I/O Arcade Bar

06/24/2026

This Sunday, join us for Pride Prom! We are beyond honored to have roots in such an incredible, historic LGBTQ+ place, and to have the community that makes all of this possible. Grab your finest duds and your finest dates and join us for a lovely night of Kar-I/O-ke!

Happy pride, everybody. Mwah.

06/24/2026

This Sunday is Pride Prom! We’re very honored to have strong LGBTQ+ roots in this historic building and would love to celebrate with all of you. Get your finest duds and your finest dates and join us for a night to celebrate our community. $1 from every tap beer from 7pm-12am goes to the Trevor Project.

Happy Pride, everybody. Mwah.

06/19/2026

Transformers is here, and it’s more than you’d expect! Err no, it’s full of surprises! No, it’s beyond your wildest dreams! There’s gotta be a phrase…

Unfortunately the table doesn’t convert into a motorcycle or anything, but the game is still a ton of fun. It’s a beautiful day to stroll down W***y St, stop in for happy hour (until 6!) and try it out! There’s more to it than it looks. Gosh dang it… how would you describe it?

06/18/2026

Autbots, roll out 🤖

06/13/2026

Once you’re done at the Marquette Waterfront Festival, swing by for some skeeball! We’ve got the AC blastin and the taps nice and chill - the perfect way to wrap up your Saturday. See you soon!

06/12/2026

One of our wonderful pinball operators just did an interview with Kineticist about pinball, horror movies, and his upcoming arcade game (coming soon to I/O!). Check it out!

Spooky rules designer Hilton Jones on operating, his four tenets of ruleset design, Evil Dead, TCM, and building his arcade game Aliens of Destruction.

06/11/2026

That lightning out there is no joke - just ask this guy! - Get inside somewhere safe, somewhere dry, and somewhere that has beer. 👀

This is arcade weather if we’ve ever seen it, so get out of the rain and into the arcade. Open til midnight, see you soon ⚡️

06/04/2026

You love Deathball? You'll love it twice as much in a few weeks!

Big Shoutout to Fun Company! They have been such a huge help in getting my manufacturing off the ground. Would never have gotten to 85 cabs with out them.

We have just started a our first run of 4 player cabs. All 10 in the first batch have been sold! If you still want to get into this batch though reach out to me TODAY, and we'll see if we can get you in still.

They ship the first week of July.