Join Us!

The Music and Gaming Festival
4 Days of Non-Stop Games and Concerts in Alexandria, VA, near DC
Jan 1 - 4, 2010 (Fri - Mon)
with Special New Year's Eve Party for Preregistrants

What is MAGFest?
MAGFest is a video and computer gaming festival run by fans, for fans. It's similar to an anime or scifi convention, but aims to be more of a laid-back video game party. Nearly everything is open 24-hours. The show floors aren't crowded but still filled with lots of fan art, film and music. Our special guests fit right in and socialize with everyone. Game movies and cartoons are shown all weekend. In addition to our 10,000 square foot game room, lots of attendees set up games in their rooms and invite others inside.

Perhaps most importantly, MAGFest has a huge focus on game music -- multiple concerts' worth -- filled with video game music tributes, some even with the original composers! On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights, multiple bands will perform on our main stage, and our JamSpace room is open 24 hours for collaborative music and special treats alike.

Interested?
You can learn more about MAGFest, check out who goes to MAGFest, read about our 24-hour events, or peruse our list of special events held at MAGFest. If you are certain you want to join, save money and be awesome by registering for a badge and reserving your room ahead of time. If you are interested in helping us out, sign up to be a volunteer at MAGFest. By volunteering, you'll help make MAGFest possible, and get free perks while doing it!

If you have any questions or you're looking for a car or room share, check out our forums. Feel free to come hang out with us on IRC, too.

  • MAGFest 9 will be Thu-Sun. We may move away from New Year's. Your opinion?

    Mon, 01/11/2010 - 18:16 — MrAdminFest
    Leave it on the New Year (30 Dec 2010 - 2 Jan 2011)! This is close to Christmas, New Year's would be in the MIDDLE of MAGFest.
    52% (84 votes)
    Shoot for a weekend after that (current possibility: 13-16 Jan 2011). It may conflict with classes but you'd get family time.
    44% (72 votes)
    I have absolutely no opinion. I can make either weekend, I will make it to MAGFest no matter what.
    4% (6 votes)
    I can't make either of those weekends and I am a crybaby
    1% (1 vote)
    Total votes: 163

  • MAGFest 8 was AWESOME

    Sat, 01/09/2010 - 12:56 — Nick The Newbie

    This year was the biggest and best MAGFest ever. There were over 2100 people there, and every last one of them got their face melted off. We had a lot of fun putting it on, and we hope you all had an amazing time there. ZenAlbatross has put together a sampler pack of most the bands that played, and you can find it at http://magfest.org/MagfestSampler.

    Check out the awesome press we're getting!
    http://www.destructoid.com/what-you-missed-at-magfest-8-159706.phtml
    http://terminalgamer.com/2010/01/05/recapping-magfest-8/
    http://www.originalsoundversion.com/?p=6693
    http://elder-geek.com/2010/01/magfest-8/

    We're hard at work on getting all the details for MAGFest 9, and we'll blast out the news of that once it's ready. To keep up to date with the latest news, you can:
    Sign up for our mailing list - http://magfest.org/ml/?p=subscribe&id=4
    Follow us on twitter - http://twitter.com/magfest
    Be our fan on facebook - http://www.facebook.com/magfest

    SEE YOU NEXT MISSION!

    (photo credit Chris Serani)

  • Epic New Year's Eve Party Announced

    Tue, 12/15/2009 - 14:29 — binary1230

    MAJOR NEWS! We just found out we have the ENTIRE HOTEL for New Year's Eve. This means we're throwing the most KICKASS New Year's Eve party of all time (OF ALL TIME!) while we set up with even MORE bands in the MAIN CONCERT HALL, GAME ROOM, and whatever else we have open at that time. This goes down at 8pm on Dec 31st, BE THERE.

    UPDATE: At least the following amazing acts will be playing New Year's Eve:
    - Double Ice Backfire (Shael Riley + co)
    - BrentalFloss
    - Jake Kaufman e.g. VIRT
    - Renard

    Stay tuned for even more announcements.

    You see, until recently, we were double-booked for New Year's Eve at the hotel with another group (the James Bond guys from last year). Now that they're GONE we are going to throw our OWN Secret Agent party. We want to see everyone representin' with some Bond-approved attire (okay, okay, it's not required but have some fun) and high tech gadgets. (HAX if you pick OddJob). At the request of the hotel and the Alexandria Police Department, please do not bring any weapons, no matter how fake they are.

    To attend, just pre-register! Folks purchasing a full-weekend badge on Thursday at the door won't be turned away, but preregistered ones will receive priority in line. Band announcements for NYE are coming shortly.

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