ACDN Community Night & Awards 2026
The night our whole community gets to celebrate.
Three hours of games, food, drinks, music, awards and one incredible cake community, all under one roof.
Friday 20 November 2026 · 7pm to 10pm · Hijinx Hotel QV, Melbourne
Here's what's in it.
We're taking over Hijinx Hotel QV for three hours. The whole venue is ours, and your ticket covers the lot.
Play
- Hijinx interactive challenge rooms
- Arcade games
- A shot at the arcade ticket haul
Eat and drink
- Sparkling wine on arrival
- Complimentary soft drinks
- Finger food, pizza and chips
Celebrate
- The 2026 ACDN Awards through the evening
- Giveaways and surprises
- Coral Crackle
Enjoy
- A DJ all night
- A roaming photographer
- Three hours with the venue exclusively ours
Connect
- Old friends and new ones
- The people you only know online
- A room that gets what you do
You already know half this room.
Cake can be a solitary business. Most of us work alone, and know each other through a screen. This is the night those online friendships turn into real ones.
Members, and everyone else.
You don't need to be a member, you don't need a business, and you don't need to have won anything. Come with friends, bring your partner, bring the family, or come on your own and meet people when you get there.
- ACDN members
- Non-members
- Cake decorators and artists
- Hobby decorators
- Small businesses
- Educators
- Retailers and suppliers
- Award finalists and their supporters
- Partners, families and friends of the community
The ACDN Cake Decorating & Baking Industry Awards.
Throughout the night we'll celebrate some of the wonderful people and businesses in our community as the 2026 ACDN Awards are presented. Come and cheer on the finalists, and see the year's work recognised.
Book your spot.
Every ticket covers the full three hours: the challenge rooms, the arcade, the food, the drinks, the DJ and the awards.
Adult
$140
One adult, the whole night.
Couple
$250
$125 a head
Two adults, booked together.
Family
$320
$80 a head
Two adults and two children, ages 5 to 17.
Extra child
$50
Add another child, ages 5 to 17, alongside an adult ticket.
Prices include GST. Children are aged 5 to 17 and need an adult with them.
The Christmas Giving Tree.
Our Christmas Giving Tree will be there too, with every decoration purchased helping support our charity partner.
Before you book.
- Can I come on my own?
- Plenty of people do, and they don't stay on their own for long. You already know half this room from the internet.
- Can I bring my partner if they have nothing to do with cake?
- Yes, and they'll have a good night. There are challenge rooms and an arcade. Nobody has to talk about ganache.
- Can children come?
- Yes. Under 18s are welcome for the whole evening when they come with an adult or guardian. For ticketing, a child is aged 5 to 17.
- Do I have to be a member?
- No. The night is open to everyone, members or not.
- What should I wear?
- Whatever you'd wear for a good Friday night out. It's a party at an entertainment venue, not a black tie dinner.
- How do the Awards fit into the night?
- They're presented through the evening rather than as a sit-down ceremony, so you can cheer people on without the night stopping.
Grab your cake bestie. We're going out.
Friday 20 November 2026 · 7pm to 10pm · Hijinx Hotel QV, Melbourne