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3 weeks until #BostonBitdown!
3 day passes are limited but still available, which is the only way to get into day 1. Tickets to day 2 & day 3, as well as to the Final nights #BitRave, all available now at BostonBitdown.com
3 day passes are limited but still available, which is the only way to get into day 1. Tickets to day 2 & day 3, as well as to the Final nights #BitRave, all available now at BostonBitdown.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
3 weeks until #BostonBitdown!
3 day passes are limited but still available, which is the only way to get into day 1. Tickets to day 2 & day 3, as well as to the Final nights #BitRave, all available now at BostonBitdown.com
3 day passes are limited but still available, which is the only way to get into day 1. Tickets to day 2 & day 3, as well as to the Final nights #BitRave, all available now at BostonBitdown.com
Schedule & lineup now at an updated BostonBitdown.com
tickets on sale now!
@freezepopband.bsky.social @buttonmasher.bsky.social @floorbaba.bsky.social @ultradeluxe.bsky.social @excitingexcellent.com @sammulliganmusic.bsky.social @grazcore.com @lamegenie.bsky.social @nullsleep.bsky.social and more!
tickets on sale now!
@freezepopband.bsky.social @buttonmasher.bsky.social @floorbaba.bsky.social @ultradeluxe.bsky.social @excitingexcellent.com @sammulliganmusic.bsky.social @grazcore.com @lamegenie.bsky.social @nullsleep.bsky.social and more!
January 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Schedule & lineup now at an updated BostonBitdown.com
tickets on sale now!
@freezepopband.bsky.social @buttonmasher.bsky.social @floorbaba.bsky.social @ultradeluxe.bsky.social @excitingexcellent.com @sammulliganmusic.bsky.social @grazcore.com @lamegenie.bsky.social @nullsleep.bsky.social and more!
tickets on sale now!
@freezepopband.bsky.social @buttonmasher.bsky.social @floorbaba.bsky.social @ultradeluxe.bsky.social @excitingexcellent.com @sammulliganmusic.bsky.social @grazcore.com @lamegenie.bsky.social @nullsleep.bsky.social and more!
The '25 lineup's complete. Fucking Machines is the newest digital fusion it-girl! This project is brand new, but MikeVideopunk's pristine resume astounds. Providing an improvised PARTICIPATORY hardware techno industria experience. They're 1/3 Modular 1/3 Groovebox & 1/3 Harsh-Noise-From-The-Audience
January 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The '25 lineup's complete. Fucking Machines is the newest digital fusion it-girl! This project is brand new, but MikeVideopunk's pristine resume astounds. Providing an improvised PARTICIPATORY hardware techno industria experience. They're 1/3 Modular 1/3 Groovebox & 1/3 Harsh-Noise-From-The-Audience
HAIL Sega QUEEN @Ggsokolov.bsky.social This gamer girl is everything you love about sega cool, sexy, it’s midnight. Sonic embodiment of driving the open road in a cherry mustang on a starry night. This Montreal chip artist knows exact timbres & moves to send you back to 97 & jolt you forward to 20XX
January 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
HAIL Sega QUEEN @Ggsokolov.bsky.social This gamer girl is everything you love about sega cool, sexy, it’s midnight. Sonic embodiment of driving the open road in a cherry mustang on a starry night. This Montreal chip artist knows exact timbres & moves to send you back to 97 & jolt you forward to 20XX
Welcome minusworld to BostonBitdown! We can’t give our keytar bbs a plain set. They deserve better! Met 'em in the court of sexy high energy digital fusion! Hot in the local burlesque scene curating shows w/live music. Bringing all that to BostonBitdown! Bring $1 bills & fill up that drink honey!
January 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Welcome minusworld to BostonBitdown! We can’t give our keytar bbs a plain set. They deserve better! Met 'em in the court of sexy high energy digital fusion! Hot in the local burlesque scene curating shows w/live music. Bringing all that to BostonBitdown! Bring $1 bills & fill up that drink honey!
You think we were gonna have a Boston chip fest without New England’s prized chip jewel? Welcome @maththebandtheband.bsky.social to BostonBitdown! For 23 years, Math has been creating the most enjoyable, anxiety filled, nintendocore known to chip. A Math set makes you dance, panic & smile <3
January 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
You think we were gonna have a Boston chip fest without New England’s prized chip jewel? Welcome @maththebandtheband.bsky.social to BostonBitdown! For 23 years, Math has been creating the most enjoyable, anxiety filled, nintendocore known to chip. A Math set makes you dance, panic & smile <3
Post 9/11 who puts cartoon art w/batteries on bridges around town? Some sort of MORON?! NOT THE '07 MOONINITE PANIC AGAIN! Menino is rolling in his grave w/this one. Welcome @zebbler.bsky.social to viz lineup! We get to celebrate w/Boston’s #1 art installation bad boy & esteemed Berklee Prof of Viz!
January 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Post 9/11 who puts cartoon art w/batteries on bridges around town? Some sort of MORON?! NOT THE '07 MOONINITE PANIC AGAIN! Menino is rolling in his grave w/this one. Welcome @zebbler.bsky.social to viz lineup! We get to celebrate w/Boston’s #1 art installation bad boy & esteemed Berklee Prof of Viz!
4 score & 7 yrs ago, our 8bit fathers brought forth on this city of Boston, a new chip collective, conceived in bleep bloops & dedicated to showcasing & promoting the local scene of chip music & other 8bit art. Welcome to the lineup, one of the fathers & co-founders of Boston8Bit: Active Knowledge.
January 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
4 score & 7 yrs ago, our 8bit fathers brought forth on this city of Boston, a new chip collective, conceived in bleep bloops & dedicated to showcasing & promoting the local scene of chip music & other 8bit art. Welcome to the lineup, one of the fathers & co-founders of Boston8Bit: Active Knowledge.
Last day of artist announcements! When the clock strikes midnight 3-day early bird pass pricing ends. Get yours now before prices go up!
On that note welcome MS PAINT to BostonBitdown. This Brooklyn based artist has a pallette of pixels, a technologist & artist blending glitch analog w/digital
On that note welcome MS PAINT to BostonBitdown. This Brooklyn based artist has a pallette of pixels, a technologist & artist blending glitch analog w/digital
January 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Last day of artist announcements! When the clock strikes midnight 3-day early bird pass pricing ends. Get yours now before prices go up!
On that note welcome MS PAINT to BostonBitdown. This Brooklyn based artist has a pallette of pixels, a technologist & artist blending glitch analog w/digital
On that note welcome MS PAINT to BostonBitdown. This Brooklyn based artist has a pallette of pixels, a technologist & artist blending glitch analog w/digital
Double viz post here since I got sloppy over the Holiday & missed an announcement. Welcome to #BostonBitdown projection map wiz v.Kash who fills spaces w/imagery you only thought possible in dreams & @datacats.bsky.social reinventimg reality through an analogue lens, both elevate any performance!
December 30, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Double viz post here since I got sloppy over the Holiday & missed an announcement. Welcome to #BostonBitdown projection map wiz v.Kash who fills spaces w/imagery you only thought possible in dreams & @datacats.bsky.social reinventimg reality through an analogue lens, both elevate any performance!
Ya Battlemode helped put this whole thing on just so they could say they played the sickest chip fest. Boston’s most tolerated chip trio Astro, Biff, & Sam Mulligan strive to combine humanity w/electronic. Boston8Bit certified & JUST COOL, OK?!? Tickets available at BostonBitdown.com for March 2025
December 19, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Ya Battlemode helped put this whole thing on just so they could say they played the sickest chip fest. Boston’s most tolerated chip trio Astro, Biff, & Sam Mulligan strive to combine humanity w/electronic. Boston8Bit certified & JUST COOL, OK?!? Tickets available at BostonBitdown.com for March 2025
You don’t announce Brick BRKer to #BostonBitdown lineup, he announces you. Who you think designed everything from the start? Logos, graphics, shirts, Brick BRKer’s all over it. He’s been composing tracks since he was a lad, he's now a man of Memphis, preparing chiptune symphonies!
December 16, 2024 at 6:34 PM
You don’t announce Brick BRKer to #BostonBitdown lineup, he announces you. Who you think designed everything from the start? Logos, graphics, shirts, Brick BRKer’s all over it. He’s been composing tracks since he was a lad, he's now a man of Memphis, preparing chiptune symphonies!
Going by many names: Rolly Mingwald, Chrome Cobra, O2Star. He's from the Planet Zaxxon. Welcome Agave Maria to #BostonBitdown! If chip, Space Jam & MS-DOS had a kid, They would be Agave Maria. This synth maniac has found a 2nd home w/@BOSTON8BIT. We <3 him & claim him as our own. 100% B8B certified!
December 14, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Going by many names: Rolly Mingwald, Chrome Cobra, O2Star. He's from the Planet Zaxxon. Welcome Agave Maria to #BostonBitdown! If chip, Space Jam & MS-DOS had a kid, They would be Agave Maria. This synth maniac has found a 2nd home w/@BOSTON8BIT. We <3 him & claim him as our own. 100% B8B certified!
Sacre Bleu! Philly based The Civil War in France is playing #BostonBitdown! Passing every vibe check, Gay as hell ✅ Criminally Trans ✅ Savage chip bangers ✅ Civil War’s LP “There You Are!” just dropped & Theses girls are hitting up Boston to wreck this town w/ screamo in 2025!
December 12, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Sacre Bleu! Philly based The Civil War in France is playing #BostonBitdown! Passing every vibe check, Gay as hell ✅ Criminally Trans ✅ Savage chip bangers ✅ Civil War’s LP “There You Are!” just dropped & Theses girls are hitting up Boston to wreck this town w/ screamo in 2025!
Welcome @roboctopus.bsky.social to #BostonBitdown! There’s no frills or flair only authentic LSDJ bangers (2 Game Boys & an M8 if you’re nasty). This Alabama based artist is fresh off his new EP, “summerfade”. It’s gonna be catfish meets clam chowdah at BostonBitdown!
December 9, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Welcome @roboctopus.bsky.social to #BostonBitdown! There’s no frills or flair only authentic LSDJ bangers (2 Game Boys & an M8 if you’re nasty). This Alabama based artist is fresh off his new EP, “summerfade”. It’s gonna be catfish meets clam chowdah at BostonBitdown!
Are they good enough, cool enough? Does their music suck? Or are they just a fuc…Not dead yet! We’ll squeeze some more bleep bloop from Indiana Joe @ #BostonBitdown! ATL knows this band as the Peach State’s authority on DIY 8bit. Now Boston will get to thrive in the bit waves of Indiana Joe!
December 6, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Are they good enough, cool enough? Does their music suck? Or are they just a fuc…Not dead yet! We’ll squeeze some more bleep bloop from Indiana Joe @ #BostonBitdown! ATL knows this band as the Peach State’s authority on DIY 8bit. Now Boston will get to thrive in the bit waves of Indiana Joe!
The final #BreakBleeps #BitRave addition is @floorbaba.bsky.social who combines EDM w/elements of almost every other genre to create a signature sound. A pluswav team member, their behind the music of indie games “Egg Squeeze” “Yars Rising” & “Vitamin Connection” Give them their flowers 🌼
December 4, 2024 at 8:09 PM
The final #BreakBleeps #BitRave addition is @floorbaba.bsky.social who combines EDM w/elements of almost every other genre to create a signature sound. A pluswav team member, their behind the music of indie games “Egg Squeeze” “Yars Rising” & “Vitamin Connection” Give them their flowers 🌼
As we enter the coldest, darkest months let #BostonBitdown be the light waiting for you in March🌷in the light awaits chip royalty @nmlstyl.bsky.social
She’s been tagging Philly up & down to let chumps know Philly is her city! Who knows? She might take Boston over too! Early Bird passes on sale now!
She’s been tagging Philly up & down to let chumps know Philly is her city! Who knows? She might take Boston over too! Early Bird passes on sale now!
December 2, 2024 at 6:24 PM
As we enter the coldest, darkest months let #BostonBitdown be the light waiting for you in March🌷in the light awaits chip royalty @nmlstyl.bsky.social
She’s been tagging Philly up & down to let chumps know Philly is her city! Who knows? She might take Boston over too! Early Bird passes on sale now!
She’s been tagging Philly up & down to let chumps know Philly is her city! Who knows? She might take Boston over too! Early Bird passes on sale now!
DM for the code!
November 29, 2024 at 9:40 PM
DM for the code!
Welcome @diamondmachine.bsky.social to #BostonBitdown! Hot off a new EP “Just booping around” & BOSTON8BIT certified. you might recognize them as ½ of badware, co-host for years @geekbeatradio.bsky.social , helping run some of the original Mag chipspace open mics, or collabs with digitalsoup!
November 27, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Welcome @diamondmachine.bsky.social to #BostonBitdown! Hot off a new EP “Just booping around” & BOSTON8BIT certified. you might recognize them as ½ of badware, co-host for years @geekbeatradio.bsky.social , helping run some of the original Mag chipspace open mics, or collabs with digitalsoup!
Welcome Kings of Vegas chip Decaying Tigers to #BostonBitdown
Their 1st performance on the east coast! Staples of official sin city anime & The Happiest Place on Earth Double Down Saloon, they've even played #LifeIsBeautiful! Catch them shred live in March get early bird tickets @ BostonBitdown.com
Their 1st performance on the east coast! Staples of official sin city anime & The Happiest Place on Earth Double Down Saloon, they've even played #LifeIsBeautiful! Catch them shred live in March get early bird tickets @ BostonBitdown.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Welcome Kings of Vegas chip Decaying Tigers to #BostonBitdown
Their 1st performance on the east coast! Staples of official sin city anime & The Happiest Place on Earth Double Down Saloon, they've even played #LifeIsBeautiful! Catch them shred live in March get early bird tickets @ BostonBitdown.com
Their 1st performance on the east coast! Staples of official sin city anime & The Happiest Place on Earth Double Down Saloon, they've even played #LifeIsBeautiful! Catch them shred live in March get early bird tickets @ BostonBitdown.com
20% Taco Bell 20% BTJones 100% metal VGM bangers & 100% playing #BostonBitdown for our VGM PowerHour (or Two) lineup. PVD based heavy hitter @LameGenieVGM invoke the power of Slayer headbanging to MegaMan2 tracks + you'll finally hear Gilbert Gottfried announce the Mortal Kombat Champions
November 22, 2024 at 5:47 PM
20% Taco Bell 20% BTJones 100% metal VGM bangers & 100% playing #BostonBitdown for our VGM PowerHour (or Two) lineup. PVD based heavy hitter @LameGenieVGM invoke the power of Slayer headbanging to MegaMan2 tracks + you'll finally hear Gilbert Gottfried announce the Mortal Kombat Champions
Now that’s what I call DANGER! Welcome Magnificent Dangerto BostonBitdown’s VGM Power Hour (Or Two). Bostonians know this behemoth as the brass band that fills our streets with mega VGM classics,& now we want to share Magnificent Danger with Boston Bitdown audiences!!
November 21, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Now that’s what I call DANGER! Welcome Magnificent Dangerto BostonBitdown’s VGM Power Hour (Or Two). Bostonians know this behemoth as the brass band that fills our streets with mega VGM classics,& now we want to share Magnificent Danger with Boston Bitdown audiences!!
Here at #BostonBitdown we wanna showcase the OGs, the established, & the fresh faces. They may be new, but they're already sweeping the scene Welcome Koji Kompote Band to BostonBitdown's VGM Power Hour (Or Two)! They bring jazz oriented signatures to your favorite VGM soundtracks
November 20, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Here at #BostonBitdown we wanna showcase the OGs, the established, & the fresh faces. They may be new, but they're already sweeping the scene Welcome Koji Kompote Band to BostonBitdown's VGM Power Hour (Or Two)! They bring jazz oriented signatures to your favorite VGM soundtracks
Sure, Bitdown is a chiptune/digital fusion fest, but we gotta pay tribute to our VGM fam! This week we will be announcing the 3 artists performing at Sat afternoon’s VGM Power Hour (or 2) - each with their own signature approach to VGM. Early bird tickets available at BostonBitdown.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Sure, Bitdown is a chiptune/digital fusion fest, but we gotta pay tribute to our VGM fam! This week we will be announcing the 3 artists performing at Sat afternoon’s VGM Power Hour (or 2) - each with their own signature approach to VGM. Early bird tickets available at BostonBitdown.com