If you’ve been to MAGFest, you might have wandered past main stage wondering, “What else is going on around here?” You’d soon stumble upon a stage where everyone was playing music from vintage electronics, and some even adding guitars or lyrics on top. Welcome to Chipspace, the home of a blend between nostalgia and pushing the limits of old electronics to see what crazy music and sounds we can make from them.
Chipspace is where the chiptune community comes together to meet up, hang out, collaborate, and show off what they’ve made. Really; we have a bunch of time allotted for a chiptune-only open mic, which you can find the FAQ about it here.
Whenever there isn’t an open-mic, we have curated showcases of three artists from various chiptune communities! You can find out about who’s coming and throwing down for those showcases here.
The cherry on top is that you never know who will show up! Sometimes we’ll have big names from the community sneak in with a surprise set! Sometimes we’ll even get surprise sets from main stage acts collaborating with each other, or you might even see someone who ends up on main stage the next year! Surprisingly, these are more common than you’d think. After all, we once ran a ten-hour party until they forced us to shut down at 7 in the morning on Sunday, which sparked the concept of the Chip Rave.
Chipspace is the place to be, and if you aren’t there, you’re likely missing out on something cool.