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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.

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1:00pm PDT

DJ MACHINEGOD

Friday August 14, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT

MACHINEGOD is an SF Bay Area based anikura DJ, playing hard dance remixes of anime and idol songs, and has played at anime conventions, nightclubs, and festivals across California. His main passion is anime horse girls and has spent hundreds, possibly even thousands more on Uma Musume.

Performers

DJ MACHINEGOD

MACHINEGOD is an SF Bay Area based anikura DJ, playing hard dance remixes of anime and idol songs, and has played at anime conventions, nightclubs, and festivals across California. His main passion is anime horse girls and has spent hundreds, possibly even thousands more on Uma M... Read More →

Friday August 14, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Pool Party Pool Area

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

2:00pm PDT

Machina03exe

Friday August 14, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT

Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a caffeinated teenager with the 1am zoomies at an anime convention in the 2000s? Time machines don't exist yet, but we can make you feel like that! Maki brings high energy, hard drops, and deep cuts on the wheels of digital steel so you can get your y2kei on without putting 63 viruses on the family computer.

Performers

Machina03exe

Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a caffeinated teenager with the 1am zoomies at an anime convention in the 2000s? Time machines don't exist yet, but we can make you feel like that! Maki brings high energy, hard drops, and deep cuts on the wheels of digital steel so you... Read More →

Friday August 14, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Pool Party Pool Area

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

3:00pm PDT

Adora Blue

Friday August 14, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT

Adora Blue (yes, that's adorable + u ;3) is a Seattle-based DJ (and producer, activist, tiktoker, etc) you won't soon forget!

Performers

Adora Blue

Adora Blue (yes, that's adorable + u ;3) is a Seattle-based DJ (and producer, activist, tiktoker, etc) you won't soon forget!

Mainly playing eurobeat and VG remixes, she also branches out toward breakcore, kawaii future bass, hhc, and j-core, and no set of hers is complete without... Read More →

Friday August 14, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Pool Party Pool Area

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

4:00pm PDT

AniCLover DJ Block

Friday August 14, 2026 4:00pm - 6:30pm PDT

The SF Bay Area's underground anime rave scene, featuring sets from AniCLover DJs:

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Spiritsnare
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Kataoka
4ri b2b EggZen

Performers

AniCLover

The SF Bay Area's underground anime rave scene, featuring sets from AniCLover DJs:

rainy
Spiritsnare
970
Kataoka
4ri b2b EggZen

Website | Instagram | Twitch | Twitter | Facebook | Spotify | Discord... Read More →

Friday August 14, 2026 4:00pm - 6:30pm PDT
Pool Party Pool Area

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

7:00pm PDT

Carington Swing

Friday August 14, 2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT

Experiencing Carington Swing live is to be transported back to a 1930's Parisian café, but playing the music from the video games you grew up with.

Performers

Carington Swing

Experiencing Carington Swing live is to be transported back to a 1930's Parisian café, but playing the music from the video games you grew up with.

Their fiery, yet romantic style pays homage to the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. Carington Swing remains faithful to the original instrumentation by featuring violin, bass and guitars, but pushes the sonic boundaries of Gypsy Jazz by mixing in the sounds of Latin... Read More →

Friday August 14, 2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
Pool Party Pool Area

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

11:00am PDT

Robbie Benson and friends poolside jam

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

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

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

1:00pm PDT

Alice Knows Karate

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

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

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... Read More →

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

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

1:30pm PDT

TV-MA

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

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

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

2:30pm PDT

Bi Score

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

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

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... Read More →

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

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

3:30pm PDT

PJ DJ

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

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

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... Read More →

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

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

4:30pm PDT

g3ntlebreeze

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

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

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

5:30pm PDT

Bayoyko DJ Block

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

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

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

11:00am PDT

eclipse.xiv

Sunday August 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am PDT

eclipse.xiv is a dynamic electronic producer & composer with a focus on world-building. Born in San Francisco and active across the Bay Area, she has spent the last few years building a sprawling discography featuring 4 mainline albums. Her work reckons with the apocalyptic times we are living in, viewing human society from two perspectives. The first: San Francisco in the year 2100, geographically divided between a surveillance state and a grassroots autonomous zone. The second: an archival museum staffed by spirits and machines, set 10,000 years after the extinction of humanity. She is also an aspiring game developer, with the dream of translating the digital, video game-inspired aesthetics of her work into a full fledged indie RPG.

Performers

eclipse.xiv

eclipse.xiv is a dynamic electronic producer & composer with a focus on world-building. Born in San Francisco and active across the Bay Area, she has spent the last few years building a sprawling discography featuring 4 mainline albums. Her work reckons with the apocalyptic times... Read More →

Sunday August 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Pool Party Pool Area

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

12:00pm PDT

Desmond Crisis

Sunday August 16, 2026 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT

Desmond Crisis is a multimedia personality with a career spanning 16-bit Sega Genesis development to television hosting on the Sci-Fi Channel. A veteran of the original cyberpunk scene and founder of the Otaku Patrol Group, Desmond joins us fresh from appearances at BayCon 42 and California Extreme. He brings his curated format of the best game-inspired retrowave, synthwave, and popwave. Streaming live from MAGWest during his featured show on the legendary Nightride.FM.

Performers

Desmond Crisis

Desmond Crisis is a multimedia personality with a career spanning 16-bit Sega Genesis development to television hosting on the Sci-Fi Channel. A veteran of the original cyberpunk scene and founder of the Otaku Patrol Group, Desmond joins us fresh from appearances at BayCon 42 and... Read More →

Sunday August 16, 2026 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT
Pool Party Pool Area

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts

1:00pm PDT

Orchkeystra

Sunday August 16, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT

OrchKeystra a.k.a. Imanuel Junaedy is a San Francisco Bay Area musician who fuses live instrumentation and DJ performance into a unique one-man-band experience. Blending classical, jazz, R&B, and electronic influences, he reimagines classic hits alongside beloved anime and video game soundtracks.

Performers

Orchkeystra

OrchKeystra a.k.a. Imanuel Junaedy is a San Francisco Bay Area musician who fuses live instrumentation and DJ performance into a unique one-man-band experience. Blending classical, jazz, R&B, and electronic influences, he reimagines classic hits alongside beloved anime and video game... Read More →

Sunday August 16, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Pool Party Pool Area

Audience All ages
Subject Concerts