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Part two of Vehlinggo's coverage of the inaugural NEON RetroFest is up!

NEON RetroFest: The Live Show Editor’s note: This is the second part of a series covering the inaugural NEON RetroFest, which happened on the weekend of Aug. 24-26 in suburban Providence, Rhode Island. The first post focused on the meaning of NEON and my first-person reaction to being there. This one discusses the musical perf...

What an incredible weekend full of incredible people.

Vehlinggo recaps NEON RetroFest in part one of his article series on the event.

NEON RetroFest: A Family Reunion and a Homecoming – Vehlinggo How do you process something like the NEON retrofuturism festival that happened last weekend in Rhode Island? Something so all-encompassingly marvelous and important, filled with a community that makes and supports art and music that is so significant to me? Warm, loving people make up the synthwave...

2600s? Check.
Odyssey 2? Check.
Intellivision? Check.
Old woodgrain CRTs? Check.
5 minute limit sign? Nope.

NEON RetroFest is almost here people. Get those tickets to the future-past while you still can. It's going to be glorious.

NEON RetroFest 2018 is absolutely going to be full of a lot of old electronics, but if you need to unplug for a while and geek out, make sure to hit our Tabletop area and catch some old-school On Demand RPG and board gaming. You'll be glad you did.

Check 'em out here:
http://neonri.com/index…/features/analog-fun/games-on-demand

http://neonri.com/in…/features/analog-fun/boardgaming-lounge

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Need some tunes to get you through August? We have you covered with a mixtape featuring the artists hitting NEON RetroFest 2018 in just a few weeks!

Load it up, share it with your friends, and cruise through the rest of summer with hits from Robert Parker, Tonebox, Glitch Black, Dana Jean Phoenix, The Rain Within, Protector 101, Absolute Valentine, Waveshaper Official, Let Em Riot, Glass Apple Bonzai, Straplocked, Dreddd, Mecha Maiko, Future Holotape, Mellow Fields, Street Cleaner, Facexhugger, Rolly Mingwald, Neuron Spectre, and Bonggita!

Return to Paradise: NEON RetroFest Official Mixtape, a playlist by Grant Garvin on Spotify This is the official playlist for NEON RetroFest hitting Rhode Island, The Ocean State, August 24-26 2018. All of these artists will be appearing live at NEON, so enjoy the mix as you get ready for the synthiest party in the universe this summer. Prepare to return to paradise.

**It's the NEON Nightcall! Schedule is LIVE Now!** Get tickets before August 1st! - https://mailchi.mp/20ca92818cee/neon-schedule-is-live-now-get-tickets-before-august-1st

We have added a very special series of events to the schedule of NEON RetroFest 2018. Nothing embodies 1980's excess like fine spirits. 🥃🍾

Our Scotchmaster, Ben Peal, has traveled the globe in search of the finest Scotches and Bourbons, and will be educating interested 21+ NEON attendees on what makes them incredible with three exclusive vintage tasting seminars.

Check them out on our newly posted panel and seminar schedule below!

Tasting: The Six Whisky Regions of Scotland This event is 21+ only. ID will be checked at the door. Join us on a trip through the six whisky regions of Scotland! We'll sample one whisky each from the Highlands, Lowlands, Islay, Speyside,...

Tonight we spotlight the Rhode Island Computer Museum, who have been incredible supporters of NEON RetroFest 2018! They have provided ancient tech for numerous television shows like "Halt and Catch Fire", and you can learn more about their ongoing preservation efforts by visiting http://www.ricomputermuseum.org/

Meet them in person this August at NEON!