The Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade (http://www.groundkontrol.com) has announced the return of Micropalooza, Portland, Oregon's first 2-Day Chiptune Music Festival! Chiptune music is made using video games such as the the Atari 2600, the Nintendo Gameboy and NES, as well as 8-bit computers such as the Commodore C64. Though more popular in Europe, Chiptune music is quickly catching on in the US.

Ground Kontrol has been hosting 8-bit musicians for years, including Micropalooza I and the International Chiptune Resistance tour. This year's Micropalooza features musicians from all over, including Sweden! There were too many artists to fit on one bill, so this year's Micropalooza is a 2-day event.

Schedule for Thursday, August 7:

DJ Moonchild is going to kick things off at 5:00pm and will be spinning in-between all of the sets.

Kids Get Hit By Buses (Everett, WA) 5:55pm-6:25pm

Fighter X (Everett, WA) 6:40pm-7:10pm

Wyatt Gurp (San Francisco, CA) 7:25pm-7:55pm

Harbour (San Francisco, CA) 8:25pm-9:00pm

Trash80 (San Diego, CA) 9:15pm-9:50pm

Starpause (San Francisco, CA) 10:05pm-10:40pm

Two Playa Game (Sacramento, CA) 11:10pm-11:50pm

Square Wail (Seattle, WA) 12:05am-12:45am

Covox (Stockholm, Sweden) 1:00am-2:00am

Admission: $10, or $15 for a two-day bracelet!

Schedule for Friday, August 8:

DJ Moonchild kicks it at 6:00pm and will be spinning in-between all of the sets.

Spamtron (Portland, OR) 7:00pm-7:40pm

Operation Mission (Portland, OR) 7:55pm-8:35pm

MC Firedrill (Olympia, WA) 8:50pm-9:30pm

Air Fortress (Portland, OR) 10:00pm-10:40pm

Leeni (Seattle, WA) 10:55pm-11:35pm

ComputeHer (Los Angeles, CA) 11:50pm-12:30am

8 Bit Weapon (Los Angeles, CA) 1:00am-2:00am

Admission: $10, or $15 for a two-day bracelet!