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Gaming community events

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

MAGFest guidebooks, promotional material, and ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: EVENTS-MAGFEST
Abstract

MAGFest (Music and Gaming Festival) is a series of community-run video game event with a focus on video game music and gaming culture. The events, run by the non-profit organization MAGFest, Inc., began in 2002 as the Mid-Atlantic Gaming Festival in Roanoke, Virginia. Since then, the organization has expanded to run multiple events and game concert series throughout the United States.

Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within 2001–2002

MAGFest promotional booth at Otakon 2002, July 26–28, 2002

 Item
Identifier: EVENTS-MAGFEST-01.08
Abstract

This photograph shows the promotional booth for MAGFest at the Baltimore-area anime convention Otakon 2002.

Dates: July 26–28, 2002

Mid Atlantic Gamers Festival flyer, August 2001

 Item — Location Event guidebooks: Series EVENTS-MAGFEST-01
Identifier: EVENTS-MAGFEST-01.06
Abstract

This flyer for MAGFest (seen here as the Mid Atlantic Gamers Festival) was distributed at the anime convention Otakon 2001.

Dates: Publication: August 2001

Otakon 2001 program book, August 10–12, 2001

 Item — Location Event guidebooks: Series EVENTS-MAGFEST-01
Identifier: EVENTS-MAGFEST-01.04
Abstract

This is a supplemental program for the anime convention Otakon, held at Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD in 2001. Flyers for MAGFest were distributed at this event, the first time MAGFest was promoted under that name (see "Mid Atlantic Gamers Festival flyer").

Dates: Publication: August 10–12, 2001