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07/14/2026

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We are pleased to present the lineup for MAGWest’s newly-christened POW STAGE for 2026! We hope you’re ready for a weekend of extraordinarily captivating and diverse music rooted in the world of video games. Join us August 14-16 at the DoubleTree San Jose - badges available at magwest.org

03/10/2026

Gesceap makes music with Nanoloop on iPad and Android devices. Focusing on Bass centric melodies and ambient backdrops. A mix of idm, downtempo, and drum and bass.

8bitSF x MAGFest present POW XIV Bonus Round @ GDC
Friday, March 13, 2026 at DNA Lounge, SF
Tickets at dnalounge.com

03/10/2026

Cheap Dinosaurs is a Philadelphia based prog-rock project that combines poppy melodies with dark, psychedelic chip music. Harnessing the sound hardware of an original game boy, the group rides the fringe of the 8-bit music scene by mixing it with heavier and more organic soundscapes. Starting as the solo project of Dino Lionetti (ex-Chromelodeon) in 2007, the group has since grown to include other prominent community musicians, and has garnered a large and growing fan base out of Philly.

8bitSF x MAGFest present POW XIV Bonus Round @ GDC
Friday, March 13, 2026 at DNA Lounge, SF
Tickets at dnalounge.com

03/10/2026

Dr!p is a pixel artist, graphic designer, and tattoo artist based in Brooklyn. Previously, she has traveled throughout the country performing live visuals with animated pixel art along musicians and other artists in the chiptune and video game community. Her current ventures as a tattoo artist have allowed her to expand her travels to the UK and other states to meet with clients seeking her unique pixel art tattoo style. Her inspirations include indie games, graphic novels, food, pop surrealism, psychedelia, and technical/experimental music scenes.

Peep her visuals at POW XIV Thursday, March 12 and POW XIV Bonus Round Friday, March 13 at DNA Lounge.

03/09/2026

8bitSF x MAGFest present POW XIV Bonus Round! This year’s POW lineup is too big for one night — join us for a second evening of electronic-focused chiptune and video-game-themed live music madness!

Fri 3/13 8pm at - tix at dnalounge.com

03/09/2026

Slowly Crushed lives at the intersection of nostalgia and ruinous doom. Reminiscent melodies turned gloom filled riffs, classic themes into decelerated melancholy rhythms. This becloaked two piece, hailing from San Diego California, brings a unique approach to classic VGM songs. Taking memorable compositions from classic video games and running them through their own distinctive style of Funeral Flavored Sludge Metal, affectionately referred to as “NINTENDOOM”. Standing alone in their genre, they have curated a live performance that must be seen to understand. Even then it would be impossible to grasp the limitless depths when the droning void of Slowly Crushed stares back.

8bitSF x MAGFest present POW XIV Bonus Round @ GDC
Friday, March 13, 2026 at DNA Lounge, SF
Tickets at dnalounge.com

03/08/2026

ZAKU is a Philadelphia-based wind-synth-fronted instrumental band that combines 80s jazz fusion, new wave, and British heavy metal. They have been described as sounding like “a long lost Mega Man X soundtrack” or “if Vangelis joined T-Square and got commissioned to make a soundtrack for TMNT IV Part II.”

8bitSF x MAGFest present POW XIV @ GDC
Thursday, March 12, 2026 at DNA Lounge, SF
Tickets at dnalounge.com

03/08/2026

Claire Kwong connects art and technology to make people move. She creates immersive environments using projection and motion capture. Her games encourage people to move, communicate, and touch each other. Through her art, Claire aims to dramatize her own experiences and challenge personal and social boundaries.

Her projects and installations include BETWEEN, LIGHT TOUCHES SKIN, CHROMAPOSE, BODY TYPE and BLINK

// clairekwong.com

03/08/2026

Anton Corazza is a composer, rapper, and aerophonist who started studying jazz at the age of 14 and performed classical and contemporary repertoire as a performance major at William Paterson University. He first garnered an online following in 2008 after releasing a multitude of self-produced arrangements, and subsequently gained recognition in the New Jersey hip-hop scene through rap battles and collaborations with other lyricists. He has since been featured as a composer, rapper, and instrumentalist for several OSTs including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, UNBEATABLE, Demon Turf, The Last Dimension, Super Catboy, and more. Anton continues to compose and perform across many genres.

8bitSF x MAGFest present POW XIV Bonus Round @ GDC
Friday, March 13, 2026 at DNA Lounge, SF
Tickets at dnalounge.com