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Gaming! Esports! D&D! Excitement! Drama! BEANS!
Our stages at Insomnia Gaming Festival are back to entertain you all weekend long with a variety of game shows, panel talks, podcasts, cosplay shows and so much more! We have more announcements coming so keep an eye on this page and our social media to keep up to date!
It’s time we had the opportunity to wear the costumes we choose and have a platform that celebrates it! Costume and Play want to give you the opportunity to show off your costume skills, perform as your character and enjoy the community experience of costuming together.
– Saturday @ 4PM
Honouring and welcoming all ability levels of cosplay, this is a great place to get started in the cosplay world or simply show off your creation! The Community Masquerade will carry a series of categories the judges may choose to award you with.
– Friday @ 4PM
A Wee Chat is an anarchic chat show at Insomnia Gaming Festival featuring guests, new music, and agony “antlers” Rudy all set under the umbrella of Wee Global. Presented by Claire Lim
– Saturday @ 2PM
MiyukiPanda and her co-host Ash Valmont present “Panda’s Embarrassment” where two Embarrassments of pandas go head to head to decide who are the elite in a game show where they will test their knowledge of the gaming world with a fun little bonus at the end. Who will be victorious? Featuring guests:
Cadaea
BillieTrixx
BlitzyNation
Soul_Render
Nos_Love
Bayliun
– Friday @ 3PM
The Hot Seat
Featuring Dangthatsalongname, Seapeekay, Frankie, and Kirbz
– Friday @ 12:00PM
– Sunday @ 12:00PM
The Dark Room for Kids
– Saturday @ 12:30PM
Wi-Fi Wars is a live comedy game show where you play along! Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, quizzes and challenges to win the show, and prizes!
Hosted by comedian and regular videogames commentator Steve McNeil (Team Captain on Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit, host/regular on Challenge TV’s Videogame Nation)
– Friday @ 13:30PM
THE INSOMNIA JUST DANCE SHOWDOWN
Head to the Expo stage to take part in the Just Dance showdown! The best dancers will take part in the final Just Dance showdown on the Insomnia stage at the end of every day!
– Friday @ 2:30PM
– Saturday @ 4:30PM
– Sunday @ 2PM
Formerly Britical Role, our band of (brave?) adventurers are heading to #i69 to bring a live D&D show that you’ll never forget. Chaos is guaranteed, betrayal is a possibility and adventure is all but certain. Head to the Expo Stage at Insomnia to catch an unmissable experience and maybe even a big fluffy d20… You don’t need +3 intelligence to know you won’t want to miss this!
Featuring Josh Strife-Hayes, Rage Darling, BillieTrixx and Callum Upton
– Saturday @ 2PM
KING REGIS - THE MUSICAL
Discover how FINAL FANTASY XV actor Jon Campling taught himself GUITAR in a year AND accidentally became ambidextrous
CHAT/Q&A/SONGS tiktok/@joncampling
– Friday @ 1PM
“The Ultimate UKSM Speedrun Relay Race
It’s time for a speedrun showdown! Two teams of the UK’s best speedrunners are going head to head in a game of Zool to see which one can finish the fastest! Who will win, the Ninjas or the Gremlins!?
– Sunday @ 3PM
