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 Flag of Turkey Istanbul, Turkey 2002 -
Abstract Party Flag of Poland Gliwice, Poland 2001 -
Alternative Party Flag of Finland Helsinki, Finland 1998 - An alternative party visited mostly by demoscene veterans.
Ambience Flag of the Netherlands Venlo, Netherlands 1998 - 2000 After 2000 continued as smaller separated gaming parties
Assembly Flag of Finland Helsinki, Finland 1992 - One of the longest running demoparties in the world. See also: Boozembly
BCN Party Flag of Spain Barcelona, Spain 2000 -
Birdie Flag of Sweden Uppsala, Sweden 1992 -
Bizarre Flag of the Netherlands Etten-Leur, Netherlands 1994 - 2000 First PC Demo Party in The Netherlands, 1994: Nijmegen, rest in Etten-Leur.
Blockparty Flag of the United States Cleveland, Ohio, USA 2007 - The largest actively running demoparty in North America.
Breakpoint Flag of Germany Bingen, Germany 2003 - The world's largest "scene-only" demoparty, successor of the Mekka & Symposium party series.
Buenzli Flag of Switzerland Winterthur, Switzerland 1999 - "The Swiss Scene Event"
Bushparty Flag of Norway Porsgrunn, Norway 1994 - 1999
Chaos Constructions Flag of Russia Saint Petersburg, Russia 1999 - 2001, 2004 - The largest demoparty in ex-Soviet countries, successor of the Enlight parties.
Codex Alpe Adria Flag of Italy 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 Flag of Sweden Jönköping, Sweden 1994 - World's largest LAN-party, with demo events
Euskal Encounter Flag of Spain Barakaldo, Spain 1995 - Demo- and LAN-party.
Evoke Flag of Germany Köln, Germany 1997 - Demoparty organized by Digitale Kultur e. V..
Flashparty Flag of Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina 1998 - 2007
FOReVER Flag of Slovakia Trencin, Slovakia 2000 - Pure 8-bit (Atari, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum) party.
Function Flag of Hungary Budapest, Hungary 2003 -
The Gathering Flag of Norway Hamar, Norway 1992 - Norway's largest demoparty, which recently has become more of a LAN/game-party.
Hackerence Flag of Sweden Härnösand, Sweden 1989 - 2000 Organized by the youth club ComUn (Computer Union).
Horde Flag of Italy 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 Flag of Spain Valencia, Spain 2003 -
Inércia Flag of Portugal Porto, Portugal 2001 -
Kindergarden Flag of Norway Haga, Norway 1994 -
Krangparty Flag of Sweden Sundsvall, Sweden 1994 -
Leap Year Party Flag of Sweden Ånge, Sweden 1992 Organized by The Invizibles of Flexichron (Atari crew) and a local Amiga crew
Maximum Overdose Flag of Germany Lübeck, Germany 1992, 2004- Oldschool demo party
Mekka & Symposium Flag of Germany Fallingbostel, Germany 1996 - 2002 One of the most respected demoparties. Part of the organizing staff went on to create Breakpoint.
Movement Flag of Israel Israel 1995 - 1998
NAID Flag of Canada Longueuil, Quebec, Canada 1995 - 1996 The first, and to date, largest demoparty in North America.
Norvegia Dataparty Flag of Norway Skien, Norway 1997 -
Nullarbor Flag of Australia Perth, Australia 2005 - Australian demoparty
Outline Flag of the Netherlands Braamt, The Netherlands 2004- A multiplatform Demoscene party.
Pilgrimage Flag of the United States Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 2003 - 2005 North American demoparty.
PixelShow Flag of Greece Patras, Greece 2005, 2007 The successor of React.
React Flag of Greece Patras, Greece 2002 - 2004 The successor of Gardening
Saturne Party Flag of France Paris, France 1993 - 1997
Sundown Flag of the United Kingdom Exeter, UK 2005 - The first UK based party since 1999.
Solskogen Flag of Norway Ås, Norway 2002 -
Scene Event Flag of Denmark Harridslev, Denmark 2000 - 2005 Previously known as Summer Encounter
Syntax Party Flag of Australia Melbourne, Australia 2007 - Melbourne's biggest and (currently) only demoparty
Takeover Flag of the Netherlands Eindhoven, Netherlands 1997 - 2001
The Party Flag of Denmark 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 Flag of Denmark Skive, Denmark 1998 - The only known demoparty left in Denmark.
The Ultimate Meeting Flag of Germany Durlach, Germany 1999, 2002 - Traditionally held between Christmas and New Year's Eve
TIG Flag of Italy Pescara, Italy 1997 - 1998 The Italian Gathering (amiga and pc demoparty)
TRIP Flag of Italy Italy 1998 - 1999 The Real Italian Party (first international demoparty in Italy)
VIP Flag of France Lyon, France 1999 - 2002, 2008 Held in July and organized by PoPsY TeAm.
X Flag of the Netherlands Ruurlo, Netherlands 1995 - Commodore 64 party