Auckland After Dark LAN #12
Our flagship all-nighter returns: 180 seats, bring-your-own or rent-a-rig, squad brackets, midnight pizza drop and the loudest final hour in town.
From $35 NZD
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Auckland · After Dark
The city doesn't sleep.
The city doesn't sleep.
Neither do we.
Esports tournaments, all-night LAN parties, expo nights and premium themed evenings — Night of Events runs Auckland's after-dark gaming calendar, from casual couch sessions to 400-guest productions.
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Upcoming events
Four to six productions a season, every one built from scratch — venue, format, pacing, atmosphere. Here's what's next on the calendar.
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Double-elimination brackets across three fighting titles, open sign-up, casual side stations and a crowd that treats grand finals like a title fight.
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Neon Nights Expo
An evening expo of local studios, hardware corners, demo stations and community stalls — a convention floor that runs on evening energy.
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Corporate Casino Nights
Hosted themed tables with symbolic scoring and professional hosts — elegant entertainment, no real-money play.
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Two directions
What we produce
One crew, two lanes: high-energy gaming events for the community, and polished casino-themed evenings for corporate and private clients.
🎮 Gaming Events
The core of our calendar — open-ticket nights built for players.
- TournamentsBracketed competition with proper stage, casters and crowd
- LAN PartiesAll-night sessions, 60–180 seats, rigs and rentals
- Expo NightsLocal studios, demo stations, hardware corners
- MeetupsCasual couch co-op and community socials
- ShowcasesIndie premieres and live demo evenings
🎩 Casino-Themed Events
Private productions with symbolic scoring — nothing to buy in, nothing to lose.
- Corporate NightsClient receptions and year-end functions
- Private PartiesBirthdays and milestone celebrations
- VIP EveningsIntimate lounge formats with full service
- Mobile TablesHosted tables delivered to your venue
- Team BuildingGroup scoring, table rotation, light competition
Why it works
Built like productions, not bookings
Most event companies hire a hall and hope. We storyboard every night — how guests arrive, where the energy peaks, what people talk about on the way home.
- Full production in-house. Sound, lighting, staging, network infrastructure and hosts — one crew, one standard.
- Venues that fit the night. Fourteen partnered spaces across Auckland, from wharf sheds to basement lounges.
- Community first. Open sign-ups, fair pricing, free meetups every month — the scene comes before the spreadsheet.
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18,400+
Total attendees
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Years running
14
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Word on the street
What guests say
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Twelve LANs in and they still find ways to surprise us. The midnight bracket at #11 was the best hour of gaming I've had all year.LAN regularattending since 2023
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We booked a casino-themed night for our end-of-year function. Elegant, brilliantly hosted, and the symbolic-scoring format kept the whole evening pure fun — that was exactly the point.Corporate clientAuckland CBD
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As a small studio, showing our demo at their expo night got us more genuine feedback in four hours than a month of online posts.Indie developerNeon Nights exhibitor
