Atlanta Wrestling Entertainment

Founded in 2014, Atlanta Wrestling Entertainment has grown into the wildest night in Atlanta nightlife. Featuring monthly events, an online community, and philanthropic projects, AWE is the greatest entertainment community in the South.

Live wrestling matches will be hosted in the evenings:
Friday 6/20 @ Time TBD
Saturday 6/21 @ Time TDB

1UP Comedy

Producing Atlanta’s best comedy shows at alternative venues throughout the city since 2012, 1UP Comedy is happy to bring the laughs to the Southern-Fried Gaming Expo with 2 1-hour stand-up sets featuring some of the city’s best comedians.

This event is intended for mature audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.

Seersha’s 80s Ladies Forever

Another all-male tribute act rehashing the same 80s hits? Not this time. 80s Ladies Forever honors the women who truly defined the decade. Madonna’s constant reinvention. Cyndi Lauper’s fearlessness. The electronic edge of Annie Lennox. The power ballads of Laura Branigan. The raw energy of The Bangles. These fierce female artists made hits while rewriting the rules.

80s Ladies Forever celebrates that legacy with a full-throttle production featuring Seersha’s powerhouse vocals, dancers with choreographed moments, and a synced video experience that brings the visual spectacle of the MTV era to life.

With songs spanning the decade’s greatest female artists, this is an interactive dance party designed to get audiences on their feet and feeling the electricity of one of music’s greatest eras.

Neon Warlords

Soaring vocals, shredding guitars, songs of hope against the backdrop of a neon-noir dystopia. We are the band you wanted to be in when you were 10 years old 🤘
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Ryan – Vocals
Chris – Instruments

Watch Out For Snakes

Watch Out For Snakes is 8-bit chipwave from Atlanta geek Matt Baum. Layering old school Nintendo chip sounds, WOFS creates darkly energetic tracks that pay homage to retro video games and 80s films without taking things too seriously.

With a high-energy, keytar-fueled stage show rooted in a hardcore/punk upbringing, WOFS has won over fans to the chipwave camp, making regular appearances at landmark video game music and synth events such as MAGFest, BitGen Gamer Fest, NEON Retrofest, VGM Con, and touring extensively, performing alongside acts such as The Protomen, Com Truise, Makeup and Vanity Set, The Megas, Master Sword, Arcade High, Street Cleaner, and Tim Capello.

In 2018, WOFS debuted his unique blend of chiptune and synthwave with Immersive Atlanta writing that “Baum’s 8-bit hooks still carry that underlying feeling of panic that comes from losing again and again at whatever side-scroller seemed impossible as a kid.”

In 2022, WOFS released his third full-length DIS[INTEGRATE] with the single “Fight Those Invisible Ninjas,” characterized by EDM.com as “an exciting car chase through a cyberpunk city viewed from an analog TV.”

https://watchoutforsnakestheband.bandcamp.com

Y’ALL’RE

Y’ALL’RE is a punk band from Cleveland County, NC, composed of Kim Ware (drums, backing vocals), Mark Nanna (bass), Jason Lineberger (lead guitar), and Galaxy Lineberger (lead vocals, rhythm guitar). The group got their start in September 2022, when father-daughter duo Jason and Galaxy recruited sweethearts Kim and Mark to join forces for a local punk showcase. Small-town beginnings, a deep love of alternative music, and a desire to make it with the people they love most have evolved Y’ALL’RE into the band it is today. Their debut EP, First Edition, has disrupted the local scene since 2024, featuring overarching themes of southern ghosts, tabletop gaming, and feminism.

Eureka Failure

Eureka Failure was an indie rock band based in Atlanta GA. 2013-2023. After a year hiatus, they have regrouped.

Hyperspace

What do the Goonies, Chewbacca, and Star Trek’s The Borg all have in common? They’re all nerdy pop punk songs released by the Atlanta based band, Hyperspace!

Hyperspace is comprised of vocalist/guitarist Jason Kochis, drummer Ryan Paul, and bassist Kayvan Sarikhani who have been rocking out the southeast corner of the U.S. for a little over a decade.

The geeky rock trio has performed at large and small venues alike, specifically ATL’s Star Bar, Criminal Records, multigenre convention DragonCon, and even embarked on a tour through Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida.

In addition to live performances, Hyperspace has released 4 studio albums. Most recently, they celebrated their long-standing musical career with a remixed and remastered compilation album of their favorites, Retrograde.

Mark “Keytar Lightning” Warren

Mark Warren is like no other performer in Atlanta! His blend of DJing, original synth pop tunes, and gnarly keytar shredding put him miles ahead of your average musician. Mark pulls influences from his time living in tech heavy Japan, indie friendly Athens and hip hop laden Atlanta. Each place leaving a lasting imprint. Warren has a heavy dose of experimentation in his repertoire from his time spent at DIY spaces like Eyedrum and The Bakery here in Atlanta as well.

Ocifer

Ociffer is a new-wave-inspired band formed in 2017 by Danny Barclay, a graphic designer and musician based in Carrollton, GA. Initially a one-man studio project, Ociffer has grown to include Devin Barclay, Brandon Quigg, Matt Smith, and Donny Smith in the live line-up.

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Tricil

Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, Tricil has been an established music artist since 1998, creating and producing some of the most remarkable electronica music around. After learning Nirvana riffs from an early age his love of music developed, as did his ability. Collaborating with some of today’s greatest producers and artists, Tricil has established himself as one to watch.

LGHTRS

LIGHTRS are a relatively new band, but are made up of veterans of the Atlanta scene who are focused on heavy guitars, lush synths, and a funky rhythm section, like a grittier version of 80s bands like Duran Duran or Roxy Music, LIGHTRS have been described as disco-rock, and goth adjacent because they focus on danceable rhythms.

R_Garcia

Randy Garcia is a multidisciplinary artist, producer, performer, and maker. A life-long creative with a background in digital music, art, and design, Garcia’s work centers around exploration and cross-pollination — often eschewing genre and convention in favor of playful re-interpretation and joyful discomfort

David Crane

Garry Kitchen

Ted DiBiase