Make a Scene! Scenario Festival
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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.org
Save the Date! Make a Scene returns August 14-16, 2026.
Same great venue, same food-included and sliding-scale accessible ethos at North America's European-style scenario festival. Our 2026 theme reveal and call for scenario pitches will be in early 2026.
Same great venue, same food-included and sliding-scale accessible ethos at North America's European-style scenario festival. Our 2026 theme reveal and call for scenario pitches will be in early 2026.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Save the Date! Make a Scene returns August 14-16, 2026.
Same great venue, same food-included and sliding-scale accessible ethos at North America's European-style scenario festival. Our 2026 theme reveal and call for scenario pitches will be in early 2026.
Same great venue, same food-included and sliding-scale accessible ethos at North America's European-style scenario festival. Our 2026 theme reveal and call for scenario pitches will be in early 2026.
Jae Krehbiel just premiered a scenario at our festival, and they also released a new micro-game called Erratic Tachyon Staccatoe. This fifteen minute diversion is a sci-fi epic about warring empires claiming territory in a new subspace fold. Be sure to mark X or O to claim sector of space!
August 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Jae Krehbiel just premiered a scenario at our festival, and they also released a new micro-game called Erratic Tachyon Staccatoe. This fifteen minute diversion is a sci-fi epic about warring empires claiming territory in a new subspace fold. Be sure to mark X or O to claim sector of space!
Just in time for our festival, Shawn Roske publicly releases a scenario he premiered with us. Graffiti: The Art of Rebellion created beautiful art throughout our Movement themed festival in 2023, as it's a pervasive game played in fits and starts between other things.
August 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Just in time for our festival, Shawn Roske publicly releases a scenario he premiered with us. Graffiti: The Art of Rebellion created beautiful art throughout our Movement themed festival in 2023, as it's a pervasive game played in fits and starts between other things.
Getting excited for the Make a Scene! 2025 scenarios!:
- The City the Rats Kept
- Echo Caprese in The Silver Moon Directive
- Mozog Station is Falling Down
- The Language of Bones
- Face It
- Thunder Only Happens When It’s Raining
- Roots Underground
- Actors
- The City the Rats Kept
- Echo Caprese in The Silver Moon Directive
- Mozog Station is Falling Down
- The Language of Bones
- Face It
- Thunder Only Happens When It’s Raining
- Roots Underground
- Actors
August 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Getting excited for the Make a Scene! 2025 scenarios!:
- The City the Rats Kept
- Echo Caprese in The Silver Moon Directive
- Mozog Station is Falling Down
- The Language of Bones
- Face It
- Thunder Only Happens When It’s Raining
- Roots Underground
- Actors
- The City the Rats Kept
- Echo Caprese in The Silver Moon Directive
- Mozog Station is Falling Down
- The Language of Bones
- Face It
- Thunder Only Happens When It’s Raining
- Roots Underground
- Actors
At our Saturday night party we’re crowd-sourcing materials to construct the greatest-ever blanket fort! We’ll use tables and chairs as the bones. Please bring blankets, pillows, fairy lights, or whatever else you’d want to kick back “under the surface”.
August 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
At our Saturday night party we’re crowd-sourcing materials to construct the greatest-ever blanket fort! We’ll use tables and chairs as the bones. Please bring blankets, pillows, fairy lights, or whatever else you’d want to kick back “under the surface”.
Walk in tickets available! If you move too slow for all-weekend tickets you can grab a per-slot ticket at the door. There's usually room for an extra person or two! The schedule of scenarios is available on our website's registration page.
August 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Walk in tickets available! If you move too slow for all-weekend tickets you can grab a per-slot ticket at the door. There's usually room for an extra person or two! The schedule of scenarios is available on our website's registration page.
Check your email! Attendees of Make a Scene have their personal schedules of games in their inboxes now.
August 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Check your email! Attendees of Make a Scene have their personal schedules of games in their inboxes now.
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! (The one in the picture is from last year!)
August 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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! (The one in the picture is from last year!)
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.
August 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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.
Get your Under the Surface shirt!
If you'd like to pick up your shirt at the festival, select store pick up. Yes, it will list the address of our family-run printing partner in Illinois, but rest assured we'll have your apparel for you here in Minnesota.
If you'd like to pick up your shirt at the festival, select store pick up. Yes, it will list the address of our family-run printing partner in Illinois, but rest assured we'll have your apparel for you here in Minnesota.
August 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Get your Under the Surface shirt!
If you'd like to pick up your shirt at the festival, select store pick up. Yes, it will list the address of our family-run printing partner in Illinois, but rest assured we'll have your apparel for you here in Minnesota.
If you'd like to pick up your shirt at the festival, select store pick up. Yes, it will list the address of our family-run printing partner in Illinois, but rest assured we'll have your apparel for you here in Minnesota.
Newsweek's newly released Readers' Choice poll for the best escape room in the U.S. has The Lodge of Lazarus Crowe at the top of the list, it's in our sister city of Saint Paul. Moreso than almost any other rooms we're tried, these escape games are larpable!
August 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Newsweek's newly released Readers' Choice poll for the best escape room in the U.S. has The Lodge of Lazarus Crowe at the top of the list, it's in our sister city of Saint Paul. Moreso than almost any other rooms we're tried, these escape games are larpable!
Looking for something hot between meal times? Ichigo Tokyo Crepes has a booth in the lobby of CFPA during our festival, where you can buy their sweet or savory Japanese treats.
August 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Looking for something hot between meal times? Ichigo Tokyo Crepes has a booth in the lobby of CFPA during our festival, where you can buy their sweet or savory Japanese treats.
Get your registration forms submitted by today if you want the best chance at getting into your fave scenarios! makeascenemn.org/en/register/
July 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Get your registration forms submitted by today if you want the best chance at getting into your fave scenarios! makeascenemn.org/en/register/
Get your registration forms submitted by tomorrow if you want the best chance at getting into your fave scenarios! makeascenemn.org/en/register/
July 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Get your registration forms submitted by tomorrow if you want the best chance at getting into your fave scenarios! makeascenemn.org/en/register/
Get your registration forms submitted by July 31 if you want the best chance at getting into your fave scenarios! makeascenemn.org/en/register/
July 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Get your registration forms submitted by July 31 if you want the best chance at getting into your fave scenarios! makeascenemn.org/en/register/
Get your registration forms submitted by July 31 if you want the best chance at getting into your fave scenarios! makeascenemn.org/en/register/
July 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Get your registration forms submitted by July 31 if you want the best chance at getting into your fave scenarios! makeascenemn.org/en/register/
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.
July 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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.
Roots Underground
by Shawn Roske and Julie Comber
Roots Underground is a larp about the hidden networks beneath the forest floor. Play as trees communicating through roots or fungi relaying messages across the mycelial web. Face challenges while exploring the connections that keep a forest alive.
by Shawn Roske and Julie Comber
Roots Underground is a larp about the hidden networks beneath the forest floor. Play as trees communicating through roots or fungi relaying messages across the mycelial web. Face challenges while exploring the connections that keep a forest alive.
July 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Roots Underground
by Shawn Roske and Julie Comber
Roots Underground is a larp about the hidden networks beneath the forest floor. Play as trees communicating through roots or fungi relaying messages across the mycelial web. Face challenges while exploring the connections that keep a forest alive.
by Shawn Roske and Julie Comber
Roots Underground is a larp about the hidden networks beneath the forest floor. Play as trees communicating through roots or fungi relaying messages across the mycelial web. Face challenges while exploring the connections that keep a forest alive.
Time is running out to see what's Under the Surface! If you want to play specific scenarios at Make a Scene 2025, sign up to attend by the priority deadline of July 31 for the best chance at getting sorted into your faves! makeascenemn.org/en/register/
July 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Time is running out to see what's Under the Surface! If you want to play specific scenarios at Make a Scene 2025, sign up to attend by the priority deadline of July 31 for the best chance at getting sorted into your faves! makeascenemn.org/en/register/
Get your registration forms submitted by today if you want the best chance at getting into your fave scenarios! makeascenemn.org/en/register/
July 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Get your registration forms submitted by today if you want the best chance at getting into your fave scenarios! makeascenemn.org/en/register/
Actors
by Tom Fendt
You need to tell them how much they mean to you. You need to pass on intel to protect The Cause. You need to ask advice for your next career move. But with the filming schedule so tight, the only chance you’ll get to say any of this is on set, with the cameras rolling.
by Tom Fendt
You need to tell them how much they mean to you. You need to pass on intel to protect The Cause. You need to ask advice for your next career move. But with the filming schedule so tight, the only chance you’ll get to say any of this is on set, with the cameras rolling.
July 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Actors
by Tom Fendt
You need to tell them how much they mean to you. You need to pass on intel to protect The Cause. You need to ask advice for your next career move. But with the filming schedule so tight, the only chance you’ll get to say any of this is on set, with the cameras rolling.
by Tom Fendt
You need to tell them how much they mean to you. You need to pass on intel to protect The Cause. You need to ask advice for your next career move. But with the filming schedule so tight, the only chance you’ll get to say any of this is on set, with the cameras rolling.
Food Included! Shared vegan meals are just one way we create more opportunities for connection and community at the festival.
July 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Food Included! Shared vegan meals are just one way we create more opportunities for connection and community at the festival.
Scenario: Mozog Station Is Falling Down
by Espionage Party www.facebook.com/espionageparty
In the remote reaches of space, Mozog Station was founded to study a wormhole that opens every 12 years. The remaining residents are in peril as the station's orbit deteriorates. What lies beyond the wormhole?
by Espionage Party www.facebook.com/espionageparty
In the remote reaches of space, Mozog Station was founded to study a wormhole that opens every 12 years. The remaining residents are in peril as the station's orbit deteriorates. What lies beyond the wormhole?
July 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Scenario: Mozog Station Is Falling Down
by Espionage Party www.facebook.com/espionageparty
In the remote reaches of space, Mozog Station was founded to study a wormhole that opens every 12 years. The remaining residents are in peril as the station's orbit deteriorates. What lies beyond the wormhole?
by Espionage Party www.facebook.com/espionageparty
In the remote reaches of space, Mozog Station was founded to study a wormhole that opens every 12 years. The remaining residents are in peril as the station's orbit deteriorates. What lies beyond the wormhole?
If you want to play specific scenarios at Make a Scene 2025, sign up to attend by the priority deadline of July 31 for the best chance at getting sorted into your faves! makeascenemn.org/en/register/
July 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
If you want to play specific scenarios at Make a Scene 2025, sign up to attend by the priority deadline of July 31 for the best chance at getting sorted into your faves! makeascenemn.org/en/register/