Happy new year and welcome to When’s Melee! 2015 was a record breaking year for Melee, and 2016 is looking to be even better. Check out the tournaments below to what’s happening at the genesis of this year. If you have info on other streamed Melee events coming up, please let us know in the comments or on Twitter (linked below).

Mayhem January — 1/2
Region: SoCal (CA, PST)
Stream: MacDsmash
Featuring: Lucky, MacD, S2J, Westballz, HugS, MikeHAZE, Reno, Squid, CDK, Kira, OkamiBW, Tope, Sung, EastCoastJeff, Trahh, SacaSuMoto, Hulka, and many more!
Bracket | smash.gg | Schedule | Facebook

Oakland’s Very Own: Back II Back — 1/2
Region: NorCal (PST)
Stream: TheWaffle77
Featuring SFAT, PewPewU, Shroomed, Darkatma, homemadewaffles, Laudandus, Frootloop, Phil, Darrell, NMW, Dr. Z, and more.
smash.gg (Brackets, Attendees) | Facebook

GAwes’s Garage Sale Tourney — 1/2
Region: South (GA, EST)
Stream: ClashKingStudios
Featuring DruggedFox, Wizzrobe, Nicaboy, FlaminRoy, and more of GA’s finest.
Facebook

ECHO 2016 Winter — 1/2
Region: Ontario
Stream: StreamLandSSB
Featuring Ryan Ford, Kage, SAUS, Weon-X, and more.
Facebook

NEG Presents: MADD City: Asheville — 1/2
Region: South (NC, EST)
Stream: SmashDotLive
Featuring ~Twitch~, L0zr (of dern best fame), Stingers, Bl@ckChris, GCS, JWilli, Yung Seth, Haise, Mr. BenReady, TS3D, BLPB, Locke Robster, and more.
Challonge | Facebook

Dismantle 2 — 1/2 – 1/3
Region: Midwest (IL, CST)
Stream: WindyCitySmash
Featuring: Redd, Kels, ORLY, and more!
smash.gg | Schedule | Facebook

The Construct 37: Winter Season Kickoff — 1/3
Region: Midwest (WI, CST)
Stream: EventHorizon
Challonge | Facebook

Smash @ The Dojo #11: A Houston Melee Monthly — 1/2
Region: TX (CST)
Stream: TexasMelee
Featuring gaR, Mojo, MT, Jake13, BFJ, Dawn, and more.
Challonge | Facebook

Melee Meltdown Monthly — 1/2
Region: Germany
Stream: GeekyGoonSquad
Featuring Ice, Luma, MISTRRLOVE, Liva, Squiltendorf, Konati and more.
Please subscribe to GGS on Twitch if you can spare $5/month (linked here). Liva, the head of GGS, runs an amazing stream and unfortunately isn’t getting the financial support needed to continue. He has helped the European Smash scene immensely with his work, and losing his stream would be awful for the international scene.

North Island Smash Up — 1/2
Region: British Columbia (PST)
Stream: Ringedge
Facebook

Nebulous Prime Melee #21 — 1/2
Region: Tri-State (NY, EST)
Stream: SigMelee
Featuring Animal, Slox, Captain Smuckers, Ryobeat, Vino, Puff, and more that haven’t clicked “going” on Facebook since it’s a weekly or whatever.
Challonge | Schedule | Facebook

Melee @ The Game Castle — 1/2
Region: New England (NH, EST)
Stream: Dawnz
Featuring MattDotZeb, Infinite Numbers, Mr. Lemon, Tartox, Kalvar, Wind, Bonfire10, Termina Bay, and more.

New Years On A Ledge 87 — 1/1
Region: PGH (PA, EST)
Stream: PGHNEOHSmash
Challonge | Schedule | Facebook | Smashboards | Website

Aurora Smash Heroes @ WIT — 1/1
Region: Midwest (IL, CST)
Stream: AuroraSmash
Challonge | Facebook Group

The Break Smash Biweekly — 1/1
Region: Tri-State (NJ, EST)
Stream: 8wayrun
Bracket | Facebook

For a list of weekly streams, check this /r/ssbm post.

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