The 2011 edition of Toronto’s Nuit Blanche will see Cinema 1 of TIFF Bell Lightbox filled to the brim with bits, bytes, and beats as a mix of live music and giant-screen video games come together on stage. MARK YOUR CALENDARS! OCTOBER 1!

This night is being curated by members of the TIFF’s Gaming and New Media Think Tank, in partnership with Site 3 coLaboratory, who are building the orchestra’s chiptune instruments and other special electronic surprises from scratch, by hand.

We’ve got a huge group of talented artists performing at the event, and you’ll be able to drop by any time to see them do their thing, and of course, get involved by trying out some noisemaking gizmos and playing some classic games up on the big screen. Be on the lookout for a massive back-to-back debut set from Spell ‘n Math, which will be something you can tell your grandkids you witnessed, since by that time he will be super famous. Fans of Spooky Squid Games will be happy to know they can get a live and almost needlessly loud preview of songs from They Bleed Pixels at this event as well.

I could go on to name the rest of these artists, but I know you’d rather check the schedule or just watch this video to GET PUMPED about the night.