MAGWest 2026

MAGWest 2026

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!***
Make sure you check back to get the most accurate info!

PLEASE PLAN AHEAD FOR PARKING - NON-HOTEL GUESTS SHOULD PURCHASE PARKING AT PARKWHIZ PRIOR TO COMING TO THE EVENT.

Safety Issues, stop by Event Safety in the Silicon Valley Room or contact 1-833-FEST-SEC or [email protected]. Don’t forget to review our Code of Conduct.

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12:00am PDT

Jamspace close Jamspace Open LAN Gaming LAN / PC Gaming

12:50am PDT

Tee Lopes feat Jonny Atma POW Stage

8:00am PDT

Craft Activities open Craft Cove

9:00am PDT

Registration / Badge Pickup Open Registration

9:45am PDT

VGM Zumba: Level Up Your Rhythm! Panels 1

10:00am PDT

Co-Op Choir community rehearsal and performance Jamspace VHMess: Saturday Morning Madness Panels 2 RPG: The Quiet Year Tabletop Accessibility Services Desk Open Event Safety / Accessibility Marketplace Open Marketplace Indie Games Expo @ MAGWest Indie Games Merch Stand Merch

11:00am PDT

TBA Panels 1 Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights (All Spirits) with Keizaron Variety Stage Robbie Benson and friends poolside jam Pool Party Smash Ultimate Tournament (Pools) Consoles

12:00pm PDT

Pool Bar Opens Pool Area Ultra Combo Community Jam Jamspace RPG: Madhouse of Tasha's Kiss Tabletop Mahjong Tournament Tabletop

12:15pm PDT

Cadillacs, Dinosaurs, and Sillywood: When Hollywood Fell in Love With FMVs and Video Games Panels 1 Video game production - The challenges facing AAA game dev and fun developer stories about your favorite games Panels 2

12:35pm PDT

The Dread Halla Tavern Performance Variety Stage

1:00pm PDT

Alice Knows Karate Pool Party Cosplay n' Draw Craft Cove

1:30pm PDT

TV-MA Pool Party Waluigi Time! Panels 1 Getting Real About Fiction Writing Panels 2 Blood on the Clocktower Tabletop Beyblade Exhibition Variety Stage

2:00pm PDT

Smash Ultimate Tournament (Finals) Consoles Street Fighter 6 Tournament (Pools) Consoles

2:20pm PDT

School of Rock San Jose performance Jamspace

2:30pm PDT

Bi Score Pool Party

2:45pm PDT

Name That Orchestrion: Final Fantasy Quest Panels 1 Journey into Voice Acting Panels 2

3:00pm PDT

Unreal Tournament 2004 Frag-a-Thon Tournament LAN / PC Gaming Super Mario Bros Rescore Steakhouse Stage Gamer Gauntlet Consoles

3:30pm PDT

PJ DJ Pool Party

3:45pm PDT

Animorphs (GBC) 100% with Keizaron Variety Stage

4:00pm PDT

Cosplay Wrestling Federation: Magnitutde Panels 1 The Music Theory of Sick Beats Panels 2 Pikmin 2 Battle Mode Tournament Consoles RPG: Grave Misgivings Tabletop

4:30pm PDT

Floating Continent performance Jamspace g3ntlebreeze Pool Party aivi & surasshu / Sixth Station Trio POW Stage

5:00pm PDT

HOP32 Tournament Indie Games Masamune Performance Variety Stage Street Fighter 6 Tournament (Finals) Consoles RPG: Avatar the Last Airbender Tabletop

5:15pm PDT

Do You Think God Stays in Heaven Because He too Lives in Fear of What He's Created? A Neopets Panel Panels 1 Double Nintendare: A Retro-Fueled Nintendo Game Show! Panels 2

5:30pm PDT

Bay Area Anime Music (BAAM) jam Jamspace Bayoyko DJ Block Pool Party

5:50pm PDT

FamilyJules POW Stage

6:00pm PDT

MAGWest 2026 Cosplay Contest Variety Stage

6:30pm PDT

Cracking Open a Cold One With The Catboys | Your Guide to Fishing in Final Fantasy 14 Panels 1

6:45pm PDT

Marketplace Closed Marketplace

6:50pm PDT

Frank Klepacki POW Stage

7:00pm PDT

7:30pm PDT

Open jamming Jamspace

7:45pm PDT

YOU DIED: Dark Souls for Dummies Panels 1

8:00pm PDT

Pool Bar Closes Pool Area Trinket Trade Craft Cove RPG: Call of Cthulu Tabletop

8:10pm PDT

Parabellum Raps POW Stage

8:15pm PDT

Pokemon Blue Any% no-manipulation with Stump230 Variety Stage The Rise and Fall of Guitar Hero from Those Who Were There Panels 2

9:00pm PDT

Smash Bros Honk-Along! Panels 1

9:20pm PDT

The Cybertronic Spree: ROBOT P.R.O.M. POW Stage

9:30pm PDT

Undertale TAS Presentation by DwangoAC with TASBot Variety Stage

10:00pm PDT

Duelling Pianos Steakhouse Stage

11:00pm PDT

Lotus Juice POW Stage

11:15pm PDT

Tobi Spagyric performance Steakhouse Stage

11:45pm PDT

Registration Closed Registration