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Second Thursday FREE PLAY Party!

Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade

Let's FREE PLAY! On Second Thursdays and Last Wednesdays each month, Ground Kontrol helps you stretch your gaming dollar by setting all of our video games and pinball tables to FREE play! Beat your personal best scores, shatter a world record, or just try something new! We've got the best-maintained arcade and pinball selection in […]

$5

DJ “Showtime” Dylan Reiff

Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade

DJ "Showtime" Dylan Reiff takes a break from slammin' and jammin' to bring you an open-format head-bob kinda night, with everything from disco grooves and house jams to hip hop and no-fear top-40!

$5

DJ Mechlo

DJ Mechlo programs a powerful sequence of chiptune and retrowave! $3 cover from 7:30pm-12:30am, 21+ only after 5pm

$3

DJ Chip

Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade, 115 NW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97209, USA Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade, 115 NW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97209, USA

DJ Chip jams the box with a vinyl-exclusive set of R&B, dance-pop and smooth hip-hop guaranteed to keep you groovin'. $3 cover from 7:30pm-12:30am, 21+ only after 5pm

$3

Killer Queen Competitive Clash

Ground Kontrol's biggest Killer Queen tournament is coming up! The Competitive Clash, sponsored by Not Your Father's Root Beer, is running on the third Monday of every other month. Sign up to compete on the world's only 10-player arcade game, Killer Queen, in our party room! This game's hard to find and harder to miss […]

Reaganomix DJ: Brodo Fraggins

Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade, 511 NW Couch Street, Portland, OR, United States 2 NW Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

DJ Brodo Fraggins holds down Reaganomix playing 80s throwbacks, classic hip hop, new wave, and punk that'll get your heads bobbing and your joystick's flippin'!

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 Tap Takeover Tournament with Saint Archer Brewing

Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade, 115 NW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97209, USA Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade, 115 NW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97209, USA

There's a place where everyone can be happy… It’s Ground Kontrol on the evening of Tuesday, January 16th! For the first time ever, we’ll be featuring a variety of Saint Archer Brewing’s raddest beers on special while we bust out the original PlayStation version of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 on our big screens and […]

TRONix: Proqxis

Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade, 511 NW Couch St., Portland OR 97209 2 NW Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

Proqxis and rotating guests provide a compelling mix of electronic and progressively abstract tunes. Electroacoustic ambient, electro, breakbeat, techno, trip hop, IDM - mood changes and occassional appearances of other avant-garde genres, prog, goth, synth, and dreampop variations spanning the decades. Sociable tunes that encourage your groove with the gaming experience. no cover, 21+

No Pun Intendo – Stand-Up Comedy Night featuring Marcus Coleman!

Stand-Up Comics & Stand-Up Games! Every Third Thursday, No Pun Intendo brings fantastic comedians to our lounge! Plus - video game competitions between teams of audience members with fabulous prizes! Each month, we feature fantastic comics from Portland & beyond. This month's lineup: Marcus Coleman Katie Nguyen Andy Iwancio Chris Johnson Jason Traeger Hosted by […]

$3

Closed From Noon-2:30PM For a Private Event

Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade, 115 NW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97209, USA Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade, 115 NW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97209, USA

Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade will be closed during the following period for a private event: *Friday 1/19, Noon-2:30pm We’ll re-open at 2:30pm, with all ages admitted until 4:30pm! Please remember, Ground Kontrol is 21+ only after 5pm. Ground Kontrol is a fantastic place to bring your company for a holiday party, to celebrate a milestone […]