As you may (should) know by now, MAGfest 8 is this weekend. The 8th annual Music and Gaming festival starts rocking Alexandria, Virginia on January 1st, with 4 days of non-stop gaming and live music, and the festivities start early on New Year’s Eve with a massive pre-show party.
On hand for the event will beDouble Ice Backfire,Brentalfloss,VIRT, andRenardamong others. The crew has secured the entire hotel for the evening, and have decided to throw aGoldeneye-themedbash to get everyone primed for MAGfest the next day. Pre-registering gets you priority in line, but you may still get in if you’re just showing up for a badge at the door on Thursday.
Theevent properstarts the following day with an expected attendance of 1700, and wil featureguestslike Sid Meier and Duke Nukem voice actor Jon St. John, filmmakers like the fellas behindThere Will Be Brawland TheAngry Video Game Nerd, to name but a few. Not to mention the countlessmusicalperformancesby guys likeThe OneUps,Armcannon,Metroid MetalandSelect Start, as well asDJ and chiptunesets by artists like Destructoid’s ownZen Albatross.
It’s gonna be four solid days of music and gaming madness, and much of it will be open 24 hours. Dale, Adam Dork and I will be there too, along with a ton of Destructoid community members, so if you’re in the Baltimore/DC/Virginia area, come join us as we kick off the new decade in style. Head over to theoffical MAGfest sitefor details, and we hope to see you there!
