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
Aldea Digital	Mexico City, Mexico	2009 -	Demo- and LAN-party, based on Euskal Encounter
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. Followed by Revision
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	Adelaide, Australia	1996–2001
Compusphere	Uddevalla, Göteborg, Jörlanda, Sweden	1993 -	One of the oldest and still ongoing demoparties in Sweden. Went from a LAN party to a scene-only party in 2002.
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
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-
MAiN Demoparty	Marseille Arles , France	2008-2010	The only demoparty offering a 3000m2 external LED Screen installation on the roof of the partybuilding.
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
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.
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.