List of demoparties
The following is a list of demoparties, past and present.
Additional, more up-to-date information is available at http://www.demoparty.net
(Note: Year ranges might include years when the party wasn't organized, but was organized both before and after.)
Party name | Location | Years | Description |
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7DX Party | ![]() |
2002–2013 | 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 | ![]() |
1998– | An alternative party visited mostly by demo scene veterans. |
Art Engine | ![]() |
2012 | The second brazilian demoparty ever organized. |
Assembly | ![]() |
1992– | One of the longest-running demo parties in the world. See also: Boozembly |
Bizarre | ![]() |
1994–2000 | First PC demo party in The Netherlands, 1994: Nijmegen, rest in Etten-Leur. |
Blockparty | ![]() |
2007 - 2010 | During its run, the largest stand-alone demo party in the United States. |
Breakpoint | ![]() |
2003–2010 | Formerly the world's largest "scene-only" demoparty, successor of the Mekka & Symposium party series. Followed by Revision |
Demodays (used to be Buenzli) | ![]() |
1996 - | |
Chaos Constructions | ![]() |
1999 - | The largest demoparty in ex-Soviet countries, successor of the Enlight parties. |
Coven | ![]() |
1996–2001 | |
Datastorm | ![]() |
2010– | Amiga/C64 copy party |
DemoJS | ![]() |
2011 - | The only demoparty strictly focused on open web technologies |
DiHalt | ![]() |
1999 - | Second largest demoparty in Russia (after Chaos Constructions) |
DreamHack | ![]() |
1994 - | World's largest LAN-party, with demo events |
Evoke | ![]() |
1997 - | Demoparty organized by Digitale Kultur e. V.. |
Gardening | ![]() |
1995–1997 | First demoparty in Greece. |
The Gathering | ![]() |
1992 - | Norway's largest demoparty, which recently has become more of a LAN/game-party. |
Hackerence | ![]() |
1989–2000 | Organized by the youth club ComUn (Computer Union). |
Horde | ![]() |
2007– | A result of a split from Codex Alpe Adria (computer event) to focus on demo scene only. It currently is the only 100% pure demo scene event in Italy. |
Icons artparty | ![]() |
2007, 2008, 2012– | Demoparty and a festival of electronic art. |
Kindergarden | ![]() |
1994 - | The oldest, still running, pure demoparty in the world. |
Mekka & Symposium | ![]() |
1996–2002 | One of the most respected demoparties. Part of the organizing staff went on to create Breakpoint. |
NAID | ![]() |
1995–1996 | The first, and to date, largest demoparty in North America. |
Nordlicht | ![]() |
2012 - | First pure demoscene party in Bremen since the Siliconvention in 1997. |
Nullarbor | ![]() |
2005– | |
NVScene | ![]() |
2008 | Held in conjunction with Nvision (nVidia conference) in 2008. |
Pilgrimage | ![]() |
2003–2005 | |
PixelJam | ![]() |
2011– | Runs concurrently with Notacon |
Revision | ![]() |
2011– | The world's largest "scene-only" demoparty, successor of the Breakpoint party series. |
Rewired | ![]() |
2008– | The only annual demoparty in Belgium. |
Saturne Party | ![]() |
1993–1997 | |
Somewhere In Holland | ![]() |
1993, 1995 | Demoparty in The Netherlands. |
Sundown | ![]() |
2005– | The first UK-based party since 1999. |
Syntax Party | ![]() |
2007– | Melbourne's biggest and (currently) only demoparty |
The Party | ![]() |
1991–2002 | One of the oldest and largest parties - abandoned by the demoscene in its final years due to lack of support. |
The Ultimate Meeting | ![]() |
1999– | One of the biggest German demoparties, initially thought as a warm-up meeting for The Party. It finally moved to the same date as The Party when it was clear that The Party became obsolete. |
VIP | ![]() |
1999– | |
Wired | ![]() |
1994–1998 | |
X | ![]() |
1995– | Commodore 64 party, currently held every second year. Last one was on October 26–28, 2012. |