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Lacey Johnson @laceyjohnsonmusic.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Missed my show last month at POW? No worries! It’s now up for everyone to enjoy!

emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

check out @laceyjohnsonmusic.bsky.social ’s incredible performance at DNA Lounge at POW XIV by @8bitsf.bsky.social performance video is up on the @magfest.org YouTube. youtu.be/MUtSTT5oqb8?...

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Lacey Johnson | POW XIV

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emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

couldn’t make it to POW XIV by @8bitsf.bsky.social in SF last month? no problem - the first performance of the night is up now on the @magfest.org YouTube of @aivisura.com & @milesmorkri.bsky.social with @clairekwong.bsky.social on viz & @stemage.bsky.social ! enjoy! youtu.be/JdAgIuaEpVk?...

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aivi & surasshu + Miles Morkri | POW XIV

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emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

the first performance video from POW XIV is up! this is very likely the best show i’ve ever run and it means a lot that @premvintageband.bsky.social put so much care into mastering their set to the be the best possible experience next to being there in person.

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emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

POW XIV @8bitsf.bsky.social x @magfest.org flyers in hand, these are some of the best flyers i’ve ever seen for a show i’ve worked on we are also an official GDC partner event, so if you are in town please come through DNA lounge and check out these great acts #gdc #gdc2026

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Darren Korb
Premium Vintage
Aivi & surasshu
Miles mokri
ZAKU
Lacey Johnson
siIvagunner
Minibosses
Family Jules
Delorean overdrive
slowly crushed
Anton Corazza
Cheap dinosaurs
Gesceap
Claire Kwong
Drip
Daemon core
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Marshall Art @marshallart.band · 31/01/2026

I wrote up an account of that story for this year’s @magfest.org Power magazine, featured alongside other Kageyama MAGFest stories from members of @superstrikersband.bsky.social @steelsamurai.bsky.social, and @emfedex.bsky.social. Digital copy of the magazine: super.magfest.org/magfestpower...

Screenshot of a page of the 2026 MAGFest Power magazine.

“Masashi Kageyama’s MAGFest story began
in January 2012 on a small side stage set up at
MAGFest X. Autoscroll - an alter ego of Philadelphia
chiptune band Cheap Dinosaurs devoted to covering VGM tunes - played a set that might have set a MAGFest record for most VGM deep cuts in a single performance.
In the middle of the set was Just Friends, from
Gimmick! for the Famicom (NES). At the front of the
crowd armed with an iPhone was emfedex, dutifully
documenting the performance as she had done
with many chiptune shows before. This video was
Kageyama-san’s first exposure to MAGFest. From
what I understand, his first reaction upon finding the video was confusion: who was this band? Why were they playing a song he had written decades ago from a game that was never released in their country?
Were they trying to pass off his composition as their
own? Emily explained the situation - the band was
paying tribute to his music. With that understanding
a friendship was born that opened a whole new world to Kageyama!
The MAGFest crowd was fully aware of the song’s
origins - the band had handed out printed copies of
their setlist to the audience, complete with game
and composer credits. After this clarification, he
was genuinely appreciative: Kage-san’s impression
was that Gimmick! and his soundtrack was not well
received. He has stated that part of the reason why
he stopped composing for games “probably had to
do with the fact that there was almost no response
whatsoever to the work I created.” Yet here there was- a band who had discovered his work, performing it to an audience of enthusiastic VGM fans. What followed was a flurry of Facebook friend requests from Kageyama - starting mostly with the band members but extending to the broader western chiptune and VGM scene. He had found a community of folks
making music using video game hardware, and at the same time a pocket of foreigners who were ardent fans of his music.”

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⊏𝗡⊐ @nullsleep.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

‼️ SUNDAY MARCH 1 ⚠️ ⁉️ PHILADELPHIA📍 8bitpeoples presents BOUNDARY TOUR with performances from: NULLSLEEP CHEAP DINOSAURS NMLSTYL DATACATS UNDERGROUND ARTS in Philadelphia 1200 Callowhill St $20 6PM doors 21+

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 09/12/2025

Next up in XP stage news is Philly based VGM band Close to Good! For over 13 years Close to Good has delivered a performance packed with faithful VGM covers of games like Mega Man, Streets of Rage, Final Fantasy, and DDR! Catch them in XP Stage's new, expanded location this year.

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 08/12/2025

Our next guest is veteran game & animation composer Wilbert Roget, II! @wilbertroget.bsky.social has earned nearly a dozen awards & nominations for his scores to games like BAFTA-winning Helldivers 2, & Grammy-nominated Star Wars: Outlaws. That's just one of many accolades, learn more at MAG!

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 07/12/2025

Coming to XP Stage this year is none other than everyone's favorite band of bards: Bard City! Bard City is a band FOR BARDS, BY BARDS, who use inspiration from fantasy TTRPGs to bring you comical original songs about their lives and adventures (& local government). Don't miss it!

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 31/10/2025

The Protomen will debut Act III at Super MAGFest! Performing ALL THREE ACTS, the whole story, in narrative order. One act per night, catch it all over the weekend! Also, badges are almost SOLD OUT, and prices increase on Nov 1! So get yours RIGHT NOW! 🎃 super.magfest.org/registration

An image of The Protomen standing together under the word "PROTOMEN". At the bottom it says "AT MAGFEST 20X6".

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emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

MAGFest will sell out today and there’s still over 20 concert acts left to announce. If you are a fan of the music, get your ticket now before the big drop tonight.

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 30/10/2025

The one and only @caseyleewilliams.bsky.social will be taking the stage at MAGFest! Casey specializes in session vocal recording, performance, and songwriting. She's most known for her work on the soundtracks of Rooster Teeth’s animated online series RWBY - featured since the early age of 13!

Casey Lee Williams sings into a microphone. The image is surrounded by a Super MAGFest 2026 border.

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 29/10/2025

We're back with today's Super MAGFest main stage feature: MEGA RAN! @megaran.com is a former middle school teacher turned Guinness World Record-holding rapper, DJ, author, and foster father whose music bridges hip-hop, gaming, and education. Don't miss this pioneer of nerdcore at Super MAGFest 2026!

A photo of Mega Ran on stage with Hot Rod of the Cybertronic Spree to his left. Ran is pumping his fists into the air, one covered in a Mega Buster replica. The image has a Super MAGFest 2026 border around it.

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 27/10/2025

If you wanted more heavy metal at your Super MAGFest this year, you got it: The Arkadian is coming to melt your faces! 2026 marks the 10th anniversary of the project and for the first time in nearly 6 years, they're coming back as a BAND, delivering a high octane performance you won't want to miss!

Separate images of each member of The Arkadian (band) side by side with the band name overlaid at the bottom. There is a MAGFest 2026 themed frame around the image.

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 23/10/2025

And now for something completely different: Triforce Quartet at Super MAG! Triforce Quartet is a classically trained string quartet that reimagines the music of video game franchises like LoZ & FF. For MAGFest, they'll present a special collab show ft. guests from their newest album - don't miss it!

An image of the four members of Triforce Quartet holding their instruments with a blue MAGFest 2026 border around it.

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 20/10/2025

Something wicked this way comes: it's @dannybstyle.bsky.social to the Super MAGFest '26 stage! dannyBstyle is the live performance group of game composer Danny Baranowsky (Super Meat Boy, Binding of Isaac). They perform Danny’s compositions as a trio with guitar, bass, and Danny on electric drums!

An image of the three members of dannyBstyle, hugging one another from behind. Two are smiling toward the camera, one looks incredulously to the left.

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 17/10/2025

@gunderslam.bsky.social is delivering slammin’ heavy metal video game covers live to Super MAGFest 2026! Formed from solo work, Patrick Gunderson bands together w/Adam Payne, Jake Curtis, Roque Cuellar, Mahn, Stephen Jensen, & Theology! Catch the set covering songs from Hades, Silent Hill 2, & more!

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 15/10/2025

Prepare yourselves for shreddage: Danimal Cannon is coming to the Super MAGFest 2026 main stage! @danimalcannon.com is a VGM composer who has been featured in Pokémon Generations & Minecraft: The Story of Mojang. He's preparing to release his next full length album - including special guests!

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 14/10/2025

Spinning onto the stage at Super MAGFest 2025 is Johnny Gioeli of Crush 40: Live Band Experience! For 27 years, Johnny has traveled all over the world performing Crush 40’s greatest hits, usually solo or with a guitarist. Don't miss out on the full band experience at Super MAG!

A photo of Johnny Gioeli of Crush 40 grinning with his arm extended toward the crowd, a microphone in his hand.

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 02/10/2025

@thetiberiansons.bsky.social are returning to Super MAGFest - with a concert featuring only music from the greatest fighter plane series of all time: Ace Combat. They'll be joined on stage by Videri String Quartet & The Game Brass - and they're going to take you right into the danger zone!

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emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

worked really hard to make this happen - so glad we can finally share

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 25/09/2025

Who else but Georgia legends But Brigade would come to MAGFest this year locked and loaded with an all new set? Get equipped with a run of MMX live on the main stage in January! The real question - will Noah get the secret capsule? Grab your badges and find out! super.magfest.org/registration

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 23/09/2025

Charge your Busters and prepare your E-Tanks, @themegas.bsky.social are teleporting into Super MAGFest 2026! These VGM powerhouses can’t wait to return to the MAGFest stage, bringing their ever evolving stage presence to songs new and old! Get your badges at super.magfest.org/registration 💙

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emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Babylon 5 is pretty relevant today

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MAGWest |August 14th- 16th, 2026 @magwestofficial.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

What happens when you inject speed metal into iconic video game, show, and movie themes? You get Powerglove! Catch their high-octane, face-melting, nostalgia-fueled performance when they hit the MAGWest VII main stage next month! Promo Code: POWERGLOVE2025

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emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

i’ve been watching through Babylon 5 lately and it’s been great. i’m constantly pleased with how far it will go in ways many other sci-fi shows didn’t really have the courage to do up to this era. a lot of themes in this show are very relevant to current events…

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MAGWest |August 14th- 16th, 2026 @magwestofficial.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Adora Blue is a DJ/rapper/drummer/singer focusing on eurobeat, kawaii future bass, VGM remixes, and is branching out to even more styles! She’ll be hitting the MAGWest main stage next month and no set of hers is complete without memes and throwbacks! Promo Code: ADORABLUE2025

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MAGWest |August 14th- 16th, 2026 @magwestofficial.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Mega Ran might be the link between worlds when it comes to video games + hip hop and continues to astound in his long career of genre bending madness! Next month at MAGWest Mega Ran will be performing Black Materia with support from Super Soul Bros. Badge Promo Code: MEGARAN2025

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MAGWest |August 14th- 16th, 2026 @magwestofficial.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Coming to tear up the MAGWest main stage with the savage swipe of a plumed talon is Owlbear! These metal veterans fuse classic heavy/speed metal with frenetic riffs, pummeling acrobatic bass, & dynamic vocals/lyrics rooted in their favorite games/media. Promo Code: OWLBEAR2025

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MAGWest |August 14th- 16th, 2026 @magwestofficial.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Bringing their signature blend of heartfelt piano and kinetic electronic sounds to the MAGWest main stage are aivi & surasshu! This award-winning digital fusion music duo has composed for Steven Universe, Ikenfell, and more — including original albums!

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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

How profoundly will AI change your job? Well ask yourself what I'd have done if a time traveler had found me in Journalism school pre-internet and said that a skibidi algo was going to unalive most of the industry & that I should instead focus on rizz and bussin 3-second hooks

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emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Superman was really great

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Cybertronic Spree @cybertronicspree.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Tonite at 9pm ET, we're gonna be joined by the awesome humans that helped make ROBOT PROM to chat about BTS! 👁👁 Twitch.tv/BonusStageVan @bonusstagevan.bsky.social Awesome humans: @gtx.bsky.social @lightningarts.bsky.social @emfedex.bsky.social

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Cybertronic Spree @cybertronicspree.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Spike your punch and fasten your cummerbunds... MAGfest is premiering Robot Prom tomorrow nite at 6PM ET. Tune into a whole damn meal of a concert and join us in the chat! www.twitch.tv/magfest_conc... 📸 by @kameraninja.bsky.social

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8static.bsky.social @8static.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

can’t wait to see everyone tonight! www.etix.com/ticket/p/357... can’t make it but wanna support the artists and event? buy a ticket anyway - those funds go directly to paying the talent.

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emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

can’t wait to see everyone tonight! www.etix.com/ticket/p/357... can’t make it but wanna support the artists and event? buy a ticket anyway - those funds go directly to paying the talent. @8static.bsky.social

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emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

oblivion fashion fit check go!

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 05/05/2025

Check out our friends at 8STATIC putting on a heck of a show in Philly in just over 2 weeks! Some past MAG performers will take the stage and you know it's gonna rock🤘

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emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

on SUN, the day after @8static.bsky.social you should come check out this other thing that i’m pretty proud to be a part of. the legendary @cybertronicspree.bsky.social prom at @magfest-unofficial.bsky.social

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emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

8STATIC at philamoca on 05.24.25 - it’s a good time SAT night with workshop & open mic. plus killer performances by: @danimalcannon.com @glomag.bsky.social @diydestruction.bsky.social @inversephase.bsky.social @philamoca.bsky.social @8static.bsky.social tickets: www.etix.com/ticket/p/357...

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emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

been looking forward to seeing this for a while - finally got the crew together. pretty amazing stuff work of art that uses the horror genre to explore themes of cultural appropriation and racism while providing a sincere portrait of proud community struggling to persevere against oppression.

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8static.bsky.social @8static.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

8static is saturday 05.24.25 at PhilaMOCA featuring: Danimal Cannon glomag The Mountain Chiefs Diy_destruction - visuals Inverse Phase - workshop @danimalcannon.com @glomag.bsky.social @twirlincurtis.bsky.social @diydestruction.bsky.social @inversephase.bsky.social @philamoca.bsky.social

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emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

8STATIC will return to @philamoca on MAY 24th - you will not wanna miss this one… @8static.bsky.social @philamoca.bsky.social

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emfedex @emfedex.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

bit brigade doing their rad super mario world run at POW the 13th @bitbrigade.bsky.social

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