Bit Bash Chicago

What would you do if you had a hyperbolic time chamber?

Wanna play JS Joust on the Chicago River? Maybe with a couple other games & some chill DJs? Good news cuz tomorrow THAT’S HAPPENIN! A Lil Bit JS Joust at the Wild Mile is from 7-11pm on Sat, July 18th. It’s free & your friends will be there (we are your friends!) Info 🔗 bitbashchicago.com

Three games, four DJs, friends & nature 🍃🐞 Join us this Sat, July 18th on the Chicago River for a Lil’ Bit JS Joust at the Wild Mile! Free with a suggested donation of $15. For more information & to RSVP visit us at bitbashchicago.com

randomly came across this photo i took of BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS at a @bitbashchicago.com event over a decade ago

Announcing our Summer Bit Bash event! On July 18th, come play outside for a Lil' Bit! Play nature themed games, listen to local musicians, and join for a few rounds of JS Joust while floating on the Chicago River! And it's all free/pay what you can! Sign up now! www.bitbashchicago.com

We’re at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social for Return of the King and everyone here is a beautiful elf! 🧝‍♀️😍❤️

Our friends @indiecitygames.org are currently fundraising for their Chicago Indie Game Showcase 2026. Check ‘em out and help support more weird, wonderful Midwest-made indie projects! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ind...

Thank you to the incredible crew who stepped onto the bridge with us during our first Lil Bit, taking the helm in Artemis: Spaceship Bridge Simulator on Friday. Mission: SUCCESS 🚀🌌

FREE event! Claim your station on our ship in Artemis: Spaceship Bridge Simulator and join our crew in a chaotic co-op SPACE ADVENTURE!! 🚀👽✨ Reserve your seat @ bitbashchicago.com

Take off with Bit Bash as we voyage through the cosmos! 🚀 We’ll be playing the co-op starship simulator Artemis by Thom Robertson at Beermiscuous on Friday, May 1 and we want you to join our crew. Secure your seat today at Bitbashchicago.com

Some more shots from last week's Chicago Style! Thanks for floatin' with us, friends.

We did it! We put videogames on a river! Thank you SO much to everyone who came out to Chicago Style, our first annual fundraiser, together we earned $4000 for Bit Bash, the Lake Effect Fund, and Urban Rivers! Couldn't make it and still wanna fund Chicago artists? Donate at www.bitbashchicago.com.

TONIGHT is Chicago Style, our fundraiser to support Bit Bash and the Lake Effect Interactive Arts Fund! We're projecting Chicago-made indie games at the Wild Mile, floating on the river! This is easily one the most unique event we've ever done, you don't wanna miss it. www.bitbashchicago.com

Join us this Friday for Chicago Style, a special fundraising event. Play a retrospective of Chicago-made indie games projected along the river, enjoy free cocktails and live music, and support the continued development of Bit Bash Chicago, LEIAF, and Urban Rivers’ Wild Mile! bitbashchicago.com

Thanks to everyone who came out for KAIJU REVUE! What an awesome hallow-evening of indie games, music, and art. See y'all next year, because at this point, if ya ain't at Bit Bash, whaddya doin'??? ❤️💛🩵💜💙

Nobody throws a Halloween party like Bit Bash. 12 awe-inspiring indie games, 4 tremendous local performers, exclusive print merch, and FREE COCKTAILS! It's your last chance, get to Kaiju Revue TONIGHT at 6PM! www.bitbashchicago.com

TOMORROW.

SNEAK PEEK: If you grab an All Access ticket or opt not to drink with our No Alcohol ticket, you'll snag this ASTOUNDING print created just for Kaiju Revue by @seandove.bsky.social! GET THEM WHILE YOU CAN! www.bitbashchicago.com

5 DAYS REMAIN. Games you can't play anywhere else, fantastic DJ performances, cool custom art, and FREE DRINKS! Get your tickets now! Run! Quick!! www.bitbashchicago.com

IN ONE WEEK, IT ARRIVES. Creature-packed games, towering performances, and FREE cocktails and drinks from Johnnie Walker! A COLLOSAL evening of entertainment, KAIJU REVUE is here!! Get tickets while you still can!!! www.bitbashchicago.com

Check out the COMPLETE games lineup of Kaiju Revue NOW on our website! And while you're there, pick up some tickets! ONLY ONE WEEK REMAINS! www.bitbashchicago.com

MUSIC REVEAL! Towering behemoths take the city by storm at Kaiju Revue! Gaze in awe as Saskrotch and Getdizzzy return to the Bit Bash stage, accompanied by two new monsters of music, EQ Why and JONNN!!! IT'S COMING NEXT WEEK, GET TIX NOW WHILE YOU STILL CAN!! www.bitbashchicago.com#tickets

ARE YOU PREPARED FOR WHAT'S COMING?? OCTOBER 19TH IS ONLY 4 WEEKS AWAY!!! Games! Cocktails! Music! DESTRUCTION! Bit Bash x JAF Present: Kaiju Revue ARRIVES!! DEAR GOD GET TIX NOW www.bitbashchicago.com

GAMES FILLED WITH CREATURES MASSIVE AND TINY. 🦖 MUSIC GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU TREMBLE IN FEAR. 🫣 DRINKS, FRIENDS, AND VIBES TO SURVIVE THE BATTLE. 🍻 KAIJU REVUE IS APPROACHING! ARE YOU PREPARED?? Get your tickets NOW! www.bitbashchicago.com

LET'S GET READY TO CRUMBLE Bit Bash & JAF reunite for an event on an EARTH-SHAKING level! With local & international games featuring creatures cute and COLOSSAL, brand new live music, and included cocktails, it's their world now. We're just living in it. TICKETS ON SALE NOW www.bitbashchicago.com

SOMETHING IS APPROACHING. STAY AWARE. TOMORROW.

Today marks our 10th anniversary as an organization. To everybody who's attended a Bit Bash, shown a game, volunteered, sponsored, or supported one of our events, thank you. You make Bit Bash the wonderful, heartwarming, and special place it is. Cheers to 10 Years. youtu.be/FaJ44Qh1H00

We outtie. Thanks to everyone who came by XTREME Bit Bash, we're so glad there's still a crowd for our awesome nonsense. Thanks to the iO, all our volunteers, and our incredibly talented artists. Keep up with what's next, sign up for our mailing list! www.bitbashchicago.com SEE U IN SPOOKY SEASON

DON'T SNOOZE OR YOU'LL LOSE! We are SO wicked close to tonight and this is like, It. For real for real IT. We'll have precious few tickets at the door, but if you wanna get in, buy your XTREME Bit Bash admission. TONIGHT AT 6PM @ the iO Theater! www.bitbashchicago.com#tickets

It's XTREME Bit Bash eve and do YOU know what your kids are doing?! They're planning to attend XTREME Bit Bash and you dang well better be there too!!! Now's the time dude, take the plunge. Bit Bash Presents: XTREME Bit Bash TOMORROW at the iO Theater! bitbashchicago.com/#tickets

WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF BOOSTER PACKS! Get your XTREME Bit Bash ticket with Booster Pack NOW to get an XTREME Bit Bash slap bracelet, stickers, a Loot Drop raffle ticket, and MORE SURPRISES! www.bitbashchicago.com#tickets

GO BIG OR GO HOME. The most XTREME games and music Chicago has to offer, all in one place for one night only. It's fresh, it's kickin', it's gonna be wicked fun. Bit Bash Presents: XTREME Bit Bash THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 31st iO Theater ONLY A FEW BOOSTER PACK TICKETS LEFT www.bitbashchicago.com

In 4 days, join the party all the cool kids are talkin' about. See the dopest and craziest games Chicago creators have come up with at Bit Bash Presents: XTREME Bit Bash! SEE YOU SATURDAY www.bitbashchicago.com#tickets

LET'S RIDE. Grab your ticket, spread the word! The raddest, baddest, slimiest, grimiest, all-out slammin' games festival is THIS SATURDAY and ya ain't gonna wanna miss it. Art, music, events, and more Chicago-made games than your brain can handle. Are YOU Xtreme enough?? www.bitbashchicago.com

sup dog. Grabbin' your ticket? Add the XTREME Booster Pack featuring exclusive XTREME Bit Bash swag, stickers, and special gifts! Snag yours now because XTREME Bit Bash is NEXT SATURDAY and SUPPLIES ARE VERY LIMITED! did we mention it's XTREME www.bitbashchicago.com

IT'S IN ONE WEEK TIME TO HAUL ASS EXTREME Bit Bash is an evening unlike any other, so bring your bodacious buds to an interactive celebration beyond your most wildest dreams! LETS GO, BRO www.bitbashchicago.com#tickets

IN TWO WEEKS, WE'RE BACK ON OUR BULLSHIT Games you can't play anywhere else, one-night-only experiences, tunes that'll slough off your skin. BE THERE OR BE A SHAPE YOU WOULD NEVER WANT TO BE COMPARED TO August 31st @ iO Theater TIX: www.bitbashchicago.com#tickets

HELLO CHICAGO XTREME Bit Bash is comin' up in TWO WEEKS. It's radical, it's bodacious, it's outta control. You've never experienced games like this. It's time to come outta your shells, it's time to PARTY. Bit Bash Presents: XTREME Bit Bash August 31st @ iO Theater www.bitbashchicago.com

YO. TIME TO GET WITH THE PROGRAM. Over 15 games, 4 concerts, drinks, tournaments, and Chicago-made experiences you can't play anywhere else. THIS is Bit Bash Presents: XTREME Bit Bash. Can YOU handle it? August 31st, iO Theater www.bitbashchicago.com#tickets youtu.be/pX_Up1heqwk?...

ROLL CALL!! Games you ride, games you squeeze, games you groove with, games you PUNCH! Check out the ENTIRE lineup on our site and when you're ready to get XTREME, grab a ticket. XTREME Bit Bash is AUGUST 31st! www.bitbashchicago.com

It's time to play some freakin' games, gang!! Check back tomorrow as the FULL games lineup of XTREME Bit Bash is revealed. See ya August 31st!!

Sup big dogs, it's GAME REVEAL WEEK! Tune in Thursday as our COMPLETE LINEUP is revealed, or if you're too cool for school and are sold by our relevant teen slang, skip the wait and snag a ticket RIGHT NOW! Bit Bash Presents: XTREME Bit Bash Aug 31st www.bitbashchicago.com 🛹