Grand Fanali presents

Rockage Festival

When: Event has passed (Sat Feb 11, 2012 - Sun Feb 10)
Cost: $20 - $30
Tags: Music, Technology

Description

San Jose has started recently to birth more music festivals. One coming into its second year is Rockage, hosted by Grand Fanali Presents. Rockage 2.0 is a three-day festival that features indie, chiptune, and retro gaming all together.

A new culture of music has been trending to appeal to gamers and music lovers alike - chiptune, also 8-bit music. Chiptune first started in the 1980s but has recently become a global trend, opening new crowds to discover and love a very different aesthetic of music. Rockage caters to the new growth in chiptune featuring up and coming locals, like crashfaster, and out-of-town masters, minibosses.

A mixture of emerging indie rock bands will also be featured at Rockage, like Cartoon Bar Fight, Curious Quail, Shinobu, Good Hustle, and more.

Read more on Metroactive here. http://bit.ly/TG9Y8R

rockage2.0 schedule FRIDAY 2/8 (3pm-11pm)
3:00pm-5:30 DJ Camo / Seabright
5:30-6:00 The Albert Square
6:10-6:40 Hello, The Future! (keynote)
6:50-7:20 San Jose State University Dev Club
7:30-8:00 Bit Brigade! (performing Contra)
8:10-8:20 Make A Scene San Jose
8:30-9:00 Curious Quail
9:10-9:40 Cartoon Bar Fight
9:50-10:20 San Francesca
10:30-11:00 Good Hustle

rockage2.0 schedule SATURDAY 2/9 (noon-11pm)
Noon-2pm DJ Mr Smith
2:00-2:30 Cartoon Violence
2:40-3:10 punknews.org (panel)
3:30-4:10 Jean Baudin
4:20-5:00 indie game dev (panel)
5:10-5:40 Gnarboots
5:50-6:00 Silicon Valley Roller Girls (panel)
6:10-6:50 Slime Girls
7:00-7:40 Shinobu
7:50-8:40 Bit Brigade! (performing MegaMan 2)
8:50-9:30 crashfaster
9:40-11:00 Minibosses

rockage2.0 schedule SUNDAY 2/10 (noon-8pm)
Noon-12:30pm DJ Coco
12:30-12:50 Dr. Awkward
12:50-1:30 Mega Ran
1:40-2:10 Dog Party
2:20-3:20 Jazzybosses (jazzy minibosses)
3:30-4:00 Psycho Donuts (eating contest)
4:10-4:50 Urizen
5:00-5:20 TheMADE (panel)
5:20-5:50 chiptune 101 (panel)
6:00-6:10 Meerenai Shim
6:20-7:00 Matthew Joseph Payne
7:10-7:20 Prizes / Thanks
7:30-8:00 Bit Brigade! (performing Castlevania)