This is a list of noteworthy gaming conventions from around the world. This list is sectioned by location, and each gaming convention includes the dates during which it is typically held. Dates listed are approximate or traditional time periods for each convention.
Knutepunkt
MineCon
Penny Arcade Expo
Arcanacon – Melbourne in January
AVCon – Adelaide in July
EB Games Expo - Sydney Olympic Park
Melbourne International Games Week - Melbourne - 31 October - November 6, Various Locations
Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) Australia - Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in November
RTX Australia - International Convention Center in Jan/Feb
Supanova Pop Culture Expo - various dates and locations
SaikoroWars (at Paddock Halls, Bahrain International Circuit, irregularly)
ChinaJoy – Shanghai in July
Ziggurat Con – Tallil Airbase, Iraq Premiere of this event and the first con in a combat zone
Tokyo Game Show – Tokyo in September
New Zealand
Armageddon - Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton & Christchurch
Chimera - Auckland - in November
KapCon – Wellington - in January
Philippine Game Festival – Manila in October
Gamers day – Riyadh - September
G-Star – Busan in November
Fastaval – Århus during Easter
Nordic Game Jam - Copenhagen in Jan - Feb.
Finland
JunaCon – Turku, in late winter or early spring
Ropecon – Espoo in late July or early August
Festival Ludique International de Parthenay (FLIP) – Parthenay in July
Paris Games Week (PGW) - Paris in November
Gamescom - Köln in August
Internationale Spieltage SPIEL – Essen in October
Nuremberg International Toy Fair – Nuremberg in February
Lucca Comics & Games - Lucca in early November
PLAY: The Games Festival - Modena in April
Ireland
Games Fleadh - LIT Tipperary in late March
Itzacon Eire – NUI Galway in early March
Warpcon – University College Cork in late January
The Gathering (computer party) - Hamar during Easter
Poland
Polcon - on the last weekend of August, location changes every year
Pyrkon - Poznań in March
IgroMir - Moscow at the end of September
Russian Game Developers Conference
Comic-Con Russia
DreamHack – Jönköping & Skellefteå since 1994
GothCon – Gothenburg during Easter since 1977
EGX – Birmingham, England & London, England
GEEK - Winter Gardens, Margate, England in February
Multiplay's Insomnia Gaming Festival - England
UK Games Expo - Annual Hobby Gaming convention held annually at the Hilton, NEC in May/June.
Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo (Calgary Expo) – Calgary, Alberta in April
CanGames – Ottawa, Ontario in May
FallCon – Calgary, Alberta in October
GX – Toronto, Ontario in August or September
Hal-Con – Halifax, Nova Scotia in November
Pure Speculation – Edmonton, Alberta in November
VCON – Vancouver, British Columbia in October
Arranged by regional divisions used by the United States Census Bureau
Arisia - Boston, Massachusetts in January
Carnagecon - Killington, Vermont in early November
ConnectiCon - Hartford, Connecticut in July.
FlightSimCon - New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut in June.
Intercon – Chelmsford, Massachusetts in early March
Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East - Boston, Massachusetts in late March
PortConMaine - Portland, Maine in Late June
Vericon – Cambridge, Massachusetts in late March
Middle Atlantic
New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
DexCon – Morristown, New Jersey in July
Fall In! – Adams County, Pennsylvania in November
Genericon - Troy, New York in February/March
I-CON – Long Island, New York at Stony Brook University in March/April
IndieCade East – Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York in February
Lunacon - Ryebrook, New York at Ryebrooke Hilton in March
PrinceCon – Princeton, New Jersey
TooManyGames – Oaks, Pennsylvania
World Boardgaming Championships – Seven Springs, Pennsylvania in August or late July
East North Central
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin
Archon - Collinsville, Illinois in October
ConCoction – Cleveland, Ohio in March
Gen Con - Indianapolis, Indiana in July/August
Gary Con - Lake Geneva, Wisconsin in March
Marcon – Columbus, Ohio on Mother's Day Weekend
Marmalade Dog – Kalamazoo, Michigan in the first quarter
Midwest Gaming Classic – Brookfield, Wisconsin in April
Origins Game Fair – Columbus, Ohio in late June
Penguicon – Troy, Michigan in April
U-Con – Ann Arbor, Michigan in November
Winter Fantasy – Fort Wayne, Indiana in January
West North Central
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota
DemiCon – Des Moines, Iowa, first weekend each May
Gamicon – Iowa City, Iowa, in February
South Atlantic
Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia
Dragon Con – Atlanta, Georgia on Labor Day weekend
Historicon – Fredericksburg, Virginia in July
MACE – Charlotte, North Carolina - November
MegaCon – Orlando, Florida, in May
MAGFest – National Harbor, Maryland, in February
MineCon - Orlando, Florida on the 2nd weekend of November (2013, Other years may vary)
MomoCon – Atlanta, Georgia in May
PrezCon - Charlottesville, Virginia - President's Day weekend
RavenCon - Richmond, Virginia, in April
Stellarcon – High Point, North Carolina in March
East South Central
Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee
Lexicon Gaming Convention - Lexington, KY in April
Chattacon - Chattanooga, Tennessee at the end of January
CoastCon - Biloxi, Mississippi in early March
Games Workshop Games Day - Memphis, Tennessee in mid Summer
Hypericon – Nashville, Tennessee in early Summer
Yama-Con - Pigeon Forge, Tennessee in December
MidSouthCon – Memphis, Tennessee, in March
MOBICON – Mobile, Alabama in May
West South Central
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas
BGG.CON - Irving, Texas in late November
Comicpalooza - Houston, Texas over Memorial Day weekend in late May
RTX - Austin, Texas in early July
Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) South – San Antonio, Texas in January
QuakeCon - Dallas, Texas in early August
SXSW - Austin, Texas in mid-March
Mountain
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming
CONduit - Salt Lake City, Utah in May
Denver Comic Con - Denver, Colorado in June
Game On Expo - Mesa, Arizona in August
Phoenix Comicon - Phoenix, Arizona in May
SaltCON - Layton, Utah in March
Pacific
Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington
BlizzCon – Anaheim, California in the Autumn
Dragonflight - Seattle, Washington, second weekend in August
DunDraCon – San Ramon, California on Presidents' Day weekend in February
Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) – Los Angeles, California in June
Game Developers Conference – San Francisco, California in March
GameStorm – Portland, Oregon in March
Gamex – Los Angeles, California on Memorial Day weekend in May
Gateway – Los Angeles, California on Labor Day weekend in August/September
GaymerX - San Francisco, California
IndieCade Festival - Los Angeles, California in early October
Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show – Seattle, Washington in June
Norwescon - Seattle, Washington in March/April (Easter weekend)
OrcCon – Los Angeles, California on Presidents' Day weekend in February
OryCon - Portland, Oregon in November
Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) West – Seattle, Washington on the last weekend in August or Labor Day Weekend
RadCon - Pasco, Washington on Presidents' Day weekend in February
SpoCon - Spokane, Washington in August
Brasil Game Show – São Paulo in October
Gamercom - Florianópolis in July
Defunct and on-hiatus conventions
These are notable conventions that have at one time existed, but have either gone on hiatus for more than one year, or have finished operating entirely.
Defunct and On Hiatus:
E For All – Los Angeles, California, United States
Trinoc*coN – Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
GottaCon – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
