAILS COMING SOON

ACMI BOOTH

Visit the ACMI booth in The Atrium to explore everything ACMI has to offer gamers year-round. Discover our unique programs and exhibitions, get hands-on with playable video games, shop exclusive merch, and enter for your chance to win exciting prizes – including late-night access to their playable exhibition Game Worlds.


GAME WORLDS

Experience ACMI after dark at Big Games Night Out with exclusive late-night access to Game Worlds – ACMI’s major new playable exhibition celebrating videogames from the 1970s to today.

Game Worlds is a ticketed event. 🎟️

CAR BOOT CARDCADE

Step away from the screens and into something unexpected at a special screen-free session led by internationally renowned video game curator Marie Foulston, featuring card and tabletop games from local developers.

Come join us in the Car Boot Cardcade for a night of homebrew card and bluffing games lovingly made by local creatives. 

🎲🃏 FREE EVENT | MORE DEAILS COMING SOON

ACMI LATE NIGHT PROGRAMMING

+ Thursday 9 October

+ ACMI | Fed Square

+ 4PM to Late

A man in a purple and black windbreaker, black pants, and sunglasses is mid-air, performing a dance move or jump indoors with a group of people watching. One woman is sitting and smiling, and two others are standing, one holding a phone. A person with a camera is capturing the scene.
Large white art installation with colorful pixelated digital images and text, located in a busy indoor exhibition space with people walking by, some looking at their phones.
Graphic with the words 'GAME WORLDS' in large blue letters, surrounded by pixel art icons including a coin marked XP, a speech bubble, a green gem, a pink flower, a small yellow character, a globe, a laptop labeled ACMI HD, a sword, and other icons, on a light background.
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