MAGWest 2026: Full Schedule

MAGWest is a music and gaming festival featuring a 24-hour gaming hall, at least three stages of planned concerts, video game community guests/VIPs, and community-run panels. The festival runs from Friday, August 14 to Sunday, August 16. Buy your badge today!

***The schedule is subject to change!***
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11:00am PDT

Robbie Benson and friends poolside jam

Saturday August 15, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT

Pool Party

Come hang out with Robbie Benson and some of the Soul Bros crew as they jam along to some sweet videogame tunes!

Guests

George "The Fatman" Sanger

Game Audio Professional

Surprise guest alert, George Sanger is back to party at the poolside! Catch him at the pool set or say hello if you see him around the event!

Internationally known as The Fat Man, George Alistair Sanger’s influence is hard to overestimate. Through his work, his writings, the founding of think-tanks, organizations and communities, this “legendary game audio guru’s” fingerprints are all over much of what it... Read More →

Performers

Robbie Benson / Gwobs

Robbie "Gwobs" Benson began playing piano at the age of 2, filming an EarthBound film adaptation at 7, and escorting 80 MAGWest attendees to Taco Bravo in the middle of the night at 31. Founder and bandleader of Super Soul Bros, Robbie has also performed alongside members of Tower... Read More →

Saturday August 15, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
Pool Party Pool Area

Pool Party

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

1:00pm PDT

Alice Knows Karate

Saturday August 15, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm PDT

Pool Party

AKK is the solo brainchild of Keiko Takamura, vocalist in @crashfaster and architect of debut album Fablewave Deluxe, a dreamy synth-pop universe built on indie games, fairy tales, and pure vibes. But don't let that fool you: when Keiko steps into the DJ booth, the magical girl gloves come off. Expect a face-melting collision of blistering chiptunes and her own original music as 8-bit chaos meets Fablewave sorcery.

Performers

Alice Knows Karate

Saturday August 15, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
Pool Party Pool Area

Pool Party

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

1:30pm PDT

TV-MA

Saturday August 15, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm PDT

Pool Party

Electro-Acoustic Cabaret. Apocalypse-Core Rock Star. Music for the Final Act

Performers

TV-MA

TV-MA is a transmasculine producer, composer, and performer from Los Angeles, CA. TV likes to describe their music as "apocalypse core" or "alternative cabaret" - music that feels like the beginning of the final act of a play. On stage, he is known for his theatrics, performing atypical... Read More →

Saturday August 15, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm PDT
Pool Party Pool Area

Pool Party

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

2:30pm PDT

Bi Score

Saturday August 15, 2026 2:30pm - 3:10pm PDT

Pool Party

Bi Score is VGM’s most annoying power couple! Ian Cowell and Carrie Wood are a duo dedicated to showcasing the funkiest takes on video game tunes, ranging from classics to cult fan faves. Their irreverent, playful style combines with high-energy live performances for a VGM experience like no other!

https://www.instagram.com/biscoreband

Performers

Bi Score

Saturday August 15, 2026 2:30pm - 3:10pm PDT
Pool Party Pool Area

Pool Party

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

3:30pm PDT

PJ DJ

Saturday August 15, 2026 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT

Pool Party

PJ DJ is an open format deejay born and raised in the Bay Area. One of the founding members of CREWDEM, PJ plays a unique blend of deep cuts for the vibers and party anthems for the dancers.

Coming at you with a special "PlayStation Jungle" themed DJ set, get ready for some jazzy low polygon flying thru outer space breakbeats.

Performers

PJ DJ

Saturday August 15, 2026 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
Pool Party Pool Area

Pool Party

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

4:30pm PDT

g3ntlebreeze

Saturday August 15, 2026 4:30pm - 5:20pm PDT

Pool Party

g3ntlebreeze is a video game composer who has made the soundtracks for games such as Castle in the Clouds, Aurelia, Bombun, Legends of Dragaea, and more.

Performers

g3ntlebreeze

g3ntlebreeze is a video game composer who has made the soundtracks for games such as Castle in the Clouds, Aurelia, Bombun, Legends of Dragaea, and more.

Website | Bluesky | Bandcamp | Twitter | Spotify... Read More →

Saturday August 15, 2026 4:30pm - 5:20pm PDT
Pool Party Pool Area

Pool Party

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

5:30pm PDT

Bayoyko DJ Block

Saturday August 15, 2026 5:30pm - 8:00pm PDT

Pool Party

Bayokyo Pool featuring Baylights, Da Rap Nerd, Jay Ogier, Kylie Too Smart, Kig Bid, and Ray Reck!!!

Performers

bayLiGHTS

bayLiGHTS is a nerdcore emcee hailing from San Jose, CA. Using his wide range of influences ranging from ska to alternative hip-hop, bayLiGHTS touches on topics from social anxiety to his love of The Simpsons. His debut EP, The Graduate School EP, released in 2024, and he has collaborated... Read More →

Bayokyo

There are artists who make music, and then there are artists who make culture. BAYOKYO (Bay-oh-key-yo) is firmly the latter. The Bay Area hip hop collective didn't just carve out a lane — they named it. Bay-Pop: hip hop, rock, punk, EDM, and every sound the Bay has ever claimed... Read More →

Kig Bid

I am an artist based out San Diego, CA. My name comes from being an adult (rather than a big kid), while still embracing my inner child.

My artistic journey started with crayon drawings on the walls as a toddler and always packing my sketchbook wherever I went. As I got older, I started to expand my mediums to painting, mixed media, digital illustration, and graphic design. I always found joy in learning new... Read More →

Ray Reck

Ray is a multi-genre music bender with experience playing festivals, clubs, bars, conventions, art museums, and more. "I can make you dance if you want me to!" At the start of their career, Ray hosted radio shows and worked at WILD 94.9 FM, and then officially graduated SFSU in 2013... Read More →

Saturday August 15, 2026 5:30pm - 8:00pm PDT
Pool Party Pool Area

Pool Party

Audience All ages
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