A travel vlogger's look at Larp Venture's much discoursed 4th of July larp in Poland. It's sympathetic coverage featuring interviews with players.https://youtu.be/GMn3aQ2tBTU?si=5UjFqPjHxh49TnD9

Share vegan meals with us! Food is included in the price of the festival! Shared vegan meals are just one way we create more opportunities for connection and community.

Photos from Mozog Station is Falling Down by Espionage Party, as taken at Make a Scene 2025.

Hey! Tickets are on sale for Make a Scene! Just a reminder~ makeascenemn.org/en/register/

Photos from Echo Caprese in The Silver Moon Directive by Jae Krehbiel, as captured at Make a Scene 2025.

Sliding 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 for Make a Scene at: makeascenemn.org/en/register/

On Saturday night we take a break from playing games to hang out at a relaxed party. For us, chatting with old and new friends is an essential part of a festival. Register for Make a Scene here: makeascenemn.org/en/register/

Be the weird you want to see in Minneapolis! Join us this August at Make a Scene! makeascenemn.org/en/register/

A standout feature of our Saturday night party is Rosalie’s theme cake! Each year she’s surprised us with an edible interpretation of the festival theme. Always vegan, always delicious!

Reminder! August 2, 2026 is the last day to register for this year's Make a Scene Scenario Festival!

Let's Discuss! Larp often inspires us to create playlists! If you feel so inspired, share a link to a playlist you've created for a larp or specific character, or explain why a specific song reminds you of a larp experience!

Photos from The Language of Bones by July Pilowsky, as captured at Make a Scene 2025.

LARP PLAYTEST ONLINE What would it be like to share your body with other versions of yourself? In Ready Set Switch! play a contemporary person attending a club gathering who suddenly switches between different moments in their own life. Over play you'll get to know alternate versions of yourself.

Michelle Hofeldt, whose larp scenario Un/sanctioned Songs will be premiering at Make a Scene 2026, is a Minneapolis local and nonbinary, transgender, and queer musician, instrumental music teacher, and community co-organizer.

Un/sanctioned Songs by Michelle Hofeldt You are a group of musicians and producers. Shape your character’s story as you navigate the consequences of state censorship, grapple with the spectre of self-censorship, and try to stay true to your ideals.

Ready, Set, Switch by Micah Amundsen explores plurality and fluctuating identity through players taking turns playing the same character while multiple scenes play out in parallel.

Can I BIKE to the festival? Totally! The nearest bike path is 2 blocks away and there are bike racks at the venue.

Swansong by Hannah J. Gray Players take the role of the beast’s organs as they rail against, bargain with, and eventually accept the newly sustained Wound as it slowly kills them.

Photo Finish by Alejandro Tey In the final moments of the Automania Grand Prix, when even the tiniest advantage can make the difference.... what shocking reveal will put a gleaming golden cup in our victor's hand?

Can I DRIVE to the festival? In the Midwest distance is measured in time. Minneapolis is 6hr from Chicago, 5hr from Milwaukee, 4hr from Madison, 3hr from Duluth or Des Moines, 90 min from Rochester, 1hr from St Cloud.

Scenario Selection 2026 For those who’ve already registered for Make a Scene 2026, look for an email from us with the link to rank your favorites. There’s no advantage to filling out the survey earlier, as long as you do so before we close ticket sales August 2nd.

Can 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.

Laura 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.

A 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).

He's a sommelier, cosplay nerd, book clubber, and hamster enthusiast who firmly believes that pineapple belongs on pizza.

Tony 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.

My 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!

In 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.