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!***
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.

9:15pm PDT

Triss performance

Friday August 14, 2026 9:15pm - 9:55pm PDT

Steakhouse Stage

Triss is a chiptune punk rocker based out of Oakland, CA. She writes songs about love, queerness, and stickin it to the man. When she's not shredding over 8-bit blips and boops, she's rocking the stage with her all-transfemme harcdore band, Dirty Twenties.

Performers

Triss

Friday August 14, 2026 9:15pm - 9:55pm PDT
Steakhouse Stage Spencer's Steakhouse

Steakhouse

Audience 15+
Subject Concerts

10:15pm PDT

frogknight performance

Friday August 14, 2026 10:15pm - 10:55pm PDT

Steakhouse Stage

Glimmering, good-natured, and deeply nostalgic. The music of Frogknight takes its listener from wherever they might be, to shimmering meadows far away, or to deep dangerous caves full of wonder and despair, and of course, sweet loot. From the lowest dungeon to the highest peak, Frogknight guides you through with warm, comfy music until the end.

Performers

frogknight

Friday August 14, 2026 10:15pm - 10:55pm PDT
Steakhouse Stage Spencer's Steakhouse

Steakhouse

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

11:15pm PDT

Slowly Crushed performance

Friday August 14, 2026 11:15pm - 11:55pm PDT

Steakhouse Stage

Slowly Crushed is a two-piece doom metal act that turns classic video game music into thunderous, dragging sludge. This specially curated live performance is one that must be seen to be truly understood.

Note: This performance may be VERY LOUD!

Performers

Slowly Crushed

Friday August 14, 2026 11:15pm - 11:55pm PDT
Steakhouse Stage Spencer's Steakhouse

Steakhouse

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

3:00pm PDT

Super Mario Bros Rescore

Saturday August 15, 2026 3:00pm - 5:00pm PDT

Steakhouse Stage

The only thing better than Super Mario Bros 1993 is seeing the movie with a live rescore, just like in the silent film days!

Live re-score performed by members of crashfaster and Delorean Overdrive.

Performers

Delorean Overdrive

Delorean Overdrive is a high-octane synthwave band that transports listeners straight to the neon-soaked streets of the 1980s. With pulsating beats, shimmering synths, robotic vocals and a nostalgic nod to retro-futurism, Delorean Overdrive delivers an electrifying experience that... Read More →

Saturday August 15, 2026 3:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Steakhouse Stage Spencer's Steakhouse

Steakhouse

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

10:15pm PDT

Dueling Pianos

Saturday August 15, 2026 10:15pm - 11:15pm PDT

Steakhouse Stage

Dueling Pianos - Presented by Bay Area Anime Music! Four of @bayareaanimemusic's finest pianists collaborate and duel with your favorite anime and VGM tunes on two pianos! You can request any song for live musicians to play, and sing along as well karaoke style if you want!

Performers include: eLEDiem Piano (https://www.youtube.com/@eLEDiemPiano)
Raid (https://www.youtube.com/@raidsrc)
Quintec Music (https://www.youtube.com/@QuintecMusic)

Performers

Bay Area Anime Music (BAAM)

The Bay Area Anime Music (BAAM) group started as a way for anime bands to form a network. Concerts and events are few and far between for anime fans outside of the occasional con, so it's difficult for anime musicians to build up credibility. BAAM works to resolve that by setting... Read More →

Saturday August 15, 2026 10:15pm - 11:15pm PDT
Steakhouse Stage Spencer's Steakhouse

Steakhouse

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

11:15pm PDT

Tobi Spagyric performance

Saturday August 15, 2026 11:15pm - 11:55pm PDT

Steakhouse Stage

Tobi Spagyric is a sonic alchemist crafting deep, high-vibrational containers for conscious movement. Specializing in global electronica, they utilize long, hypnotic blends to weave ancient tribal rhythms with modern frequencies. Each set is a musical portal to your philosopher’s stone—an intentional somatic journey designed to separate, distill, and reunite the mind, body, and soul in their purest form.

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