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Aired: October 31st, 2012
Washington DC, VA, MD – October 31st, 2012 – MAGFest, the Music And Gaming Festival has strived since 2002 to create the very best lineup of musicians, combining the incomparable enthusiasm of the video game music community and game industry greats on hand to perform live in front of thousands of fans. Over a decade, over 50 different bands and artists have taken the stage at our festival.
MAGFest 11 will celebrate the 10th anniversary with our best music lineup yet!
On January 3rd -6th, 2013, almost 40 music acts will take part in the festivities and put on the greatest show in the world, featuring music from your favorite video games taken to unimaginable places.
The stage is set, and MAGFest 11 will be the biggest MAGFest to date. The concerts will take place in a unique double stage setting which allows for concerts around the clock over the 4 days of the festival, and with over 10 new debuts, return of fan favorites and true video game legends in attendance, you can be sure that once again, MAGFest is an experience not to be missed!
The full line up for MAGFest XI is:
Special Guests:
Yuzo Koshiro (DJ performance)
Kinuyo Yamashita (Solo piano performance)
Main Stage:
ARMCANNON
Bit Brigade
BrentalFloss and The Cartridge Family
The Megas
Metroid Metal
The OneUps
Powerglove
The Protomen
Random Aka Mega Ran
Rare Candy
Those Who Fight
Video Game Orchestra
Second Stage:
Arc Impulse
Descendants of Erdrick
Dwelling of Duels Live
Fighting in the Streets
Knight of the Round
Lords of Thunder
My Parents Favorite Music
On Being Human
OverClocked University
Professor Shyguy
Super Guitar Bros
Triforce Quartet
The World Is Square
The X-Hunters
Chiptunes:
BRIGHT PRIMATE
Cheap Dinosaurs
Crashfaster
Danimal Cannon
D&D Sluggers
Inverse Phase
Kris Keyser
Jake ‘Virt’ Kaufman
DJs:
Benjamin Briggs
bLiNd
DJ Cutman
(Visuals will be suplied by Batsly Adams, Invaderbacca, NO CARRIER, and Pixelseed)
About MAGFest:
MAGFest, The Music And Gaming Festival, is an annual event in the Washington D.C./Virginia/Maryland area dedicated to the celebration of video games and video game music. Each year, MAGFest offers 24-hour console, arcade, and PC game rooms, over twelve live video game cover bands, chiptunes, a vendors area, and guest speakers from the video game industry and fan scene. It also features a “JamSpace” available to all attendees for impromptu music performances. Numerous other events are scheduled each day. The 11th annual MAGFest, or MAGFest 11 for short, is scheduled for January 3-6 2013. For more details regarding MAGFest, contact Nick Marinelli, MAGFest press and public relations director, press@magfest.org.
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