MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival

Support MAGWest! "All right, everyone, let's mosey."

Link for info + donate: givebutter.com/uSUBCZ

Join Cosplay n’ Draw at MAGWest 2025 for a cosplay gathering and figure drawing event all in one!

Come in cosplay and practice sketching live models at our relaxed, two hour sessions hosted in the Craft Cove! Drawing supplies will be provided! Hosted by @cosplayndraw and @moth.lon !

Reminder to sign up to host a Cosplay Gathering!

They’ve been extended till AUGUST 1st!

Fresh from its debut at GenCon, the second edition of the Starfinder tabletop RPG will be touching down at MAGWest! 🎉🎲

Both new and experienced players alike are invited to reserve a spot on this science-fantasy trip through the stars via the link below:

west2025.reg.magfest.org/attractions/...

Get ready to rock your faces off because BitGen Gamer Fest RETURNS on August 23rd to the Ottobar once more!

This year brings Steel Samurai, Premium Vintage - and that's just to name a few. You don't want to miss out, so make sure to get your tickets at bitgengamerfest.com and we'll see you there!

From NES expansion pop-punk anthems to tandem Virtual Boy / Game Boy EDM bangers, Petriform's never-the-same-set-twice philosophy has powered over a decade of dynamic chiptune performances. With this show anything is possible, but nothing is for sure!

Promo Code: PETRIFORM2025

@clairekwong.bsky.social connects art + technology to make people move. She creates immersive environments using projection and motion capture. Her games encourage people to move, communicate, and touch each other.

Super MadNES is a tribute to 80s games and Judas Priest style heavy metal performing their new album ft. TMNT, Robocop, Double Dragon, & Ninja Gaiden with action fueled pixelated visuals + an exclusive Final Fantasy medley for this year's theme!

Promo Code: SUPERMADNES2025

Lo(u)ser is the ska/punk/chiptune solo project of Chris Graue, best known for his work as music video director for bands such as NOFX, Reel Big Fish, Frank Turner, Goldfinger, and many more! His song "No Hope" was featured in Kevin Smith's film Clerks III.

Promo code: LOUSER2025

The Super Soul Bros are what would happen if you jammed a James Brown record into a Super Nintendo. They've gained renown for their dynamic performances, improv, and high-energy - delivering an explosive performance of live, funky video game music!

Promo Code: SUPERSOULBROS2025

Our next main stage announcement is JonFlëtch! An LA based recording artist/producer with a music style similar to 90's ea hip-hop. He's on a journey to bring a different approach to composing songs and sharing them.

Please welcome this dynamic duo for our speedrunning content with @magfast.org !
@dwangoac.tas.bot will be returning to MAGWest with Dash Retro as a commentator through his Final Fantasy VII speedrun on the Variety Stage!

We’re excited to welcome back our two guest conductors to the VVGO Community Orchestra at MAGWest, Jose Daniel Ruiz and Brandon Harnish!

These seasoned vgm conductors will be leading us through some iconic tracks from the Final Fantasy VII series!🎼🎻🎺

Use Promo Code VVGO2025 for $10 off your badge.

Street Cleaner is a synth artist known for gritty "Crimewave" sounds and high-energy keytar shows. He’s scored music for games, films, and more, and co-founded Creaky Lantern Games, makers of Street Cleaner: The Video Game.

Promo Code: STREETCLEANER2025

An anthropomorphized arcade cabinet stylized to look like Mega Man, featuring the logo for Super MAGFest 2026, with the text "MIVS and Indie Arcade Submissions are OPEN"

TODAY IS THE DAY!
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2026 MAGFEST INDIE ARCADE AND MIVS ARE OPEN NOW THROUGH 11:59 PM (eastern) SEPTEMBER 2ND!

super.magfest.org/apply/

Premium Vintage is bringing the heat to MAGWest! This trio blended orchestral finesse with prog-metal shreddage for their debut album in 2023. Since then, they’ve been bringing the music of Hades straight to you live! Will you escape Tartarus? Or fall to Hades himself?

Make sure to come say hi at our Promo Table at @teamtekko.bsky.social this weekend! We'll be participating in the Visiting Partner Stamp Rally, so come get your stamp and maybe take on a challenge while you're at it! 👀🕹️

LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! That’s right, Tee Lopes will be 3D blasting onto the main stage at MAGWest VII! He’s composed for classic franchises such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and even some new titles such as Penny’s Big Breakaway.

Promo Code: TEELOPES2025

Show off at the Cosplay Contest!

Go on stage, roleplay as your favorite character and win prizes! 🎉Get a commemorative sticker for coming to the event or stopping by.

•Event time: Saturday August 9th, 2025 @ 2 pm on the Variety stage

•Sign up Location: Craft Cove; open 10 am - 12:30 pm on DAY OF

Otaku Acoustics will also be joining us as our halftime performance! 🎸🎤

Link: linktr.ee/otakuacoustics

What happens when you inject speed metal into iconic video game, show, and movie themes? You get Powerglove! Catch their high-octane, face-melting, nostalgia-fueled performance when they hit the MAGWest VII main stage next month!

Promo Code: POWERGLOVE2025

Its Back and BUTTER🧈 than ever!
This time with new ✨MAGWEST SUPERSTAR PERKS✨

Consider donating to our Give Butter fundraiser and help us keep the MAGwest party going!🎉🥳

Link for info + donate: givebutter.com/uSUBCZ

MAGWest is excited to welcome some of the beloved and iconic voices from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth this year! Don’t miss your chance to catch them on panels,at meet & greets,and other exciting activities throughout the weekend!

You can learn more about our amazing guests at: www.magwest.org/guests

MAGWest is pleased to welcome our cosplay guests this year, Lovi and @onecuppacoffee.bsky.social ! They are this year’s cosplay contest judges and will be around at other cosplay related events during MAGWest.

You can learn more about our amazing guests at: www.magwest.org/guests

That's a wrap!!
Thank you to those who contributed to one of our first album jams with Game Grooves! We've have 11 tracks submitted of covers from Final Fantasy VII.
We anticipate the official release on August 8th and we'll be having a listening party next month at MAGWest VII!

Super MAGFest's Arena is now looking for DJs for its nightly ✨🪩Dance Parties🪩✨!

If you're a DJ who would like to spin some EDM, check out the application at forms.gle/eWYGiN1Lu3Vm... - hurry, the application closes on 8/08!

Adora Blue is a DJ/rapper/drummer/singer focusing on eurobeat, kawaii future bass, VGM remixes, and is branching out to even more styles! She’ll be hitting the MAGWest main stage next month and no set of hers is complete without memes and throwbacks!

Promo Code: ADORABLUE2025

Mega Ran might be the link between worlds when it comes to video games + hip hop and continues to astound in his long career of genre bending madness! Next month at MAGWest Mega Ran will be performing Black Materia with support from Super Soul Bros.

Badge Promo Code: MEGARAN2025

Coming to tear up the MAGWest main stage with the savage swipe of a plumed talon is Owlbear! These metal veterans fuse classic heavy/speed metal with frenetic riffs, pummeling acrobatic bass, & dynamic vocals/lyrics rooted in their favorite games/media.

Promo Code: OWLBEAR2025

Bringing their signature blend of heartfelt piano and kinetic electronic sounds to the MAGWest main stage are aivi & surasshu! This award-winning digital fusion music duo has composed for Steven Universe, Ikenfell, and more — including original albums!