San Jose, Calif. (September 30, 2014) – MAGFest, the east coast based video game music and geek culture festival, today announced a West Coast partnership with the Bay Area’s own Rockage: San Jose. The two organizations are joining together to bring video game music events to the west coast in a big way, with the upcoming MAGFest backed “Rockage4.0” in February 2015 being the first incarnation of the much-requested “MAGWest.” In addition to Rockage4.0, MAGFest and Rockage will be holding several other video game music concert events in San Francisco, San Jose, and Cupertino.

Sunday, October 5th – MINIBOSSES at Bottom Of The Hill in San Francisco with Curious Quail + Gnarb00ts. 7:30 pm, tickets $10 adv/ $12 door: http://tinyurl.com/ocn9kwz

Friday, October 10th – “Game Over San Jose” at Café Stritch in San Jose with Super Soul Bros., crashfaster, Viking Guitar and Lady Game Lyric. 8 pm, FREE show: http://tinyurl.com/leemylt

Saturday, October 18th – Random aka Mega Ran at Homestead Bowl in Cupertino with Coolzey and Fresh Kils. 8pm, $8 tickets available at the door: http://tinyurl.com/nyojdtd

February 2015 – Rockage4.0 in San Jose, exact date & location TBA

All four of these events are all ages and co-presented by MAGFest and Rockage: San Jose. More information can be found at the MAGFest website (http://magfest.org) and RockageSJ page (http://rockageSJ.com). All tickets for the October events are on sale now with Rockage4.0 tickets going on sale in November through the MAGFest website.

More about MAGFest:

MAGFest, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the appreciation of games and video game music. MAGFest, Inc.'s main method of achieving this goal is to create events which provide a means for people to enjoy games, as well as musical concerts. These events include MAGFest, Bit Gen Gamer Fest, MAGStock, the Game Over touring concert series, and the newly added Rockage: San Jose.

More about Rockage: San Jose:

Rockage: San Jose is a three-day celebration of indie music and retro gaming in Downtown San Jose and has held three successful yearly music festivals in the South Bay since 2011. Rockage is more than just an annual event, they support indie musicians and gaming culture on the West Coast year-round.

For more information about MAGFest and Rockage, e-mail contact@magfest.org

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