North America’s European-style larp festival returns on August 14 - 16, 2026 in Minneapolis. Make a Scene is the only stand-alone festival this side of the Atlantic that premieres brand new larps organized around a bespoke theme. www.makeascenemn.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/makeascenemn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/makeascenemn.bsky.social/post/3mlqrrn6yku2gCan I TRAINS to the festival? Tickets from Chicago to Minneapolis via Amtrak are $100-150 round trip, plus an hour of bus travel to get to our venue from the train station. Based on train schedules you’d probably want to arrive Thursday night and depart Sunday afternoon.13 May 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:swgtyfhgitxdknvmpk7obpu2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqrrn6yku2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/makeascenemn.bsky.social/post/3mllr2dyjzm2nLaura Wood (they/them), whose scenario A Room Full of Voices will be premiering at Make a Scene 2026, is a British larper and larp designer. They are an organizer at Larps on Location.11 May 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:swgtyfhgitxdknvmpk7obpu2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllr2dyjzm2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/makeascenemn.bsky.social/post/3mljad6jhbx2gA Room Full of Voices by Laura Wood is about a community choir ending and how characters mourn and grow from that loss. It's also about moving from isolation to interdependence and is designed to end on a note of realistic hope. It involves singing (no musical ability required).10 May 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:swgtyfhgitxdknvmpk7obpu2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljad6jhbx2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/makeascenemn.bsky.social/post/3mlgpxdf75m22Tony McGinn, whose larp scenario My Immortal: A Fanfic Adventure is premiering at Make a Scene 2026, is a 37-year-old biologist-turned-writer, living and working in sunny CA. He is happily married with two dogs, one son, and an Iron Man tattoo.09 May 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:swgtyfhgitxdknvmpk7obpu2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgpxdf75m22https://bsky.app/profile/makeascenemn.bsky.social/post/3mle7jhaqhi2wMy Immortal: A Fanfic Adventure by Tony McGinn It's the early 2000s, and at Woodrow High, several outcasts have found comfort writing angsty vampire fanfics with self-insert OCs. All of them were recently contacted by a mysterious figure who claims to have the ability to bring their work to life!08 May 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:swgtyfhgitxdknvmpk7obpu2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mle7jhaqhi2whttps://bsky.app/profile/makeascenemn.bsky.social/post/3ml6vwfc27b2b06 May 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:swgtyfhgitxdknvmpk7obpu2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6vwfc27b2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/makeascenemn.bsky.social/post/3mkv4plwmsg2mSeraphina Garcia Ramirez @seraphimseraphina.bsky.social, whose larp scenario Battery Low will be premiering at Make a Scene 2026, is a writer, developmental editor, and lover of games. She started playing Pathfinder and D&D in high school, before discovering the magic of indie game design.02 May 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:swgtyfhgitxdknvmpk7obpu2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv4plwmsg2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/makeascenemn.bsky.social/post/3mksmcbdu3l22In Battery Low by Seraphina Garcia Ramirez @seraphimseraphina.bsky.social, you’re labor androids, escaped from a corpo factory and holed up in an abandoned warehouse. Without the proprietary batteries that fuel you, there’s only an hour left 'til battery runs out.01 May 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:swgtyfhgitxdknvmpk7obpu2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksmcbdu3l22https://bsky.app/profile/makeascenemn.bsky.social/post/3mknlfhmdyn2rSliding Scale pricing. The accessibility of our festival is important to us, and we’re proud to continue to offer this event on a sliding scale. Those in need are covered by those able to give generously. Register at: makeascenemn.org/en/register/29 Apr 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:swgtyfhgitxdknvmpk7obpu2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknlfhmdyn2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/makeascenemn.bsky.social/post/3mkikdbjesm2rEvan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social, whose scenario The Intergalactic Autogyro EXPERIENCE will be premiering at Make a Scene, is a professor of German and Film & Media who began doing larp theory and design in 2010. He co-founded the Analog Game Studies journal and the Golden Cobra Challenge.27 Apr 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:swgtyfhgitxdknvmpk7obpu2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkikdbjesm2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/makeascenemn.bsky.social/post/3mkfzsr5puy2nThe Intergalactic Autogyro EXPERIENCE by Evan Torner is a dance-rave chase sequence trip into outer space, like nothing you've ever felt before. Step into the galaxy's most 1990s music video ever. Learn more about this larp scenario premiering at Make a Scene: https://makeascenemn.org/en/premier-scenarios/26 Apr 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:swgtyfhgitxdknvmpk7obpu2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfzsr5puy2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/makeascenemn.bsky.social/post/3mkfziu77gs2dA food-included sliding-scale scenario festival for North America that premieres new larps written for a bespoke theme. We are grant funded by the MN Clean Water Legacy Amendment. The year we don't win another back to back grant the festival would have to scale way back. Anyway, tickets on sale! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:swgtyfhgitxdknvmpk7obpu2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfziu77gs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/makeascenemn.bsky.social/post/3mkdjg6d4wr2nElise Catibog, whose larp scenario Until the End of Time is premiering at Make a Scene 2026, is a Toronto based mixed race creator with a deep love for larp. They are new to the art of writing, but seek to create thoughtful, immersive games that give people space to explore emotionally.25 Apr 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:swgtyfhgitxdknvmpk7obpu2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdjg6d4wr2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/makeascenemn.bsky.social/post/3mkaywxeykk2wUntil the End of Time by Elise Catibog When the spaceship "Defiance" becomes adrift in space with no way of communicating with mission control back home, the crew must ask themselves how far they're willing to go to survive in a ship that's actively falling apart. https://makeascenemn.org/en/premier-scenarios/24 Apr 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:swgtyfhgitxdknvmpk7obpu2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaywxeykk2w