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MEGGAXP 2026

Michigan’s Entertainment, Gaming, Geek and Arts Experience is BACK for MeggaXP 2026!!! After a 6 year hiatus, we brought MeggaXP back in 2025 for our 10 year anniversary, and we are running it back again for 2026!!!

What is MeggaXP?
MeggaXP is a celebration of all things entertainment, gaming, geek and arts! It’s like a “comic-con” of sorts, except we offer WAY more to do than most cons. We are a completely different EXPERIENCE – hence the name.

What can I do at MeggaXP?
You can do all kinds of things. For starters, there is a vendor room with over 50 vendors setup selling you anything and everything from the world of pop culture. Original art, books, collectibles, toys, models, jewelry, movies, posters, you name it – if it’s pop culture related, it’s there! On top of that, we have huge gaming rooms filled with tons of free to play video games, board games, card games, and more! We also have a cosplay contest at 3pm, and tons of live action game shows going throughout the day! Our event schedule will be posted as time goes on, but know that in the past we have done things like Name That Tune, Geekly Feud, Jeopardy, Star Wars Trivia, Surviving the Line, A Room Divided, and tons more! The best part? ALL of the experiences during the regular show hours are included for ONE PRICE!

How much does it cost to attend MeggaXP?
This event is designed to be affordable for everyone! Adult tickets are $15, high school students are $10, and middle school and younger kids are $5. Military past and present get in free as well! There are also VIP tickets available (extremely limited) that gives you a ton of features and swag, pricing to be announced soon for those!

Where can I get tickets?
Tickets will go on sale on Thursday, April 16th, at 8:00 AM!

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Blood Bash 2026

Jackson’s ONLY Horror Film Festival and Convention is BACK for 2026!
MeggaXP is bringing back BLOOD BASH for it’s 9th annual celebration of all things horror and gore! If you’ve never been to Blood Bash, you’re in for a real treat! Here’s everything that’s happening this year:

INTERNATIONAL HORROR FILM FESTIVAL –
We get on average 2000+ horror shorts submitted to our festival, and our judges narrow it down to the top 42 movies that will play over two days.
Friday Night will be a Film Festival BONUS NIGHT where you can watch the semi-finalist movies play (along with a couple of exclusive trivia events), and Saturday you will see the top 20 movies compete for “Best In Show,” “Favorite Male” and “Favorite Female” performances.

VENDOR ROOM – Our vendor room is FILLED with over 60 tables of dealers selling things like art, collectibles, posters, movies, books, and more! Plus this year we will once again have our ATRIUM OF AGONY area that will once again be filled with even MORE vendors for you to shop!

COSPLAY CONTEST – Like to dress up? We are going to be having our annual cosplay contest where men and women both compete for the best cosplay! Anything from clowns to vampires to zombies and more are eligibile, and you never know what’s going to walk through those cosplay room doors!

SCREAM QUEEN CONTEST – Think you have the loudest lungs of them all? Prove it in our annual Scream Queen contest! This is many people’s favorite event of the weekend, and it’s sure to be a scream!

GAME ROOM – We have an entire ballroom filled with games to play, that are all horror themed. From horror themed video games and tabletop games to unique, one of a kind carnival game experiences. Play games, win tickets toward our GRAND PRIZE RAFFLES at the end of the day!

TRIVIA CONTESTS AND LIVE ACTION GAME SHOWS – Only at Blood Bash can you participate in some of the most unique trivia contests and live action game shows! This year we are cooking up all new editions of some of your favorite games from the past as well as bringing in some new games to play for the very first time.

HALL OF HORRORS EXHIBIT – Take a walk down memory lane, visiting every “Best In Show”, “Favorite Male” and “Favorite Female” winning movie from every year at Blood Bash in our HALL OF HORRORS. Literally a long hallway filled with TVs showing all of the movies from year past!

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Events for the Week Sept 29th-Oct 5th 2025

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Events for the Week Aug 18th-24th 2025

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Bit Brigade performs “Super Mario World” + “F-Zero” LIVE at Sanctuary Detroit

Bit Brigade performs rock covers of full NES game soundtracks as their gamer speed runs the game live on stage.

Performing Super Mario World and F-Zero

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Bit Brigade performs “Super Mario World” + “F-Zero” LIVE at the Pyramid Scheme

Bit Brigade performs rock covers of full NES game soundtracks as their gamer speed runs the game live on stage.

Performing Super Mario World and F-Zero

Grand Rapids Own VGM Rock Band Playing With Power will open.

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MEGGAXP X (10th Anniversary Edition)

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Ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased to announce that after a 6 year hiatus, we are bringing the ORIGINAL convention, MeggaXP, back to the city of Jackson, Michigan on Saturday, August 23rd, 2025!!!
A lot has changed since MeggaXP V (2019), but we simply could not let our 10 year anniversary go away without bringing the band back together for (at least) one more go!!

What is MeggaXP?
MeggaXP stands for Michigan’s Entertainment, Gaming, Geek and Arts Experience! It is like a “comic-con” but instead of being centered around comics, it focuses on all different aspects of pop culture and geekdom!

What can I do at MeggaXP?
Well, it’s really more about what you won’t be doing. Unlike a lot of events that are just a vendor room, we have a LOT of different things to do. For starters, the bread and butter of any convention IS our vendor room. We will have 60 tables of artists and vendors selling anything from original artwork to posters to video games to comics to Pokemon cards and more! You really don’t know what you’ll find in there! Then, we have a GAMING ROOM that is FILLED with tables for tabletop gaming (RPG, card games, board games etc), as well as lined with vintage video games, modern video games, arcade games, air hockey, foosball and more! If that’s not enough, we will have an auditorium where you can watch the cosplay contest, participate in live action game shows, attend panels, and more! We will also have a Kid’s Con room where you can drop off your littles for a bit while you go sit in on an RPG session or a panel or whatever you want! We will have a few more suprises announced too, so stay tuned!

What does it cost to attend MeggaXP X?
We always have and always will put family first, which is why MeggaXP is quite affordable to the average American family. For starters – REALLY little kids (3 and under) are FREE. Middle school kids and younger are just $5, high schoolers (must have student ID) are $10, and adults are $15 for regular tickets. There are also what are known as MeggaPasses, which will run you $10 for younger kids, $20 for high schoolers, or $25 for adults! Finally, we have the coveted VIP Passes (limited number) where you get a Custom Printed VIP Badge, MeggaXP Swag Bag filled with MXPX Sticker, Magnet, Shirt, and more stuff from our sponsors, Voter’s Card for the Cosplay Contest, Unlimited Pop Drink Refills, and more! Those tickets are $60 each.

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Events for the Week Feb 3rd-9th 2025

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Blood Bash 2025

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Blood Bash is coming back for our 8th iteration of our international horror film festival and convention on Friday, February 7th (Film Festival Bonus Night) and Saturday, February 8th (MAIN convention day) in 2025!!!!
What is Blood Bash?? Well, it’s a celebration of horror like you’ve never experienced before!!! Here are just SOME of the highlights of the show:
VENDOR ROOM – The true bread and butter of any convention, our Vendor Room is chock-full of over 50 tables of horror vendors selling anything from movie posters to fake heads to taxidermized real ducklings that are dressed up as Beetlejuice…yes…it was a thing.
FILM FESTIVAL – If the bread and butter of this festival is the vendor room, then the steak and eggs is the FILM FESTIVAL portion of this show. Each year we get over a THOUSAND entries into our festival, and we narrow it down to an elite 42-50 movies each year. Those movies (all shorts) will play during the weekend, with the semi-finalists playing on Friday night, and the Finalists playing on Saturday. These films are trying to win “Best In Show,” “Favorite Actor,” and “Favorite Actress” awards, voted on our Blood Bash judging panel and our VIP ticket purchasers!
COSPLAY CONTEST – Guys and gals alike can dress in their Saturday best and participate in our cosplay contest! Winners receive a trophy, a champion’s badge, some swag, and a place on the MeggaXP Wall of Fame!!!!
SCREAM QUEEN CONTEST – Our favorite event of the weekend – – guys and gals can both give it their best scream to try and take home top prize during our scream queen contest! But don’t blow it all on the first try, at Blood Bash, the top THREE screamers have to scream AGAIN in the finals! Can anyone dethrone BACK TO BACK champion Bethany M????
LIVE ACTION HORROR GAME SHOWS – Whether it’s Family Feud, Jeopardy, Horror Trivia Live, or any other show we come up with – audiences can participate or watch a variety of horror themed game shows!
HORROR THEMED CARNIVAL GAMES AND VIDEO GAMES – Take your turn tossing severed baby heads into a clown named Bilbi’s mouth. Toss some rings over bottles filled with blood. Throw darts or shoot nerf guns at horror icons. There are a lot of carnival games to be had at the Bash, and the best part – THEY’RE ALL FREE!!! Oh, and there are also horror themed video game challenges as well!!!
ADULT DRINK SPECIALS WITH A HORROR TWIST – – – The bar is open and we serve our usual horror themed cocktails – the Bruce Juice, the Monkey Shines Cocktail, etc.
BLOOD BASH AFTER-DARK FEATURING TATTERED & TORN (DETROIT’S SLIPKNOT TRIBUTE BAND) LIVE IN CONCERT – The return of the Blood Bash after-party is at hand and it is FULLY loaded with awesome stuff to do, but most importantly, you can see Tattered & Torn in concert, as they are one of the best Slipknot tribute bands you’ll ever see! This event will run from 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM!
MORE SURPRISES – BB24 was our biggest and best show yet, and because of that, we are more than likely going to add in a few extra surprises!

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Playing with Power at JAFAX 2024

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I sat down with Mark, leader of Playing with Power. Playing with Power is a VGM band based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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