Sodium Showdown returns to Thekla on August 22nd – August 23rd! A two-day fighting game tournament putting Bristol’s best players head-to-head in two rooms of high energy matches. With live commentary in the main events and both bars open stocked to the max with energy drinks and themed cocktails. Spectator tickets just £5!
- Street Fighter 6 (PS5)
- Tekken 8 (PS5)
- Guilty Gear Strive (PS5)
- Street Fighter III : 3rd Strike (CPS3/Supergun)
- Ultra Street Fighter IV (PS4)
- Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (PS5)
- Dead or Alive 6: Last Round (PS5)
First day will be top 64 through to top 6 of Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8 and Guilty Gear: Strive, plus the full 3rd strike bracket. Second day will be top 6s of those above games. USF4, GBVSR & DOA6 will be run on the Sunday.
Costs: Venue entry is £20 for a competitor, £5 for spectators. This gives you access to the full venue to spectate tournament matches and for playing in casuals. 100% of this goes towards running costs for the event, and any profit will go straight back into the community for purchasing equipment for future events, so even if you don’t enter any tournaments on the day, just coming along shows your support for our scene and is a massive help!
Each game costs £5 to enter. This goes in to the prize pot for respective game. Signups open now!
Tekken World Tour 2026: We will be applying to the Tekken World Tour again, if successful and we reach 16+ entrants there will be TWT points distributed after the event has finished and Namco have reviewed the vods. The bigger the bracket the better so advance signups much appreciated. https://tekkenworldtour.com TWT rules: https://www.bandainamcoent.com/legal/community-events/official-rules-tw
Some pools matches will also be shown throughout the day, tune in to the action at:
https://www.twitch.tv/sodiumshowdown
https://www.twitch.tv/sodiumshowdown2
https://www.twitch.tv/sodiumshowdown3
https://www.twitch.tv/sodiumshowdown4
The event will run until 22:00 each evening, so please make appropriate travel/accomodation plans.
Tournament signups close midnight, Friday 21st. (Thursday night/Friday morning) Make sure you’re in before then!
Spectator passes will be available on the day.
- The venue is a bar, so under 18s will need to be accompanied by an adult. ID may be required when buying drinks. No one under the age of 14 will be permitted entry.
- All games will be on standard tournament settings unless otherwise noted.
- Bring your own arcade stick/controller/Brook converter if needed as we are unable to supply these.
- Please stay around the console area during the tournament until you have finished all your matches and no longer need to play. We will try and advance through the bracket as much as we can, but if we’ve called you up and you don’t show after 5 minutes you will be disqualified.
- After your match is over, please can the winner come to the front and inform the staff running your bracket of the result (including the score).
- Try and keep all button checks/stage choices etc as brief as possible.
- If you’d like to request a blind pick or have any other questions about rules, let a member of staff know.
- Pop off’s are encouraged but try and keep things civil
- We are an inclusive community. Racism, homophobia, transphobia or any other form of discrimination is not welcome.
- Please, no outside food or drink inside the venue.
- Unfortunately the venue does not have any wheelchair access
- Total venue capacity is 200
Location:
Thekla
The Grove
East Mud Dock
Bristol
BS1 4RB
Open 14:00 – 22:00
Thekla is right in the center of Bristol, so lots of places to grab food nearby.
Local area map – food, shopping, travel, hotels, parking: https://www.pampam.city/p/VfzjryyQxduQi69zSgr3?51.450276,-2.594912,14.02
For parking there is a council car park right out front.
