List of demoparties
The following is a list of demoparties, past and present. A demoparty is an event that gathers demosceners[1] and other computer enthusiasts to partake in competitions[2] of demos (short audio-visual presentations of computer art).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7DX Party | Istanbul, Turkey | 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 | Helsinki, Finland | 1998– | An alternative party visited mostly by demo scene veterans. |
| Arok Party | Ajka, Hungary | 1999– | 8-bit party, held each summer. |
| Art Engine | São Paulo, Brazil | 2012 | The second Brazilian demoparty ever organized. |
| Assembly | Helsinki, Finland | 1992– | One of the longest-running demo parties in the world. Associated with Boozembly. |
| Bizarre | Etten-Leur, Netherlands | 1994–2000 | First PC demo party in The Netherlands. 1994 in Nijmegen, rest in Etten-Leur. |
| Blockparty | Cleveland, Ohio, USA | 2007–2010 | During its run, the largest stand-alone demo party in the United States. |
| Breakpoint | Bingen, Germany | 2003–2010 | Formerly the world's largest "scene-only" demoparty, successor of the Mekka & Symposium party series. Followed by Revision. |
| Chaos Constructions | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 1999– | The largest demoparty in ex-Soviet countries, successor of the Enlight parties. |
| Coven | Adelaide, Australia | 1995–2001 | Started at Adelaide Uni then later changed venues to Ngapartji Multimedia Centre. Organised by local groups POP and FTS. |
| Datastorm | Gothenburg, Sweden | 2010– | Amiga/C64 copy party. |
| DemoJS | Paris, France | 2011– | The only demoparty strictly focused on open web technologies. |
| Demosplash | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | 2011– | Hosted by the Carnegie Mellon University Computer Club. |
| 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 |
| Forever | Horna Suca, Slovakia | 2000– | 8-bit party, C64, Spectrum and Atari |
| Function | Budapest, Hungary | 2003– | |
| Gardening | Patras, Greece | 1995–1997 | First demoparty in Greece. |
| The Gathering | Hamar, Norway | 1992– | Norway's largest demoparty, which later became 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 the computer event Codex Alpe Adria to focus on demo scene only. It currently is the only 100% pure demo scene event in Italy. |
| Icons Artparty | Helsinki, Finland | 2007, 2008, 2012– | Demoparty and a festival of electronic art. |
| Kindergarden | Haga, Norway | 1994– | The oldest, still running, pure demoparty in the world. |
| 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. |
| Nordlicht | Bremen, Germany | 2012– | First pure demoscene party in Bremen since the Siliconvention in 1997. |
| Nullarbor | Perth, Australia | 2005– | |
| NVScene | San Jose, California, USA | 2008, 2014, 2015 | Held in conjunction with Nvision (an nVidia conference) in 2008. |
| Pilgrimage | Salt Lake City, Utah, USA | 2003–2005 | |
| PixelJam | Cleveland, Ohio, USA | 2011– | Runs concurrently with Notacon. |
| Revision | Saarbrücken, Germany | 2011– | The world's largest "scene-only" demoparty, successor of the Breakpoint party series. |
| Rewired | Hasselt, Belgium | 2008– | The only annual demoparty in Belgium. |
| Saturne Party | Paris, France | 1993–1997 | |
| Somewhere in Holland | Nijmegen, Netherlands | 1993, 1995 | Demoparty in The Netherlands. |
| 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. |
| The Ultimate Meeting | Griesheim, Germany | 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 | Lyon, France | 1999– | Organized by PoPsY TeAm, this is the only pure demoscene party still ongoing in France. |
| Wired | Mons, Belgium | 1994–1998 | |
| X | Someren, Netherlands | 1995– | Commodore 64 party, currently held every second year. Last one was on October 24–26, 2014. |
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