Magfest

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Originally known as the Mid-Atlantic Gaming Festival, MAGFest (Music And Gaming Festival) is an annual convention held in Virginia that celebrates video games and the corresponding culture that they create.

MAGFest's primary features are a large open video gaming room and video game concerts with game-inspired bands. Previous bands have included the Minibosses, Powerglove (band), the NESkimos, the Advantage, Chromelodeon, and other related artists. Other major attractors include guest speakers, a large LAN Party environment, a video room, and contests for name-that-tune, costuming, and more.

[edit] History

The gaming room at MAGFest 5.

MAGFest 6
- Date: January 3rd - 6th, 2008
- Location: Hilton Mark Center, Alexandria, VA, USA
- Attendance: 1050+
- Security services once again outsourced to the Dorsai Irregulars.

MAGFest 5
- Date: January 4th - 7th, 2007
- Location: Sheraton Premiere, Vienna, VA, USA
- Attendance: 950+
- Security services were outsourced to the Dorsai Irregulars.