“There are people who like video gamesothers television serieswhen others go to movie theater and discover something incredible on a giant screen with equally incredible music. It is generally a bias to enter into literature, culture and always go further.” introduced Antoine Salitot on the sidelines of the concert the Oise Philharmonic Orchestracity councilor in charge of theElispace and the events department of the city of Beauvais, organizer of this unifying annual event.
Elispace, playground and fiction
Three days during which the Elispace was transformed into an XXL playground for young and old children, lovers of cosplay, video games, manga, board games, pinball machines, arcade, adventure and action games…
Enough to revive childhood memories by meeting ancestors from 40 years ago.
Musical extracts from Lord of the Rings
A dive this year into the world of Lord of the Rings, highlighted by a highly anticipated and followed concert given by the Oise Philharmonic Orchestra who performed extracts from the Lord of the Rings trilogy on the Elispace stage on Saturday evening, with a hint of Hobbit, born ten years later.
A program specially created to select the most emblematic moments from the 9 hours of film, condensed into an hour of concert given by the 100 musicians of the orchestra.
Three exhibition spaces
It must be said that for this 3rd edition of the Retro Gaming Festival, the unmissable event for Geeks some of whom have adorned their favorite avatar(s) to the tips of their nails, the city has pulled out all the stops by doubling the exhibition area extended over two additional halls at the Hourglass and at gymnasiumannexes to theElispace.
Hobbits, elves and trolls
Spaces which hosted association stands like Tolkien who animated the fantastic space populated by hobbitsd’elves and of trolls or evil creatures through quizzes, conferences, introduction to Elvish writing… and presented its collections.
The association The Bewitched Elves held an elven makeup and shield or coat of arms construction stand.
The opportunity also to meet the 4 French actors and voices of the four heroes of the saga THE hobbits Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin.
Star YouTubers
And to exchange with his youtubers favorite like Benzaie or Overeat to share their passion for popular games, a signing and photo as a bonus.
A colorful edition with a new record to beat in 2025.
