vgmtmonthly Newsletter - 24

Vol. 24

February 2026

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Announcements

Special vgmtogether Streaming Event

vgmtogether - Climbing Out Together

Join vgmtogether and an incredible lineup of performers to support a fundraiser for the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. This live event will stream on Sat Feb 7 – Sun Feb 8, 2026, and includes a roster of 18 performers and vgmt Staff all coming together to support this important goal.

We hope to see you there #together with us!

Add yourself to the vgmtogether collaboration directory!

The vgmtogether Directory is designed to be an easily- accessible tool to help you put together your next collaboration. This catalog gives you the chance to submit information about yourself and your musical interests to a centralized list of fellow artists who will be able to learn more about you while you learn about them!

Song Releases

Dec 30

Close to Good
Kind Lady
Close to Good’s arrangement of Kind Lady from DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix. Recorded at their favorite local studio, the Gradwell House in Haddon Heights, NJ (USA). Featuring Michelle Dreyband on vocals.
Song Link

Live Events

Jan 26

Stage Clear III in Review
Relive the highlights from Stage Clear III, which celebrated its largest show yet in it’s third year running at the music venue Milkboy in Center City, Philadelphia in late November. Hosted by Close to Good, the line up also included local such as DJ Cutman (founder of record label Game Chops), chiptune legend and guitarist nmlstyl, J-Fusion super group ZAKU, and guests Tee Lopes (Composer of Sonic Mania, TMNT Shredder’s Revenge) and Grammy-Award winning composer and performer Button
Masher.
Event Link
Stage Clear Philadelphia

Feb 21

Legendary: Celebrating 40 Years of Zelda
Ongaku Overdrive proudly presents a concert that will celebrate one of the most iconic video games franchises ever. Legendary celebrates the 40th anniversary of the original Legend of Zelda game. Experience a whole night of master performances of Zelda music from Ro Panuganti’s ProgXP, Lionmight, dj-Jo, and Jackson Parodi.
Event Link
Ongaku Overdrive

Mar 21

WMGSO Presents: The Gamer's Guide to the Orchestra
WMGSO is presenting a concert featuring our instrumentalists this spring! You’ll hear music from Myst, Genshin Impact, Shining Force II, and many MANY more in our next performance in Washington, DC.

Saturday March 21st at 6pm ET
Atlas Performing Arts Center

Ticketing page coming soon!
Event Link
Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra (WMGSO)

Virtual Events

Mar 06

The National Music in Games Society 2026 Virtual Summit
The National Music in Games Society 2026 Virtual summit, to be held March 6th-7th, will foster a space for both students and professionals to learn from and collaborate with each other. We will be hosting educational sessions including topics such as careers in video game music, explorations in academic study of VGM, how to incorporate video game music in K-12 ensembles and general music classrooms, starting video game music collegiate orchestras, and more – including Q&A with our panelists.
Event Link
National Music in Games Society

Podcasts

Jan 25

The Mix: December 2025
The holidays are behind us, but the music remains! We close off the year with tunes from Persona 5, Majora’s Mask, Castlevania, Mega Man X and plenty of Chrono Trigger! “TheFuture and Past” by Ronin Op F and Kev Ragone stands as our last album of the month for 2025.
Podcast Link
Mega Mixtape

Submit your news to vgmt monthly!

vgmt monthly is a newsletter that offers a centralized place for the VGM community to make announcements! The newsletter will be posted each month on vgmtogether’s social media and archived on our website. You’re free to print or share the newsletter once it is released, but please do not alter it in any way.

If you have multiple announcements, please fill out the form once for each one. You can submit multiple announcements each month, and in as many months as you would like!

The deadline for the following month is the 21st of the current month. For example, an event submitted on Jun 18 will be part of the Jul newsletter while an event submitted on Jun 22 will be part of the Aug newsletter. If you have any questions, reach out to Nujj on Discord (nujjjj) or Twitter/X (@kmelbone).

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