MORE INFORMATION REGARDING VIRTUAL MAGFEST COMING SOON!
Hey everyone -
We know many of you saw this coming. Like you, we also held out hope for good news, a vaccine, anything that would mean we’d be able to Super MAG together safely in January. That hasn’t happened. The last six months have been devastating, and we hate to add one more thing to your List of Events Cancelled by COVID, but, here we are. For the first time in our 18-year history, we will not be able to put on the greatest weekend of music and gaming for the community we love. There will be no in-person Super MAGFest in January 2021.
Taking a year off from an in-person MAGFest is not something we take lightly. All year, we look forward to the chance to see our friends, have fun, and immerse ourselves in gaming, music, DeVito shrines, and everything in between. The proceeds from Super MAGFest go towards covering event costs, paying our employees, and nurturing our communities across MAGWest, MAGStock, Bitgen, and other events. Without Super in 2021, it’s difficult to predict what our organization’s future will look like.
If you know us, you know that we care a lot about our Core Values, and that our community (that’s you!) is everything. And in striving to be sincere and transparent with you, we have to let you know how serious this decision is for us. It’s very possible that we, as an organization, will be in dire straits in the coming year or two.
We don’t want to see that happen, and we hope you don’t either. So, we’re asking for your support by inviting you to MAGTelethon: The Big-Ass Big Ask on Twitch, this Sunday 9/13 at 12pm ET.
A telethon? Yeah buddy, like it’s 1992. Join us for fundraising shenanigans, special guests, and absolutely ridiculous programming on twitch.tv/magfest.
And there are multiple ways that YOU can help us:
Make a tax-deductible donation to MAGFest. Any donations totalling $85 or more between now and 9/15 will get you a Telethon-themed badge and lanyard (mailed this fall)
Submit a short ~30 second video of your favorite MAGMemory, MAGStory, or what MAGFest means to you here. (it might get played during the telethon!)
Create and submit MAGFest art here – as beautiful or as stupid as you’d like – to be featured on the badge (DeVito fanart has entered the chat)
Tune in at 12pm ET on Sunday 9/13 to twitch.tv/magfest
And keep an eye on our Twitter for updates, surprises, and superb shitposts
Here are some FANTASTIC reasons to donate!
MAGFest is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so can you say “TAX DEDUCTIBLE”?
If you donate $85 or more (in total), we’ll mail you a badge and lanyard, featuring the community art sent to us this week!
You’ll be featured on our Prestigious List of Bonors Donors on our website
MAGFest is a pretty cool guy
The Telethon will feature asinine donation goal incentives, such as:
Live song requests
Barefoot LEGO walks
Playing your terrible Mario Maker levels live
Arbitrary loading and unloading of arcade machines
Exclusive access to the Official MAGFest FansOnly livestream
AND SO MUCH MORE!
But seriously, MAGFest is entering some mysterious waters that no one (seriously, who saw 2020 unfolding like this?) expected, and your support will help us stay afloat so we can come back with a vengeance with Super MAGFest 2022.
You already know - MAGFest is more than just our events - we’re an organization built around making the world a better place through video games. Not only do over 1,300 volunteers come together each January to make Super MAGFest a memorable experience for almost 25,000 people, we have 8 employees and tons of volunteers working year-round to make our events happen.
Donate if you can. Submit a video! Join us on Sunday for MAGFest foolishness. Your support today ensures that we will be able to continue providing programming in some way until it’s safe for us to be together in person again. We love you and can’t wait to party in person.