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!

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

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!

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?

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!

SEEGGGAAA 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!

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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!

There's going to be a listening party today at 7 PM EST, too! It'll be held here: twitch.tv/geekbeatradio

The new ChipT4T charity album just came out! Check it out here! chipt4t.bandcamp.com/album/celest...

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!

Also featured is Celestial Circuit, a charity compilation album by ChipT4T, a release party hosted by our very own @donutshoes.bsky.social is happening TONIGHT over on the @geekbeatradio.bsky.social twitch channel! More info here: bsky.app/profile/aubr...

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

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!

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

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 !

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 !⏰

TODAY IS THE DAY FOR LISTENING Album goes live at 7:30pm EST folks Come party in the live stream on Youtube with @geekbeatradio.bsky.social !! Link in the quoted post! #chiptune #musiciansky #musicsky PREORDER: bitcrushed.bandcamp.com/album/chip-f...

The myth of Bubblegum Octopus grows! Hailing from the fabled lands of New Jersey, this OG Chiptuning jazzy cat will growl, purr, and hit you with lightning fast spazz pop and wear a cute dress in Boston while doing it in a can't miss show! Early bird tix available at bostonbitdown.com

This announcement is a love letter to the OGs. Please welcome Wisconsin's Panda Star to the Boston Bitdown lineup!! Doing this since 2009, he’s seen it all! From LSDJ to FL Studios to M8. Nothing is gonna knock this dude off-kilter. Wanna see chiptune in its truest form? Tickets at bostonbitdown.com

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The Baron will see you now. Don’t keep him waiting… Traveling through space & time to bring Boston the chiptune of 20XX, join Dr. Wilde, Billy Lightning, Commander Robert Bruce Murphy,& The Baron as they ride the waves of their newest album, FUTUREPROOF, right to Boston Bitdown 2026!

Halloween eve and we have an announcement, but on who, it's a mystery. You've heard her bleepbloops coming from the shadows. There's lore about the legendary chiptune empire she built but it would be impossible to feel her greatest glitches, unless: Please welcome Muzak Efron to Boston Bitdown!

Hot Ziggity! It’s Gosh Diggity! Chicago’s chiptune astronauts traveling to Boston via rocketship! This midwest kitchen techno trio is chiptune’s gift to the world. Listen to Gosh Diggity’s summer LP, “Good Luck! Have Fun” and buy your early bird 4 day passes to BOSTON BITDOWN 2!

Are we gonna have some PROBLEMS here? Yes we are. Please welcome PROBLEMS to the Boston Bitdown lineup! This Chicago electronic shaman enchants electronic shapes & mesmerizes with light patterns of the Ableton Push. We're locked in with PROBLEMS…Earlybird 4day passes on sale NOW! bostonbitdown.com

Ready for a night ride? Let Snakes take the wheel. This 8-bit synthwave warlock brings out the sexy, brooding, neon to your heart. This Atlanta boy is slithering up to Boston Bitdown equipped with his ruby keytar & jean jacket. Sit back and let the smokey synth take over.

Chiptune will always be our #1, but we need more: we need nerdcore! Let’s break the mold with Shubzilla x Bill Beats! Straight outta Seattle + powered by NOIR GRIME, Shubzilla x Bill Beats crash into Boston Bitdown like a pixelated tidal wave with 8-bit fury with 16-bar precision

Making one last stop delivering their 2nd EP tour, Goof Goblin: Enter the Pizza Verse, these queer, trans, rage-filled Brooklyn Game Girlies are coming to Boston Bitdown to stir carnage and look hot! They're punk, nu-metal, and most importantly #CHIPTUNE! Get hype for GOOF GOBLIN! #BostonBitdown

Let’s get this Boston Bitdown 2 lineup started. It’s Boy Without Batteries! From the depths of the Florida swamp, Boy Without Batteries is back and he's bringing the heat with him. Armed with a .45 caliber Gameboy, this Florida man knows how to rip a chip AND wrestle a gator! #BostonBItdown #LSDJ

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Some quick shots from Boston Bitdown (because of course if there's a ladder, I'm climbing it to get crowd shots) featuring here @saoirsedream.com, two shots of Math the Band and Trash80 #BostonBitdown #Chiptune #Chiptunes #Boston #LiveMusic

Have some more. You got our stream tech up and dancing. He was super impressed

Well I am full on firing flash in your eyes but you took it like a champ

Some more shots from Boston Bitdown @ultradeluxe.bsky.social @grazcore.com @donutshoes.bsky.social @nullsleep.bsky.social @geekbeatradio.bsky.social @battlemode.bsky.social #Chiptune #Chiptunes #LSDJ #famitracker #VGMusic #VGM #BostonBitdown

"Boston Bitdown was the much needed reminder that you’re allowed to do literally anything in art. There’s no age limit, no expectations you have to meet, no phenotype you have to align with. ...Bitdown was a breath of fresh air." -- <3 @humpdaynews.bsky.social ⚡ www.humpday.news/music/live-r...

If It's Too Loud hit the opening night of Boston Bitdown last week at Warehouse XI and The Jungle Community Music Club, catching sets from Battlemode, Math the Band, and more. ⚡ www.ifitstooloud.com/2025/03/live... @ifitstooloud.com @battlemode.bsky.social @geekbeatradio.bsky.social

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Tune in to @wbur.org at 7:45 and 9:45am ET to hear a radio feature on this week’s Boston Bitdown chiptune festival, with interviews with Battlemode and geekbeatradio. ⚡ www.wbur.org @battlemode.bsky.social @geekbeatradio.bsky.social

Shoutout to The Boston Globe for this awesome feature on Boston Bitdown, with interviews with Battlemode, geekbeatradio, Minusworld, AmateurLSDJ++. The chiptune + digital fusion festival kicks off Thursday. ⚡ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/04/a... @battlemode.bsky.social @geekbeatradio.bsky.social

Shoutout to the Globe for the Boston Bitdown plug in Sound Check column -- "Game on, chiptune fans. ...the fest will showcase chiptune artists from across the country at new venues every day..." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/27/a... @bostonglobe.com @battlemode.bsky.social @geekbeatradio.bsky.social

LINK w/BostonBitdown fest info! Thanks @boston.com!!! www.boston.com/things-to-do...

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

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!