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
- 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.
- MAGFest 4
- Date: January 13th - 15th, 2006
- Location: Doubletree Hilton, Charlottesville, VA, USA
- Attendance:: 750
- MAGFest 3
- Date: October 1st - 3rd, 2004
- Location: Clarion Hotel, Williamsburg, VA
- Attendance:: 500
- MAGFest 2.0
- Date: October 31st - November 2nd, 2003
- Location: Clarion Hotel, Williamsburg, VA
- Attendance:: 375+
- MAGFest
- Date: September 27th - 29th, 2002
- Location: Holiday Inn Tanglewood, Roanoke, VA
- Attendance:: 265+
Source: [1]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- MAGFest - Official website
- MAGFest 5 Pictures - Pictures taken at MAGFest 5