List of demoparties

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The following is a list of computer demo parties, past and present. Events on this list are assumed to have taken place in public locations and attracted at least 50-100 attendees.

Party name	Location	Years	Description
7DX Party	Istanbul, Turkey	2002 -
Abstract Party	Gliwice, Poland	2001 -	Between Party and Festival
Alternative Party	Helsinki, Finland	1998 -	An alternative party visited mostly by demoscene veterans.
Ambience	Venlo, Netherlands	1998 - 2000	After 2000 continued as smaller separated gaming parties
Assembly	Helsinki, Finland	1992 -	One of the longest running demoparties in the world. See also: Boozembly
BCN Party	Barcelona, Spain	2000 -
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-	North America's newest demoparty.
Breakpoint	Bingen, Germany	2003 -	The world's largest "scene-only" demoparty, successor of the Mekka & Symposium party series.
Buenzli	Winterthur, Switzerland	1999 -	"The Swiss Scene Event"
Chaos Constructions	Saint Petersburg, Russia	1999 - 2001, 2004 -	The largest demoparty in ex-Soviet countries, successor of the Enlight parties.
Codex Alpe Adria	Udine, Italy	2003 -	Alternative computing and demoscene event with a focus on C64 and Amiga.
DreamHack	Jönköping, Sweden	1994 -	World's largest LAN-party, with demo events
Euskal Encounter	Bilbao, Spain	1995 -	Demo- and LAN-party.
Evoke	Köln, Germany	1997 -	Demoparty organized by Digitale Kultur e. V..
Function	Budapest, Hungary	2003 -
FOReVER	Trencin, Slovakia	2000 -	Pure 8-bit (Atari, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum) party.
The Gathering	Hamar, Norway	1992 -	Norway's largest demoparty, which recently has become more of a LAN/game-party.
if	Valencia, Spain	2003 -
Inércia	Porto, Portugal	2001 -
Kindergarden	Haga, Norway	1995 -
Krangparty	Sundsvall, Sweden	1994 -
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 -
Nullarbor	Perth, Australia	2005 -	Australia's only (current) demoparty.
Pilgrimage	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA	2003 - 2005	North American demoparty.
React	Patras, Greece	2002 - 2004	The successor of Gardening
PixelShow	Patras, Greece	2005, 2007	The successor of React.
Sundown	Exeter, UK	2005 -	The first UK based party since 1999.
Solskogen	Ås, Norway	2002 -
Scene Event	Harridslev, Denmark	2000 -	Previously known as Summer Encounter
Takeover	Eindhoven, Netherlands	1997 - 2001
The Party	Aars, Denmark	1992 - 2002	One of the oldest and largest parties - abandoned by the demoscene in its final years due to lack of support.
The Ultimate Meeting	Durlach, Germany	1999, 2002 -	Traditionally held between Christmas and New Year's Eve
VIP	Lyon, France	1999 - 2002	Held in july and organized by PoPsY TeAm.
X	Ruurlo, Netherlands	1995 -	Commodore 64 party