List of demoparties
The following is a list of 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| @party |  Harvard, Massachusetts, USA
|
2010 - | This event took place for the first time on June 18-20, 2010. |
| 7DX Party |  Istanbul, Turkey
|
2002 - | 7DX is an annual demoparty that has been held since 2002 in Turkey. It is Turkey's first demo party that consists of demo-oriented competitions. |
| Abduction |  Rovaniemi, Oulu, Finland
|
1994 - 1998 | An annual demoparty held in Northern Finland, originally in Rovaniemi (twice) and then later in Oulu. |
| Abstract Party |  Gliwice, Poland
|
2001 - 2005 | |
| Alternative Party | Helsinki, Finland
|
1998 - | An alternative party visited mostly by demoscene veterans. |
| Ambience |  Venlo, Netherlands
|
1998 - 2002 | After 2000 continued as smaller separated gaming parties |
| Arok |  Ajkarendek, Hungary
|
1999 - | 8-bit demoparty every year |
| Assembly | Helsinki, Finland
|
1992 - | One of the longest running demoparties in the world. See also: Boozembly |
| BCN Party |  Barcelona, Spain
|
2000 - 2007 | |
| 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 - 2010 | Formerly the world's largest "scene-only" demoparty, successor of the Mekka & Symposium party series. |
| Buenzli |  Winterthur, Switzerland
|
1999 - | |
| Bushparty |  Porsgrunn, Norway
|
1994 - 1999 | |
| Chaos Constructions |  Saint Petersburg, Russia
|
1999 - | 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. |
| Coven | Template:Falgicon Adelaide, Australia | 1996 - 2001 | |
| Compusphere | Uddevalla, Göteborg, Jörlanda, Sweden
|
1993 - | One of the oldest and still on going demoparties in Sweden. Went from a LAN party to a scene-only party in 2002. |
| DreamHack | Jönköping, Sweden
|
1994 - | World's largest LAN-party, with demo events |
| Datastorm | Göteborg, Sweden
|
2010 - | Amiga/C64 Copyparty |
| Euskal Encounter | Barakaldo, Spain
|
1994 - | Demo- and LAN-party. |
| Evoke | Köln, Germany
|
1997 - | Demoparty organized by Digitale Kultur e. V.. |
| Flashparty |  Buenos Aires, Argentina
|
1998 - 2008 | |
| FOReVER |  Trenčín, 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. |
| ifparty | Valencia, Spain
|
2003 - 2006 | |
| Inércia |  Porto, Portugal
|
2001 - | |
| Kindergarden | Haga, Norway
|
1994 - | |
| Krangparty | Sundsvall, Sweden
|
2000 - 2006 | |
| Leap Year Party | Ånge, Sweden
|
1992 | Organized by The Invizibles of Flexichron (Atari crew) and a local Amiga crew |
| LTP |  Clermont de l'Oise, Crosne, France
|
1997 - 2001 | Organized by Ribbon, then Orange Juice. |
| Maximum Overdose | Lübeck, Germany
|
1992, 2004- | |
| 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 - 2004 | |
| Nullarbor |  Perth, Australia
|
2005 - | |
| NVScene | San Jose, California, USA
|
2008 | Held in conjunction with Nvision (nVidia conference) in 2008. |
| Outline | Braamt, The Netherlands
|
2004 - | A multiplatform Demoscene party. |
| Pilgrimage | Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
|
2003 - 2005 | |
| 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 |
| Stream | Pirkkala (2003), Ylöjärvi (2005 - 2007), Tampere (2008 -), Finland
|
2003 - | |
| 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
|
1996 - 2007 | |
| 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) |
| TRSAC | Horsens, Denmark
|
2000 - | "The Real Scene After Christmas", in reference to The Party |
| VIP | Lyon, France
|
1999 - | |
| Volcanic | Cournon d'Auvergne, France
|
1995 - 1999 | |
| Wired |  Brussels, Belgium
|
1994 - 1998 | |
| X | Someren, Netherlands
|
1995 - | Commodore 64 party, currently held every second year. Last one was on October 1-3, 2010. |