UPDATE: Second Wave of Featured Games and DJs!

UPDATE: First Wave of Featured Games and Cocktail Preview!

UPDATE: Society Ball FAQ & Volunteer Opportunities!

Buy TicketsOur last Fancy Videogame Party was a hard act to follow (pictures, video). Co-organized by Wild Rumpus, it sold out two weeks in advance and was held at the epicentre of Canadian culture — the Art Gallery of Ontario. But this year we’ve managed to find a venue just as fancy… and a good deal more mysterious: The Masonic Temple!

This heritage building at Bloor and Davenport was a ballroom in the ‘30s graced by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra… then a concert hall that hosted Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, and The Ramones… and now, in a rare event open to the public, it will be the setting for an elegant night of videogames from around the world. Dress up fancy, enjoy a curated selection of delightful and surprising games amidst music and mingling, and support your videogame arts not-for-profit at the same time!

(And if you’d like to support us even more — we’re offering a FREE TICKET as a bonus for NEW ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP signups for the Hand Eye Society. Full details here.)

We invite the community to suggest or submit a game before September 1st that they think would suit this event for consideration.

Just as last year, we have lots of surprises planned some of which will be unveiled over the coming weeks. Such as: what is going on in the Red Room? Is that… chanting?

THE HAND EYE SOCIETY BALL
A Fancy Videogame Party
Friday, Oct 9 2015, 8pm-1am
The Masonic Temple
888 Yonge St. at Davenport (Bloor/Yonge Station), Toronto
TICKETS HERE
Facebook RSVP
**This is a 19+ event, please bring ID**

Thanks to our Gold Sponsors Globacore, Ubisoft Toronto, and Info-Tech Research Group; our community sponsors LIFT, TOJam, and Storefront Arts; and Michael Pitropov for creating the poster art. Gold Sponsor Double Trouble, an Ontario craft brewer, will be the exclusive beer supplier for the Ball.