Palmerston Youth Festival Competitions

Pre-registration comps: 

• Game Jame: Retro Geek
  • Get ready to flex your game dev skills at Geekfest Top End 2025 with the Retro Geek Game Jam! Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, we’re inviting NT creators of all ages and skill levels to design games inspired by retro geek culture—think pixel art, vintage consoles, old-school sci-fi, and 80s/90s nostalgia.
  • Registration closes 26 May 2025
• Cosplay
  • A cosplay competition celebrating creativity and character, where participants of all ages showcase costumes from their favourite fandoms.
  • Registration closes 30 June 2025

On the day comps: 

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • Test your skills against the best players in the Northern Territory and battle it out to become the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Champion!
  • Pre-register for the tournament at the Stadium Stage at the event from 5pm.
• Purple Brick Road
  • Get ready for the ultimate geek challenge at Geekfest Top End! Complete at least six out of ten thrilling challenges as you make your way around this all-ages event held in Palmerston CBD
  • Pick up your ‘Purple Brick Road’ card at the entrance of Geekfest Top End Day 1 or at the Info Desk.  

Pre-registration comps:

• Reel Quick
  • Show off your creativity on the big screen by submitting a short film about anything geeky. Whether it’s sci-fi, gaming, comics, tech, cosplay or your unique fandom, for a chance to have it screened in a real cinema. Grab your camera, get imaginative and show us what geeky means to you. Films must be between 30 seconds to 2 minutes.
  • Registration closes 30 June 2025

On the day comps:

• Tekken 8 Random Challenger
  • Ready to show your fighting spirit? Join the Tekken 8 1v1 Tournament and battle it out for glory. Whether you're a seasoned fighter or a rising contender this is your chance to prove you're the King of Iron Fist.
  • Sign up at event from 12pm
• League of Legends Showcase
  • Get ready for an epic clash at the League of Legends Showcase where strategy, skill and teamwork decide who comes out on top. Whether you're a high ELO grinder, a teamfight pro or the calm shot caller, this is your moment to shine. Step onto the Rift, show your best plays and compete in front of fans and the community for glory, prizes and bragging rights
  • Sign up at event from 12pm 

Pre-registration comps:

• Deadly Designs
  • Got a deadly design? Submit your NAIDOC inspired artwork for a chance to be featured on this year's CDC Coaster Bus. Celebrate NAIDOC Week, share your story and let your art travel across the community.
  • Registration closed 23 June 2025

On the day comps:

• Lucky door prize!
  • Every guest gets a ticket for our Lucky Door Prize; just by attending, you're in the draw!
  • From event commencement, 1pm. 

On the day comps:

• 3X3 basketball tournament
  • Calling all young ballers. Join the Hivemind Sports Australia 3x3 basketball comp made for YOUth and show off your skills in fast-paced games of three players and one sub. Each match runs for 10 minutes or until a team hits 21 points, so every second and every shot counts. Are you up for the challenge?
  • Register on the day, closing registrations at 3pm on the day

On the day comps:

• The Great Polaroid Hunt
  • Hidden across Palmerston Recreation Centre are Polaroids. Find one, claim the prize pictured in it. Simple as that. Ready to hunt?
  • No registraiton required 

Pre-registration comps:

• Palmy's Got Talent - Register here

  • The competition opens 2 June & closes 30 June 2025
  • View T&C'S