Beginning tomorrow, from the 13th of June til the 20th, Brain Dead Studios (4D) and music platform NTS will be running a special in-person event in partnership with SEGA to celebrate 25-whole years of beloved gaming icon ‘Jet Set Radio’. You’ll be able to pick up exclusive merchandise, check out the gaming lounge, art gallery, live music, canvas tagging wall, and even bag some custom airbrushed merchandise.
More specifically, tomorrow is a limited ticket event that will get you to see a screening of SEGA’s Masayoshi Kikuchi and Ryuta Ueda, Brain Dead Studios’ Kyle Ng, and Them Skates’ Jon Julio. The art gallery will get you a mind’s eye into the world of the creativity behind Jet Set Radio, too. Plus, movie screenings curated by the minds of Jet Set Radio and Brain Dead Studios. Days beyond that are open to the public—keep an eye on the official site and head on in-person for ticket information.
If you can’t make it, you can also buy some Jet Set Radio stuffs over on the official Brain Dead Studios website beginning tomorrow. Have a gander below for the exact timings and details on the in-person celebrations. And you should know that Jet Set Radio might just be coming back in more ways than just shirts and mugs…
Event Details:
- Timing: June 13-20, 2025
- Location: Brain Dead Studios, 611 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Weekend Kick-Off Celebration:
June 13 (6PM – 11 PM): Limited Ticket Event
- First 100 attendees receive an exclusive JSR item.
- Screening with Q&A featuring SEGA’s Masayoshi Kikuchi and Ryuta Ueda, Brain Dead Studios’ Kyle Ng, and Them Skates’ Jon Julio.
- Purchase exclusive JSR x Brain Dead merchandise.
- JSR x Them Skates will be on display and available for pre-order.
- Enjoy live DJ Professor K sets from the pirate radio studio booth in collaboration with NTS – uploaded to nts.live for on-demand listening post-event.
- Play the original Jet Set Radio at the SEGA Dreamcast gaming lounge.
- Explore the unvaulted JSR art gallery for a glimpse into the imagination of creator Masayoshi Kikuchi and art director Ryuta Ueda.
- Leave your mark on a floor to ceiling canvas tagging wall.
- Attend movie screenings curated by the minds of Jet Set Radio and Brain Dead Studios (ticketed entry).
June 14 (12PM – 11 PM): Open to Public
- First 100 attendees receive an exclusive JSR item.
- Exclusive JSR x Brain Dead and JSR x Them Skates merchandise.
- Live DJ sets from DJ Professor K.
- The SEGA Dreamcast gaming lounge.
- The unvaulted JSR art gallery.
- Floor to ceiling canvas tagging wall.
- Exclusive custom airbrush merchandise station by Sob Story.
- Curated movie screenings (ticketed entry).
June 15 – June 20 (12PM – 11 PM): Open to the Public
- Fans can continue to enjoy the SEGA Dreamcast gaming lounge and JSR art gallery, along with the canvas tagging wall. JSR x Brain Dead merchandise and JSR x Them Skates will still be available for purchase/pre-order.
- Nightly curated movie screenings (ticketed entry).
- June 20: A special Q&A featuring the writer and director of “Prayer of the Roller Boys,” following its film screening.
