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AmiWest 2013 | AmiWest 2013 is an meeting for Amiga users in Sacramento, USA. You can watch videos from this meeting on YouTube, the topics are: Cyrus plus board, Score, Codebench, Rebol, Full Motion Video, A-Eon update, X1000, Panel discussion and the Amiga games from last year.

DATASTORM 2014 | The dates for the Datastorm 2014 party are 14, 15 and 16 February 2014. Datastorm is the largest Amiga/C64 party of northern Europe. The location is in the town of Gothenburg in Sweden. The competitions are: Amiga 500 and 1200 demo, intro, boot-block intro, graphics, music and ASCII. C64 demo, intro, graphics, PETSCII and music. Other old-school platforms demo, music and graphics.

Commodore Vegas Expo v9 2013 | Robert Bernardo made a couple of videos at this years Commodore Vegas Expo. You can watch the following videos on his blib.tv page: PETpix (PETvideo) - Mike Hill, Kryoflux - John Ferrell, SuperCard Pro - Jim Drew, EasyFlash - Steve Davison, Amiga - Lars Nelson, C64 demos - Shiflet and Imagery C64 - Kent and Kyle.

1991 Party | HK, Jetset and Desire are organising the 1991 Party in the Hague, the Netherlands on Saturday 16 November 2013. This will be an underground reunion of the demo scene from 20 years ago. The competitions will be music, pixels, Amiga and C64. You can read all the details on the new web page (Dutch language).

Gubbdata 2013 | You can now listen to or watch all the entries from Gubbdata 2013. Demo: Censor Design - Sidelined, Undone - Gubbplasma, TRIAD - Circadin. SID: Lft - A Chipful of Love For You, X-Jammer/G*P - Crooks, Wiklund/FLT - Holiday in. GFX: Joe/WD - Plaisir du Multiplex, Uka/G*P - Tehawanka, Vent/TRIAD - Babu.

AROK - 2013 | The AROK party for this year is scheduled for 05-07 July 2013 in Ajkarendek, Hungary. This year they have the following competitions: Demo (Max: 10 minutes), Graphics (Runnable, no animation), Music (Runnable, no covers, max 3 minutes), Streamed music (mp3, 128kbit) and Wild (anything else).

Commodore SX-64 party - Photos | You can now look at the pictures of the Commodore SX-64 meeting in the Netherlands. The following people attended: Berry, Ddw, Mr. SID, Ferenc, Fierman, Fred, Mace and Groente. This meeting was to celebrate the 30th birthday of the Commodore SX-64. Besides the SX-64 meeting in the Netherlands, there were also meetings in America, France and Canada.

Revision 2013 | Revision is a Demo party which takes place from March 29th until April 1st 2013 in Saarbrücken, Germany. The competitions are: PC, Amiga AGA/ECS, C64, VIC20, Atari XL, Atari ST, NES, SNES, Master System, Mega Drive, ZX Spectrum etc. Other categories are: Music, Graphics, Web browser, Game, Animation/Video, Wild and ASCII/ANSI.

Commodore SX-64 party | The Commodore SX-64 was announced in January 1983 and was released a year later. Berry de Jager wants to celebrate the SX-64 and has organized a party in Amsterdam on the 20th of January 2013. Everybody with a SX-64 is welcome. If Amsterdam is too far away, there are also two SX-64 meetings in the United States of America. You can also organize a party in your own town or country. Visit the blog of Berry for all the details.

X2012 - Photos | You can now look at photos of the X2012 party. The X2012 party was held in Someren, the Netherlands on 26, 27 and 28 of October. The party was attended by Jeroen Tel and Reyn Ouwehand and many people from the Commodore C64 scene from all over the world.

Brisbane C64 Night 2012 | Brisbane C64 Night is a meeting of C64 fans in Australia on the 24th of August 2012. Bring your C64 or another 8-bit Commodore computer with you and have a great evening. Entrance is 5 AUD for covering the costs. For more information you can read the messages on the Lemon64 forum.

ECCC / VCFMW 2012 | On 22 and 23 of September the ECCC (Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention) was held in conjunction with VCFMW (Vintage Computer Festival MidWest) in Lombard, USA. You can see a collection of pictures of the meeting. A few examples of items on the show are: Flyer modem, CommodoreServer, Comet, VIC20 MIDI card, UNIVAC, SAGE, COSMAC, VAXstation etc.

ComVex 2012 | The 8th edition of the Commodore Vegas Expo was held on the 28th and 29th of July 2012. You can watch the photos of the meeting on the pdxcug web page. On this show: videos of Jack Tramiel, R.J. Mical, Bil Herd and Rob Clarke, Comet+, Commodore 128 VGA adapter, Metal Dust and Canabalt competitions, Space Spuds!, Lenard Roach, Aptitude, Digimaster 128, PETSCII Animator and more.

AmigaScene.nl - Viva Amiga | On the 7th of April 2012 Zach Weddington will be doing a film-shoot for the movie Viva Amiga in the Netherlands. On this special day AmigaScene.nl will organise an Amiga Party.
The venue for the party will be the big theatre hall of CKC in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands. There will be a big screen with demo's, graphics and other Amiga related content. The hall will have a demo-scene look, and yes you can bring your own Amiga. The more the better! There will be people from the Amiga world in the Netherlands such as Jan van Die (Amiga Magazine) and François Boulangé (Lingo).

Brisbane C64 Night 2011 | Brisbane C64 Night is a meeting of C64 fans in Australia on the 27th of August 2011. Bring your C64 or another 8-bit Commodore computer with you and have a great evening. Entrance is 5 AUD for covering the costs. For more information you can read the messages on the Lemon64 forum.

Brisbane C64 Night | Brisbane C64 Night is a meeting of C64 fans in Australia on the 4th of September 2010. Bring your C64 or another 8-bit Commodore computer with you and have a great evening. There is also a Bomb Mania competition. Entrance is 5 AUD.

Read the message on the Lemon64 forum for more information.

25 Year Amiga Party | In the Babylon in Heerhugowaard (the Netherlands) there will be a party to celebrate 25 years of Amiga. The party will be on the 24th of July 2010. On this date it will be exactly 25 years ago that the Amiga 1000 was introduced. The day will be about the Amiga and the creative scene that belongs to the Amiga.

X·2010 | The 10th X party will be held from October 1th until October 3rd 2010. The party will be at the new and improved location: De Hoof 18, Someren - the Netherlands. Competitions: C64 Demo, C64 Music and C64 Graphics. Visit the web page of X·2010 for all the details.

LCP 2009 | The LCP (Little Computer People) party will be held on 17-19 July 2009 in Lund, Sweden. This party is for all C64, Amiga, Atari, Spectrum and console fans. In addition to the mighty compo, there will be lots of other party features in order to make LCP a mighty pleasant experience. You can expect demos on the bigscreen, game compos, DJ'ing, movies and much more.

Press Play On Tape | PPOT will be performing at The Rock. The event is in Copenhagen, Denmark. The supporting act will be Reyn Ouwehand. Reyn is an internationally acclaimed performer and producer and the composer of famous tunes like Last Ninja 3 and Flimbo's Quest. Tickets are 110 Denmark Kroner or about 15 Euro's.

Retro fair | The Bonami game-computer museum organises a retro computer fair. There will be many exhibitors who sell games, consoles, computers and much more. The fair is in Harderwijk, the Netherlands on 4 April 2009. The entrance is 1 euro. Go to the Bonami web page for all the details.

Retro Computer Dag - 2009 | The Retro Computer Dag is the largest retro computer event in the Netherlands. On this day (29 April 2009) you can buy all sorts of games, consoles and computers. Examples are: Atari, Commodore, Amiga, Sinclair, Philips, Sharp, MSX, BBC, Amstrad, New Brain, Intellivision, Vectrex, Coleco, Nintendo, Sega, Dreamcast and Sony Playstation 1.
Free entrance and free parking! Visit the web page of the Retro Computer Dag for all the details.

X-2008 | The X-2008 party is going to be on 24-26 October 2008 in Hengelo (Gld.) - The Netherlands. The biannual c64-only event has been one of its kind in 8-bit partyland. Not only do you get brilliant demo/graphics/music competitions, but you also get a nice bed, hot showers, proper food, breakfast and all the beer, soft drinks, tea and coffee you can drink. And this year there is a live performance of Reyn Ouwehand!

Back In Time - Stockholm 2008 | This event is all about celebrating the Commodore 64 and its music. The event will take place on September 13, in Stockholm, Sweden. The host are Andreas Wallström from C64.com and John Carehag from Ziphoid Entertainment. On stage: Jeroen Tel, 6581 with Reyn Ouwehand, Eike Steffen and Andreas Wallström, Disco Danceaway and DJ Jucke.

Breakpoint 2008 | The demos and intros from the Breakpoint 2008 party are available from the web page. This demoscene party is about Amiga, PC, C64, music and graphics.

X-2008 | The X-2008 party is going to be on 24-26 October 2008 in Hengelo (Gld.) - The Netherlands. The biannual c64-only event has been one of its kind in 8-bit partyland. Not only do you get brilliant demo/graphics/music competitions, but you also get a nice bed, hot showers, proper food, breakfast and all the beer, soft drinks, tea and coffee you can drink. And this year there is a live performance of Reyn Ouwehand!

Jack Tramiel at CHM | Jack Tramiel will be speaking at the CHM (Computer History Museum) event (10 Dec 2007). Other famous Computer people will be there: Steve Wozniak (Apple), William C. Lowe, (IBM), Adam Chowaniec, (Amiga), Jeri Ellsworth (CommodoreOne / C64 DTV)

Primary Star 2007 | Primary Star will take place on August 10, 11 and 12 in the town Reusel in the Netherlands. Check the web page for more news and info.

Vintage Computer Festival East 4.0 (2007) | The Vintage Computer Festival East 4.0 was held Saturday and Sunday, June 9th and 10th in Wall Township NJ. Take a look at the very special items shown on the festival like a 264, C64 LCD and the Amiga AAA motherboard.

Primary Star 2007 | Primary Star is a C64 party organized by Anubis from August 10th till August 12th in the town of Reusel (The Netherlands). HCC Members can buy a day ticket! Just show your clubcard! As always free Beer, live entertainment, cool party people and the best waste of your time there is.

Breakpoint 2007 | This year the world's biggest pure demo scene event Breakpoint will be from the 6th to the 9th of April 2007 (Easter weekend). This is the fifth anniversary with 1000 creative participants from more than 30 nations are expected to once again gather in the beautiful town of Bingen am Rhein, Germany.

Primary Star 2006 | If you missed this meeting then you still have a chance to look at the photos. You can also download the releases from the party. And of course the official Results of the competitions.

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