MAGWest 2026: Grid

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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Guilty Gear -STRIVE- Tournament (Pools) 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Tetris Medley 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Guilty Gear -STRIVE- Tournament (Finals) 5:00pm - 7:00pm

2XKO Mixed Tournament (Pools) 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Ultra Clay Fighter 2 Tournament 5:00pm - 7:00pm

2XKO Mixed Tournament (Finals) 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Craft Activities open 9:00am - 9:00pm

Cosplay n' Draw 6:00pm - 8:15pm

Accessibility Services Desk Open 10:00am - 6:00pm

Indie Games Expo @ MAGWest 12:00pm - 8:00pm

HOP32 Tournament 5:00pm - 5:30pm

[Closed] VVGO rehearsal 10:00am - 1:00pm

Open jamming 1:00pm - 4:00pm

The Endless Now performance 4:00pm - 4:40pm

Studio Phoebe performance & jam 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Open jamming 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Bayokyo Nerdcore Cypher 14 10:00pm -
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Open LAN Gaming 14 12:00pm -
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GoldenEye: Source Tournament 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Marketplace Open 12:00pm - 6:45pm

Marketplace Closed

MAGMerch Open 10:00am - 7:45pm

MAGMerch Closed

CLOSED FOR REHEARSAL 9:00am - 2:00pm

TBA 3:00pm - 4:00pm

The Future of Games: A brief look into how we play games tomorro... 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Geography of Pokemon gens 5-10! 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Dragon Quest Grand Casino 6:45pm - 7:45pm

Taboo! Game Show: Gaming Edition 8:00pm - 9:00pm

quizmania: Kaimei Riddles DX PLUS 9:15pm - 10:15pm

Mazes & Monsters: Satanic Panic D&D Nonsense At Its Finest 10:30pm - 11:30pm

How to get REALLY good at creative hobbies 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Food Brands in Video Games: Exploring the Intercontinental Gamin... 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Toby Fox Music - The Art of Melody and Leitmotif 5:30pm - 6:30pm

TBA 6:45pm - 7:45pm

Leap of Faith: A Luck Pressing Game Show 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Let's code music with Strudel! 9:15pm - 10:15pm

Convention Story 10:30pm - 11:30pm

Pool Bar Opens 3:00pm - 8:45pm

Pool Bar Closed

DJ MACHINEGOD 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Machina03exe 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Adora Blue 3:00pm - 3:50pm

AniCLover DJ Block 4:00pm - 6:30pm

Carington Swing 6:45pm - 8:15pm

Miles Morkri 5:00pm - 5:40pm

Isekai Stage 6:00pm - 6:40pm

Prog XP and the Fallen Hero Players 7:10pm - 7:50pm

Anton Corazza 8:00pm - 8:50pm

The Tiberian Sons 9:10pm - 10:10pm

2 Mello 10:30pm - 11:10pm

Johnny Gioeli of Crush 40: Live Band Experience 14 11:30pm -
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Registration / Badge Pickup Open 9:00am - 11:45pm

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Triss performance 9:15pm - 9:55pm

frogknight performance 10:15pm - 10:55pm

Slowly Crushed performance 11:15pm - 11:55pm

Blood on the Clocktower 12:30pm - 2:30pm

RPG: Grave Misgivings 2:00pm - 5:30pm

RPG: Avatar the Last Airbender 3:00pm - 6:30pm

RPG: Madhouse of Tasha's Kiss 6:00pm - 9:30pm

RPG: The Quiet Year 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Secret Marketplace 14 7:00pm -
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MAGWest 2026 Opening Ceremonies 11:00am - 12:00pm

Charity Interview with Kyburg and Keizaron 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Gwobs' Playhouse 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Nightmare Kart Refuse% with j0kerr 4:00pm - 5:15pm

Expedition 33 Unplugged 5:45pm - 6:30pm

Minecraft Let's Play and interview with Kyburg 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Pokemon Red Any% Glitchless w/Keizaron 9:30pm - 11:00pm

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Smash Ultimate Tournament (Pools) 11:00am - 2:00pm

Street Fighter 6 Tournament (Pools) 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Smash Ultimate Tournament (Finals) 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Gamer Gauntlet 3:00pm - 7:00pm

Pikmin 2 Battle Mode Tournament 4:00pm - 7:00pm

Street Fighter 6 Tournament (Finals) 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Craft Activities open 8:00am - 10:00pm

Cosplay n' Draw 1:00pm - 3:15pm

Trinket Trade 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Accessibility Services Desk Open 10:00am - 6:00pm

Indie Games Expo @ MAGWest 10:00am - 8:00pm

HOP32 Tournament 5:00pm - 5:30pm

Jamspace close 12:00am - 1:00am

Co-Op Choir community rehearsal and performance 10:00am - 11:30am

Ultra Combo Community Jam 12:00pm - 2:00pm

School of Rock San Jose performance 2:20pm - 4:10pm

Floating Continent performance 4:30pm - 5:10pm

Bay Area Anime Music (BAAM) jam 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Open jamming 15 7:30pm -
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Open LAN Gaming 15 12:00am -
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Unreal Tournament 2004 Frag-a-Thon Tournament 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Marketplace Open 10:00am - 6:45pm

Marketplace Closed

Merch Stand 10:00am - 8:00pm

VGM Zumba: Level Up Your Rhythm! 9:45am - 10:45am

TBA 11:00am - 12:00pm

Cadillacs, Dinosaurs, and Sillywood: When Hollywood Fell in Love... 12:15pm - 1:15pm

Waluigi Time! 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Name That Orchestrion: Final Fantasy Quest 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Cosplay Wrestling Federation: Magnitutde 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Do You Think God Stays in Heaven Because He too Lives in Fear of... 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Cracking Open a Cold One With The Catboys | Your Guide to Fishin... 6:30pm - 7:30pm

YOU DIED: Dark Souls for Dummies 7:45pm - 8:45pm

Smash Bros Honk-Along! 9:00pm - 10:00pm

VHMess: Saturday Morning Madness 10:00am - 12:00pm

Video game production - The challenges facing AAA game dev and f... 12:15pm - 1:15pm

Getting Real About Fiction Writing 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Journey into Voice Acting 2:45pm - 3:45pm

The Music Theory of Sick Beats 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Double Nintendare: A Retro-Fueled Nintendo Game Show! 5:15pm - 6:45pm

tba 7:00pm - 8:00pm

The Rise and Fall of Guitar Hero from Those Who Were There 8:15pm - 9:15pm

Pool Bar Opens 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Pool Bar Closes 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Robbie Benson and friends poolside jam 11:00am - 12:30pm

Alice Knows Karate 1:00pm - 1:30pm

TV-MA 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Bi Score 2:30pm - 3:10pm

PJ DJ 3:30pm - 4:20pm

g3ntlebreeze 4:30pm - 5:20pm

Bayoyko DJ Block 5:30pm - 8:00pm

Tee Lopes feat Jonny Atma 12:50am - 1:30am

aivi & surasshu / Sixth Station Trio 4:30pm - 5:30pm

FamilyJules 5:50pm - 6:30pm

Frank Klepacki 6:50pm - 7:50pm

Parabellum Raps 8:10pm - 8:50pm

The Cybertronic Spree: ROBOT P.R.O.M. 9:20pm - 10:50pm

Lotus Juice 11:00pm - 11:50pm

Registration / Badge Pickup Open 9:00am - 11:45pm

Registration Close...

Super Mario Bros Rescore 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Duelling Pianos 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Tobi Spagyric performance 11:15pm - 11:55pm

RPG: The Quiet Year 10:00am - 1:00pm

RPG: Madhouse of Tasha's Kiss 12:00pm - 3:30pm

Mahjong Tournament 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Blood on the Clocktower 1:30pm - 3:30pm

RPG: Grave Misgivings 4:00pm - 7:30pm

RPG: Avatar the Last Airbender 5:00pm - 8:30pm

RPG: Call of Cthulu 8:00pm - 11:30pm

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights (All Spirits) with Keizaron 11:00am - 12:25pm

The Dread Halla Tavern Performance 12:35pm - 1:20pm

Beyblade Exhibition 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Animorphs (GBC) 100% with Keizaron 3:45pm - 4:45pm

Masamune Performance 5:00pm - 5:45pm

MAGWest 2026 Cosplay Contest 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Pokemon Blue Any% no-manipulation with Stump230 8:15pm - 9:00pm

Undertale TAS Presentation by DwangoAC with TASBot 9:30pm - 10:30pm

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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tournament (Pools) 11:00am - 2:00pm

TEKKEN 8 Tournament (Pools) 11:00am - 1:00pm

TEKKEN 8 Tournament (Finals) 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tournament (Finals) 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Consoles Closed 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Craft Activities open 9:00am - 5:00pm

Cosplay n' Draw 10:30am - 1:45pm

Accessibility Services Desk Open 10:00am - 4:00pm

Indie Games Expo @ MAGWest 10:00am - 4:30pm

Jamspace close 12:00am - 1:00am

Open jamming 10:00am - 11:00am

Bayoyko Haki Cypher 11:00am - 1:00pm

Open jamming 1:00pm - 4:30pm

Jamspace close 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Open LAN Gaming 12:00am - 4:00pm

Room Closed 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Marketplace Open 10:00am - 4:45pm

Marketplace Closed

Magwest 2026 Merch Stand 10:00am - 2:00pm

Game Grooves Listening Party 11:00am - 12:00pm

Game Audio Unlocked: How to Build and Sustain Your Career 12:15pm - 1:15pm

Sonic: An Unfortunate History 1:30pm - 2:30pm

The Ocarina Panel 11:00am - 12:00pm

An Indie Guide to Marketing 12:15pm - 1:15pm

Dwelling of Duels MAGWest Listening Party 1:30pm - 2:30pm

eclipse.xiv 11:00am - 11:50am

Desmond Crisis 12:00pm - 12:50pm

Orchkeystra 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Delorean Overdrive 12:00am - 12:30am

SiIvaGunner 12:40am - 1:30am

Interstellar Soundscapes 11:10am - 12:00pm

Virtual Video Game Orchestra (VVGO) 1:00pm - 2:20pm

Registration / Badge Pickup Open 9:00am - 1:45pm

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RPG: Madhouse of Tasha's Kiss 11:00am - 2:30pm

Mahjong Tournament 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Blood on the Clocktower 1:30pm - 3:30pm

RPG: Grave Misgivings 1:30pm - 5:00pm

Darmock and friends performance 11:00am - 11:40am

Ray Casarez performance 11:50am - 12:30pm

FirahFabe performance 12:40pm - 1:20pm

OtakuAcoustics performance 1:30pm - 2:10pm

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