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  MAGFest 2017: Review & Recap

  January 18, 2017 | Brenna Wilkes | 3 Comments Share this MAGFest 2017: Review & Recap

  
  
  

  It’s been just over a week since MAGFest 2017 and a great deal of decompressing was required to be able to properly sum up this year’s experience. I was fortunate enough to see more performances than I normally would (thanks to a willingness to be dragged around), and therefore think I have a pretty good account of just how well this year’s prime Music and Gaming Festival went.

  From the main stage to the underground to the secret shows, this year’s MAGFest was a solid lineup and featured a bit of everything to tickle your fancy.

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  MAGFest 2016 Breakdown – Panels, Concerts, Super Smash Opera & More

  April 4, 2016 | Michael Hoffmann | Comments Off on MAGFest 2016 Breakdown – Panels, Concerts, Super Smash Opera & More Share this MAGFest 2016 Breakdown – Panels, Concerts, Super Smash Opera & More

  

  There are a lot of great gaming events, festivals, and conventions to attend every year. Many consider spring to be the start of the convention season, but for me the year always begins with attending MAGFest, usually held in either January or February. Like many of the previous years, the fourteenth iteration of the Music and Gaming Festival was held at the Gaylord at National Harbor, Maryland and hosted several concerts, panels, and plenty of other fun gaming events.

  As Brenna mentioned in her post earlier this year, it’s nearly impossible to cover everything that the festival has to offer. In fact, having now read up Brenna’s MAGFest adventures, I realize that we had vastly different schedules and experiences at this past year’s event. While the two of us combined certainly couldn’t cover everything at the festival, I hope these breakdowns illustrate the variety and quantity of things available for attendees to experience. (more…)

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  MAGFest 2016 Breakdown – Concerts, MAG Underground & More

  March 1, 2016 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on MAGFest 2016 Breakdown – Concerts, MAG Underground & More Share this MAGFest 2016 Breakdown – Concerts, MAG Underground & More

  

  It’s been about a week since the conclusion of MAGFest 2016, the music and gaming event’s 14th year in operation, and as for any dedicated MAG-goer, it’s a lot to digest all at once. MAGFest has grown in size and scope ever year since it’s inception, and it’s impossible for any one person to properly cover everything they set out to – whether you’re going for fun or otherwise. I had the pleasure of attending with Michael this year, and we both had agreed that there was no way we could get to everything we wanted to to report back on. Events like MAG become a “Best Laid Plans” scenario every year, but we do what we can.

  Held yet again at the Gaylord at National Harbor, this year was another series of being awestruck at how large the event has gotten, and how diverse it’s become. Thankfully, I managed to check in on a few keys things, some old and some brand new, that were definitely worth noting.

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