List of demoparties
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The following is a list of computer demoparties, past and present.
(Note: Year ranges might include years when the party wasn't organized, but was organized both before and after.)
| Party name | Location | Years | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7DX Party |  Istanbul, Turkey |
2002 - | |
| Abstract Party |  Gliwice, Poland |
2001 - | |
| Alternative Party |  Helsinki, Finland |
1998 - | An alternative party visited mostly by demoscene veterans. |
| Ambience |  Venlo, Netherlands |
1998 - 2000 | After 2000 continued as smaller separated gaming parties |
| Assembly | Helsinki, Finland |
1992 - | One of the longest running demoparties in the world. See also: Boozembly |
| BCN Party |  Barcelona, Spain |
2000 - | |
| Birdie |  Uppsala, Sweden |
1992 - | |
| Bizarre | Etten-Leur, Netherlands |
1994 - 2000 | First PC Demo Party in The Netherlands, 1994: Nijmegen, rest in Etten-Leur. |
| Blockparty |  Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
2007 - | The largest actively running demoparty in North America. |
| Breakpoint |  Bingen, Germany |
2003 - | The world's largest "scene-only" demoparty, successor of the Mekka & Symposium party series. |
| Buenzli |  Winterthur, Switzerland |
1999 - | "The Swiss Scene Event" |
| Bushparty |  Porsgrunn, Norway |
1994 - 1999 | |
| Chaos Constructions |  Saint Petersburg, Russia |
1999 - 2001, 2004 - | The largest demoparty in ex-Soviet countries, successor of the Enlight parties. |
| Codex Alpe Adria |  Udine, Italy |
2003 - 2006 | Alternative computing and demoscene event with a focus on C64 and Amiga. The demoscene section later split off to form Horde. |
| DreamHack | Jönköping, Sweden |
1994 - | World's largest LAN-party, with demo events |
| Euskal Encounter | Barakaldo, Spain |
1995 - | Demo- and LAN-party. |
| Evoke | Köln, Germany |
1997 - | Demoparty organized by Digitale Kultur e. V.. |
| Flashparty |  Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1998 - 2007 | |
| FOReVER |  Trencin, Slovakia |
2000 - | Pure 8-bit (Atari, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum) party. |
| Function |  Budapest, Hungary |
2003 - | |
| The Gathering | Hamar, Norway |
1992 - | Norway's largest demoparty, which recently has become more of a LAN/game-party. |
| Hackerence | Härnösand, Sweden |
1989 - 2000 | Organized by the youth club ComUn (Computer Union). |
| Horde | Udine, Italy |
2007 - | A result of a split from Codex Alpe Adria (computer event) to focus on demoscene only. It currently is the only 100% pure demoscene event in Italy. |
| if | Valencia, Spain |
2003 - | |
| Inércia |  Porto, Portugal |
2001 - | |
| Kindergarden | Haga, Norway |
1994 - | |
| Krangparty | Sundsvall, Sweden |
1994 - | |
| Leap Year Party | Ånge, Sweden |
1992 | Organized by The Invizibles of Flexichron (Atari crew) and a local Amiga crew |
| Maximum Overdose | Lübeck, Germany |
1992, 2004- | Oldschool demo party |
| Mekka & Symposium | Fallingbostel, Germany |
1996 - 2002 | One of the most respected demoparties. Part of the organizing staff went on to create Breakpoint. |
| Movement |  Israel |
1995 - 1998 | |
| NAID |  Longueuil, Quebec, Canada |
1995 - 1996 | The first, and to date, largest demoparty in North America. |
| Norvegia Dataparty | Skien, Norway |
1997 - | |
| Nullarbor |  Perth, Australia |
2005 - | Australian demoparty |
| Outline | Braamt, The Netherlands |
2004- | A multiplatform Demoscene party. |
| Pilgrimage | Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
2003 - 2005 | North American demoparty. |
| PixelShow |  Patras, Greece |
2005, 2007 | The successor of React. |
| React | Patras, Greece |
2002 - 2004 | The successor of Gardening |
| Saturne Party |  Paris, France |
1993 - 1997 | |
| Sundown |  Exeter, UK |
2005 - | The first UK based party since 1999. |
| Solskogen | Ås, Norway |
2002 - | |
| Scene Event |  Harridslev, Denmark |
2000 - 2005 | Previously known as Summer Encounter |
| Syntax Party | Melbourne, Australia |
2007 - | Melbourne's biggest and (currently) only demoparty |
| Takeover | Eindhoven, Netherlands |
1997 - 2001 | |
| The Party | Aars, Denmark |
1991 - 2002 | One of the oldest and largest parties - abandoned by the demoscene in its final years due to lack of support. |
| The Meltdown | Skive, Denmark |
1998 - | The only known demoparty left in Denmark. |
| The Ultimate Meeting | Durlach, Germany |
1999, 2002 - | Traditionally held between Christmas and New Year's Eve |
| TIG | Pescara, Italy |
1997 - 1998 | The Italian Gathering (amiga and pc demoparty) |
| TRIP | Italy |
1998 - 1999 | The Real Italian Party (first international demoparty in Italy) |
| VIP | Lyon, France |
1999 - 2002, 2008 | Held in July and organized by PoPsY TeAm. |
| X | Ruurlo, Netherlands |
1995 - | Commodore 64 party |
