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Kindergarden (KG) is an annual demo party first organized in 1994 in Fjellfoten, Norway. During the first few years it was held irregularly, eventually settling into being an annual event. Since 2001 it has been held in Haga, Norway, the location also used for Kindergarden 4 and 5. [1] [ self-published source? ]
Kindergarden is currently the oldest, still running demoparty which purely focuses on the demoscene, only beaten by the three big computer-parties Assembly, The Gathering and Euskal Encounter. [2] [ self-published source? ]
Kindergarden started out as a small get-together between friends that culminated into Kindergarden 1 being organized at a small kindergarten at Fjellfoten, Norway, 24.-25. September 1994. [3] [ self-published source? ] After the first party it was obvious that the next event would need a larger location, and so the second and third parties, named Kindergarden 4 and 5, were held at Haga samfunnshus in nearby Haga, Norway. [4] Because the party kept growing Kindergarden was organized at several other places for the next few years, until it returned to Haga Samfunnshus in 2001, where it has been continuously organized ever since.
Originally a pure Amiga party, [5] Kindergarden solely accepted entries on this computer platform. With the declining size of the Amiga scene in the late 90s, however, PC-compos were added in 2000, and since then the party has catered to all platforms while maintaining a pure demoscene focus. [6] [ self-published source? ] [7] [ self-published source? ]
Party name | Location | Date |
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Kindergarden 1 | Grendehuset, Fjellfoten, Norway | 24.-25. September 1994 |
Kindergarden 4 | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 17.-19. November 1995 |
Kindergarden 5 | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 26.-28. January 1996 |
Kindergarden 6 | Hellerud videregående skole, Oslo, Norway | 15.-17. November 1996 |
Kindergarden Miniseries 1 | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 10.-12. January 1997 |
Kindergarden 97 | Hellerud videregående skole, Oslo, Norway | 3.-6. July 1997 |
Kindergarden 98 | Eikeli videregående skole, Bærum, Norway | 13.-15. November 1998 |
Kindergarden 99 | Hellerud videregående skole, Oslo, Norway | 29. October-1. November 2000 |
Satellite and Kindergarden 2000 | Club Slowianin, Szczecin, Poland | 4.-5. November 2000 |
Kindergarden 2017-16 | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 9.-11. November 2001 |
Kindergarden 2003 | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 28. February-2. March 2003 |
Kindergarden 0xb | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 17.-19. October 2004 |
Kindergarden 20005 | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 11.-13. November 2005 |
Kindergarden 2006 | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 10.-12. November 2006 |
Kindergarden 2007 | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 16.-18. November 2007 |
Kindergarden 2008 | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 14.-16. November 2008 |
Kindergarden 2009 | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 20.-22. November 2009 |
Kindergarden 2010 | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 5.-7. November 2010 |
Kindergarden 2011 | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 4.-6. November 2011 |
Kindergarden 2012 | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 9.-11. November 2012 |
Kindergarden 2013 | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 8.-10. November 2013 |
Kindergarden 2014 | Haga samfunnshus, Haga, Norway | 7.-9. November 2014 |
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