MAGFest 11 full musician and band lineup announced

Yuzo Koshiro and more than 40 acts

MAGFest, The Music And Gaming Festival, is an annual event held in the Washington D.C, and it’s easily one of my favorite events of the year. This year, set for January 3 – 6,  is their eleventh event, and they have a HUGE musician and band lineup prepared for guests. They’re calling it their biggest one to date, with over 40 videogame music-related acts.

Special guests include legendary game music composers Yuzo Koshiro (Streets of Rage, Shenmue, Actraiser) and Kinuyo Yamashita (Castlevania). 

Beyond this, tons of game music bands are set to take the event’s double stages, including The OneUps, ARMCANNON, The Protomen, BrentalFloss, and many more. Add to that chiptune artists and DJs and you’ll have an event that you’d be stupid to miss.

Oh, and Destructoid is hosting another panel at MAGFest 11. Destructoid Live! was a blast last year, so we’re doing it again. Join myself, Hamza, Tony and others in the fun. Be there!

See below for the full artist lineup.

The full line up for MAGFest XI is:

 Special Guests:

• Yuzo Koshiro (DJ performance)
• Kinuyo Yamashita (Solo piano performance)  

Main Stage:

• ARMCANNON
• Bit Brigade        
• BrentalFloss and The Cartridge Family
• The Megas
• Metroid Metal
• The OneUps
• Powerglove
• The Protomen
• Random Aka Mega Ran
• Rare Candy
• Those Who Fight
• Video Game Orchestra

 Second Stage:

• Arc Impulse
•  Descendants of Erdrick
• Dwelling of Duels Live
• Fighting in the Streets
• Knight of the Round
•  Lords of Thunder
• My Parents Favorite Music 
•  On Being Human
•  OverClocked University
• Professor Shyguy
• Super Guitar Bros
• Triforce Quartet
• The World Is Square
• The X-Hunters 

 Chiptunes:

•  BRIGHT PRIMATE
• Cheap Dinosaurs
• Crashfaster
• Danimal Cannon
•  D&D Sluggers
• Inverse Phase
• Kris Keyser
•  Jake ‘Virt’ Kaufman 

DJs:

• Benjamin Briggs
• bLiNd
• DJ Cutman