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
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.
Alternative Party Helsinki, Finland 1998 - An alternative party visited mostly by demoscene veterans.
Assembly Helsinki, Finland 1992 - One of the longest-running demoparties in the world. See also: Boozembly
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. Followed by Revision
Buenzli Winterthur, Switzerland 1999 -
Chaos Constructions Saint Petersburg, Russia 1999 - The largest demoparty in ex-Soviet countries, successor of the Enlight parties.
Coven Adelaide, Australia 1996–2001
Datastorm Göteborg, Sweden 2010 - Amiga/C64 Copyparty
DiHalt Nizhny Novgorod, Russia 1999 - Second largest demoparty in Russia (after Chaos Constructions)
DreamHack Jönköping, Sweden 1994 - World's largest LAN-party, with demo events
Evoke Köln, Germany 1997 - Demoparty organized by Digitale Kultur e. V..
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.
Icons artparty Helsinki, Finland 2007, 2008, 2012 - Demoparty and a festival of electronic art.
Mekka & Symposium Fallingbostel, Germany 1996–2002 One of the most respected demoparties. Part of the organizing staff went on to create Breakpoint.
NAID Longueuil, Quebec, Canada 1995–1996 The first, and to date, largest demoparty in North America.
Nullarbor Perth, Australia 2005 -
NVScene San Jose, California, USA 2008 Held in conjunction with Nvision (nVidia conference) in 2008.
Pilgrimage Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 2003–2005
Revision Saarbrücken, Germany 2011 - The world's largest "scene-only" demoparty, successor of the Breakpoint party series.
Saturne Party Paris, France 1993–1997
Sundown Exeter, UK 2005 - The first UK based party since 1999.
Syntax Party Melbourne, Australia 2007 - Melbourne's biggest and (currently) only demoparty
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.
VIP Lyon, France 1999 -
Wired Mons, Belgium 1994–1998
X Someren, Netherlands 1995 - Commodore 64 party, currently held every second year. Last one was on October 1–3, 2010.