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Boston Bitdown returns March 5th - 8th, 2026!
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Do you trust us? These Boston Bitdown 2 announcements are about to crash Game Boys. 4 day early bird passes are available now! Head to bostonbitdown to grab yours NOW! More to be announceddddd
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We still have more announcements but Early Bird ticket pricing ends TONIGHT 1/15 at 11:59 PM! More details at bostonbitdown.com
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January 16, 2026 at 3:57 AM
A mid day reminder about our early bird tickets at Boston Bitdown
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We really want you to join us at Boston Bitdown but Early Bird pricing for all Four Days ends tomorrow Jan 15th 11:59 PM. This is your last chance for the best pricing for all 4 days to rock out to Chiptunes, VGM, and Nerdcore! New prices after that. tix @ bostonbitdown.com
#Chiptune #Chiptunes #VGM
January 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
We really want you to join us at Boston Bitdown but Early Bird pricing for all Four Days ends tomorrow Jan 15th 11:59 PM. This is your last chance for the best pricing for all 4 days to rock out to Chiptunes, VGM, and Nerdcore! New prices after that. tix @ bostonbitdown.com
#Chiptune #Chiptunes #VGM
January 15, 2026 at 3:06 AM
The boys are back in town. Please welcome back to the Bitdown lineup, (T-T)b. On their 2025 LP, Beautiful Extension Cord, the band honed their unconventional approach to plush, NES-laden indie rock. Catch them this March at Boston Bitdown!
January 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
No AIs were used/harmed in the making of this post. You’re gonna want to jack-in for this one… Our resident M8 whiz, Disposable Planet is coming to Boston Bitdown! He's about to serve the 8-bit kinetic force one could only find in the Matrix. 2 months until Bitdown!
January 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Please welcome the exceptional P.H.0 to Boston Bitdown! This New York silkpunk quartet (lead by the Chinese erhu) is reshaping the sound of cyberpunk. Catch P.H.0 crush Friday night’s cyberpunk showcase. You have 2 more weeks of early bird pricing, get your Bitdown tix now at bostonbitdown.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
This sonic squad harnesses the power of all 7 Chaos Emeralds: Mobius Trip is coming to Boston Bitdown! They’re one of Boston’s prized VGM bands and they’re strictly Sonic. "Escape From The City" doesn’t even scratch the surface. Shadow will be proud. Boston Bitdown tix on sale!
December 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Pizza isn’t a phase, it’s a lifestyle. Sam Mulligan's returning to Boston Bitdown! He’s been teasing his chiptune pizza album for so long, he puts George R.R. Martin to shame. We can smell the melted cheese and caramelized crust. Will Sam debut his pizza masterpiece this Bitdown?
December 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Please welcome gulfwargameboy to Boston Bitdown! Like his namesake, he survives and thrives through devastation. We kinda think the melted outer shell adds character. Actually, we think it’s punk as !@#$. He’s our yellowed rose of Texas, and he’s coming to Boston to crush it!
December 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Legacy Act Alert: Please welcome to the Boston Bitdown lineup, Los Microwaves; David Javelosa’s synth new wave brain child, leading digital fusion since 1978! When Los Microwaves play, they call upon the chiptune ancestors and conjure the 80’s new wave spirit.
Tix on sale now!
December 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Happy Holidays Bitdowners! This legend has some stake in many of our childhoods: We are so proud to announce to the Boston Bitdown lineup: Mega Drive Rex (David Javelosa), SEGA of America audio director, composer, and sound designer! Tix on sale now!
December 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Closing out Lonely Ghost Records week, your local boys from Boston, five friends ready to get down with the Bitdown, and fresh off a nomination for best dance music at the Boston Music Awards - Folks, we got Battlemode coming back!
BostonBitdown.com for earlybird tickets!
December 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Boston Bitdown and ALSO to the Lonely Ghost families, Mystery Dungeons! This Philly chiptune emo trio has a history slaying stages and stealing hearts. It’s no wonder America’s favorite chiptune label scooped them up and shipped them down to Boston Bitdown.
December 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Last year, Ultra Deluxe helped define Boston Bitdown. Audiences LOST THEIR SHIT as Ultra Deluxe earned their adoration with a kickass digital fusion set, bubble gun, & a parachute… so we invited them back. Please welcome back Lonely Ghost’s Records hottest Marxist princess.
December 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Lonely Ghost Records and Boston Bitdown present: Analogue Heart. He’s known to fry modems and overload circuit boards. Mixing emo, post-hardcore, and synth funk Analogue Heart will have you dance and mosh your way back to your parents computer room in 2003.
Get your earlybird tix @ bostonbitdown.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Babe wake up, it’s Lonely Ghost Records week at Boston Bitdown! They join the legacy of 8BitPeoples & DESKPOP as a label that features chiptune artists. And so we present The Lonely Ghost Stage: a Friday afternoon block of Lonely Ghost chiptune artists we're announcing this week!
December 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Ever been in a chiptune bloodbath? It’s a Game Boy, DS-10, and a lot of screaming. Please welcome +LET’S DISINFECT!+ to Boston Bitdown! We seek to bring light to all expressions of chiptune - and Chiptune Horror Punk is the perfect genre to showcase here. Buckle up!
Earlybird tix @ bostonbitdown.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Boston better be ready, cuz here comes LEX the Lexicon Artist! Backed by a full band they're hitting you with lyrics that will have you rolling! How can you classify this erudite, sagacious hiphop eccentric? Just call them LEX Early Bird Tickets on Sale at BostonBitdown.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Last year, Nullsleep’s performance digitized Boston Bitdown audiences until we were seeing binary for days (00000000 - 0x00 if you’re nasty)! With 25 years of mastery, this dude has been Bitdowning before Bitdown! It’s no wonder he gets the Bitdown star treatment. More stars TBA!
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What are you doing in his swamp?! Shrek enthusiasts unite. It’s Optimus Chad!

Optimus Chads are like onions. They both have layers!. Shouty on the outside, adorable on the inside: all to the backing track of chiptunes.

That’ll do donkey, that’ll do. 4 Day passes on sale now!
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Please welcome Petrifom to the Boston Bitdown Lineup. It’s Daft Punk’s NES dream baby: 100% chiptune & 100% vocoder. A true Gameboy aria. So keep on keeping on Boston, because in just a few beep boops, spring will be blooming & Boston Bitdown will be here!
Earlybird pass on sale @ Bostonbitdown.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Making kick-ass music on non-traditional instruments? Where have we heard that before? Chiptunes repurposes unconventional appliances for making music and in turn, please welcome The Boston Typewriter Orchestra to the Boston Bitdown lineup!
4 Day Early Bird Passes on sale now!
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If it's labeled as a “Nerdcore” festival, and Mega Ran isn’t there, is it really a nerdcore fest? Please welcome rapper, educator, wrestling fan, dad, and checks notes GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATED ARTIST, Mega Ran to the Boston Bitdown lineup. 4 Day Bitdown Tix on sale NOW at bostonbitdown.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Time we reveal a hometown hero: This Bliss!
This indie-electronic power duo surrounds themselves in the sounds of synths and co-organize Boston's hottest Synth focused art gallery: New Alliance Gallery. Move over Moog, Give synth a chance.
4 day early bird passes on sale now @ bostonbitdown.com !
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Please welcome MC Lars to the Bitdown lineup!
This lit-hop legend has sailed the seas with captain Ahab, escaped the vengeance of Montressor, and even speaks Cthuvian. Now he takes the stage to tell us a tale.
Read a book. Listen to Lars. Come to Bitdown.
Earlybird tix on sale @ bostonbitdown.com !⏰
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM