We're hosting the @fanexpovancouver.bsky.social pre-con party! Check out our Instagram or Facebook posts to find the hidden song clue! (Character limits sometimes y'all, big sorry) Swing by The Rec Room Granville on Friday the 13th at 8pm to make some noise and kick off your con weekend!

Join @vgmtogether.bsky.social for day 2 of their charity stream!

Our friends at @vgmtogether.bsky.social are hosting an amazing charity online show today and tomorrow! Go check it out and support a good cause!!

We ( @thetiberiansons.bsky.social ) quite literally *just* dropped this: thetiberiansons.bandcamp.com/album/fallou...

BALATROOOOOO pokerusproject.bandcamp.com/track/main-t...

How about one dropping five seconds ago? ropanuganti.bandcamp.com/album/save-y...

Happy Bandcamp Friday y'all! Got some VGM that recently dropped? Reply with the links, let the people know where to find it!

Do you know we have a Substack called the Bonus Stage Bulletin?! This month, we pay tribute to Josh, celebrate 8-Bit & The Single Player's new album, and even have a Bonus Stage Connections game! Subscribe for this monthly newsletter! substack.com/home/post/p-...

But if you cannot wait until February 27th, we will be at The Rec Room Granville on February 13th at 8PM PST as part of the kick off to Fan Expo Vancouver! Also, if you follow @bonusstagevan.bsky.social on Instagram, you can find a hint as to our next secret song!

Sound the alarms, Rockband Karaoke this Friday at The Rec Room Brentwood! Take some pictures, shake your butt, and sing your truth! Or just say it. Nothing wrong doing it the ordinary way, as long as you leave all the best and face the music like a champion! www.bonusstage.ca/rockband-kar...

Throwback to our first 3 show posters from 2015-2017.

One week til Rockband Karaoke at the Brentwood Rec Room! Free to play, bring your friends, make some noise, and have some laughs! In that order. Do not deviate from the order of operations. Rock and a Roll is not about chaos. (Disclaimer: Rock and a Roll may be about chaos.)

A special message from Josh.

#together ❤️

Last photos of Rock Band Karaoke from January 16th at The Rec Room Granville. But if you cannot wait till February, we will return to The Rec Room Brentwood on January 30th, 2026 at 7PM. And as always, follow @bonusstagevan.bsky.social to find a hint for the secret song, and your chance for prizes!

More photos from Rock Band Karaoke on January 16th, 2026 at The Rec Room Granville. We will return to Rec Room Granville on February 13th as part of the kickoff events for @fanexpovancouver.bsky.social

First Rock Band Karaoke of the year at The Rec Room Granville presented by @bonusstagevan.bsky.social Many new faces and voices came out to sing from the 1600+ songs we have available to play!

Dang, pour one out for Anthem. Servers finally shut down. Anyone else here play it at all?

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Come one come all, tonight is the night! Bask in the melodic meloditudes of your fellow rockers, and maketh the noise! Free karaoke event at Rec Room Granville tonight at 8! Sing the secret song based on the text from our previous post and win a prize!

Hey hey hey, we like watching puddles gather water and become bigger, but sometimes you just gotta have a hot drink with someone. Or....COME TO ROCKBAND KARAOKE, DRINK A COLD ONE, AND MAKE.SOME.NOISE! Why have a pretty plain life, when you can be a rock band with your peeps this Friday on Granville!

Getting the Rockband back together! Our 1st #RockbandKaraoke event is happening this Friday January 16 at The Rec Room on Granville St (Vancover.) Enjoy Freeplay Rockband 4 on a real stage! Join your friends and play one of our 1500+ songs! FREE EVENT!! #vancouver #yvr #BonusStage

That's our boi!!

We're getting back to it! New Year! New Cheer! New..rears? New...tears for fears...ear...beers, sure. Anyway. Rockband Karaoke is back on January 16th at the Granville Rec Room! www.facebook.com/share/1C75eD...

In #2025 i.. • Attended 11 IRL events! (Got to design a poster for @bonusstagevan.bsky.social 😎) • Finished 49+ Art Stickers! •👺 Reached Milestones, 200 Cryptids, 291+ Yokai (Almost reached 500!) Despite rough life stuff It was a fun year! Thank you all! • samkalensky.com • Patreon.com/samkalensky

Raise your hand if your Spotify wrapped is essentially all vgm this year. 🙋‍♂️

Something wicked this way comes: it's @dannybstyle.bsky.social to the Super MAGFest '26 stage! dannyBstyle is the live performance group of game composer Danny Baranowsky (Super Meat Boy, Binding of Isaac). They perform Danny’s compositions as a trio with guitar, bass, and Danny on electric drums!

Support Vancouver games!!

Still recovering from Bonus Stage Ultimate 🥴

Walked about 21,000 steps yesterday in the heart of Vancouver yesterday, then played a fun set with @thennecan.bsky.social at the Pearl. Thanks for an unforgettable night, @bonusstagevan.bsky.social ! Hope I'll get to come visit again someday.

Thank you so much everyone for attending Bonus Stage Ultimate! It was an amazing night, and we're so happy we got to share it with you! If you can, we're doing a post-show survey so we can improve on what we did for future events, and we'd be grateful for your feedback! forms.gle/jR6CPWP8ukJH...

All set at the pearl & totally hyped for @bonusstagevan.bsky.social here til 1!

Bonus Stage Ultimate is tonight! Here's the lineup of acts we've got for you, it's gonna be a packed evening of entertainment! See you all there! Get your tickets here! www.ticketweb.ca/event/bonus-...

Our final birthday message before BSU tomorrow! The last 10 years have been a roller coaster and we're so happy to keep doing what we're doing! Thank you so much everyone for all the support you've shown us over the years! See you at BSU tomorrow! www.ticketweb.ca/event/bonus-...

Awesome prizes for Name That Tune at #BonusStageUltimate

HOLY COW, tomorrow? Wild and wilder. Grab your tickets if you haven't already! @thepearlvancouver.bsky.social www.ticketweb.ca/event/bonus-...

A big thank you to our bronze sponsors; our favourite local game store @gamedeals.bsky.social and the wonderful local indie studio @sunsetvisitor.studio , creators of 1000xresist ! We couldn't host these events without support they send our way, so show them some love!

After #BonusStageUltimate, check out Vancouver Game Expo by @vangameconnect.ca! Games, artists, vendors, prizes, what more could you need?! And what's better, you could win tickets to the Expo by taking part in Bonus Stage Ultimate's Cosplay or Name That Tune Contests! It's a win-win!

Two days til Bonus Stage Ultimate! Don't miss out on the nerdiest party this side of the planet! www.ticketweb.ca/event/bonus-...

Thanks for the shout out to Nada Existe! Check out his music, it's a wonderful mix of psychedelic and vgm - solid vibes. Also, the biography on his main website changes every time you go to it, and it absolutely confounded me before I realized I wasn't losing my mind. 10/10 linktr.ee/nadaexiste

Nov 22nd coming up fast #Vancouver! Get tickets for the greatest video game variety show while you can! www.ticketweb.ca/event/bonus-...

Are you the type of person who likes to 100% all your games? Do you constantly think "Dang, I wish I had a side objective to go along with this." Well it's your lucky day - we'll handing out sidequests to keep you from ever finishing the main story! www.ticketweb.ca/event/bonus-...

An explosive thank you to B-Bombshell Salon for sponsoring Bonus Stage Ultimate! If you're on the hunt for a queer-owned salon that caters to people from every walk of life - you've found it! www.bbombshellsalon.com

4 more days til we rock out @thepearlvancouver.bsky.social !

A big thank you for a very sweet message from Multi-Memory Controller - check out their amazing chipmetal tracks on their page! linktr.ee/themmcproject

OF COURSE there is going to be a raffle. Who doesn't love entering a draw for a chance to win a bunch of nerdy prizes? We promise the raffle prizes won't just be a bunch of bombs, but they will be THE BOMB hahaha...ha....hoo...but yea, there's gonna be a raffle.

This is gonna be crazy, y'all!! 🔥

We wanna give a big thanks to @rednexusgames.bsky.social for being one of our silver sponsors! They are a local game studio that developed Peglin, Fowl Damage, and Friday Night Bullet Arena! Check out their games and show them some love! rednexus.games store.steampowered.com/developer/re...

One week!!

It's been one week since our two weeks until BSU post, which means it's time for a one week until BSU post. Time is flying by, so hurry up and slow down a little so you have time to buy a ticket to Bonus Stage Ultimate next week! www.ticketweb.ca/event/bonus-...