MAGFest X (2012)

Jan 5-8, 2012 in National Harbor, MD

The 10th Annual Music And Gaming Festival, 4 Days of Non-Stop Games and Concerts!
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MAGFest is a music and video gaming festival run by fans, for fans. In more verbose terms, it’s an annual event dedicated to the celebration of video games and video game music. Every year offers 24-hour console, arcade, and PC game rooms, live video game cover bands, 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.

What makes MAGFest unique is that it’s an event run by fans for fans. There are no corporate sponsors, no over-crowded showfloors, and no hour long lines. MAGFest is built from the ground up to be a party-like atmosphere with focus on community and fan creations, which creates an environment that no other expo or convention can ever recreate.

MAGFest is currently headed by Brendan Becker and his crack team of specialists. The first MAGFest was held September 27-29, 2002, at the Holiday Inn Tanglewood in Roanoke, Virginia. We’ve had a total of nine MAGFests so far, and they’ve been a blast! We have grown rapidly to our current size, and sold out at 3,000 people during MAGFest 9 in January, 2011. MAGFest X (10) will be held in the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, and we hope to see you there!

Event Location

Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center

201 Waterfront Street

National Harbor, MD 20745

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Additional Info

One of MAGFest’s biggest attractions is the huge lineup of musical acts to see. We have video game cover bands, chiptune artists, and DJs come from all over to perform. Check out the list of who we’ve announced so far, with many more to come as the year goes on. http://magfest.org/performers

Every year, MAGFest hosts one of the most diverse line-up of guests you’ll ever find. Our guests include Video Game Composers, Game Developers, Artists, Filmmakers, and much much more. Here are the guests we’ve announced so far for MAGFest, but keep checking back, because there are plenty more to come! http://magfest.org/guests

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