Name: Playgrounds Festival 2014
Start: 2014-10-28T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2014-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
Location: Several

Curated calendar with indie game events, conferences and play festivals worldwide.

September 2014
September 18, 2014 - September 21, 2014

Ludicious 2014

tba Enschede, Netherlands

Zürich Game Festival. From the press release: From 18 to 21 September 2014 the first edition of Ludicious – Zurich Game Festival will turn the town into the computer game…
September 18, 2014 - September 24, 2014

Fantastic Arcade 2014

Alamo Drafthouse Austin, TX, United States

From the website: Fantastic Arcade is a specially selected power-pack of videogames presented during the first week of Fantastic Fest (Sept 18th - 21st) with accompanying tournaments, events, opportunities to…
September 19, 2014 - September 21, 2014

gameZfestival 2.0 (2014)

Kunstraum Walcheturm Kanonengasse 20, Zurich, Switzerland

Games and game design festival in Zurich. gameZfestival is a festival for game design and games. The initial Festival was all about game mechanics. This year's dominant topic is "play together".…
September 19, 2014 @ 7:00 pm - September 21, 2014 @ 7:00 pm

No Quarter 2014

Waka Waka 26 Clinton St. , New York, United States

Fifth annual No Quarter Exhibition. http://gamecenter.nyu.edu/event/no-quarter-exhibition Featuring four new games from established and emerging independent game developers, this year’s show will be hosted at the new Waka Waka space in…
September 20, 2014 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Incubate Arcade Live 2014

De NWE Vorst WillemII-straat 49, Tilburg

Inviting spectators and players to Incubate Arcade Live, meet composers of game soundtracks. Experience the games on a big screen while the composers play the soundtracks live. Incubate Arcade Live…
September 25, 2014 - September 26, 2014

INDIGO 2014

TivoliVredenburg Vredenburgkade 11, Utrecht, Netherlands

Showcase for Dutch indie games organized by Dutch Game Garden. Deadline for game submission: 4 August 23:59. News item with submission deadline. (in Dutch) News item (English) From the website: Dutch…
September 27, 2014 @ 7:00 pm - September 28, 2014 @ 2:00 am

Wild Rumpus #6

Bl-NK 37 East Rd, London, United Kingdom

Indie Video Game Night Time Roughhousing. Tickets: http://wildrumpus6.eventbrite.com/
October 2014
October 2, 2014 - October 12, 2014

Festival GAMERZ 10

tba Aix-en-Provence, France

Multimedia Arts Festival - Exhibition, performances, meet-ups. Official Website: http://www.festival-gamerz.com From the Lab GAMERZ website: Exhibition : Fondation Vasarely : Exposition Copie Copains Club – Guillaume Stagnaro – Paul Destieu – Isabelle Arvers…
October 3, 2014 - October 5, 2014

Playpublik Kraków 2014

Public Space Kraków Kraków, Poland

Festival for Playful Public Spaces in Kraków, Poland. Curated by Invisible Playground. Theme: Momentary States From the website: Take a moment and consider your world as a playground. Think of the busy…
October 3, 2014 @ 9:30 am - 11:55 pm

[Select/Start] PLAY 2014

VIA University College 2 Prinsens Alle, Viborg, Denmark

PLAY is a games conference that brings together world-renowned speakers and indie developers on October 3rd for a day packed with talks. The event is part of the Viborg Animation…
October 9, 2014 - October 12, 2014

IndieCade 2014

IndieCade Village 9300 Culver Blvd., Culver City, United States

Indie Games Festival. From the website: The IndieCade Festival is the biggest independent game celebration in the United States. This premiere event is held each October in the Los Angeles…
October 17, 2014 - October 19, 2014

Prototype 2014

Project Arts Center 39 East Essex Street, Dublin, Ireland

Prototype, a weekend of Playful Design and Novel Interactions. Running over three days, Prototype will invite local and international designers and artists to host a selection of games, exhibits and…
October 24, 2014 - October 25, 2014

Come Out and Play SF 2014

UN Plaza San Francisco, United States

Play festival San Francisco. From the website: The Come Out & Play Festival is back! Celebrating a fifth year of bringing play to the Bay, Come Out & Play SF…
October 24, 2014 - October 26, 2014

Poznan Game Arena 2014

Poznań International Fair Ltd Poznań, Poland

Poznan Game Arena 2014 - Games, Entertainment and Multimedia Fair http://www.gamearena.pl/en
October 24, 2014 - October 26, 2014

Italian Game Developers Summit 2014

MiCo Milan, Italy

The Italian Game Developers Summit (IGDS) is an event dedicated to the community of Italian game developers to exchange their experiences, meet with each other and inspire from international speakers.…
October 24, 2014 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Playful 2014

Conway Hall London, United Kingdom

Playful 2014: A one-day conference full of thought, talk and play. Expect a day of the unexpected, the funny and the bizarre in games, interaction, technology, design and beyond. The…
October 25, 2014 - October 26, 2014

ZTG GameDev Convention

Poznan International Fair - pavilion 14 Glogowska, Poznan, Poland

Biggest game dev convention in Central Europe. 60+ talks, 50+ speakers Website: http://gdcon.com/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/ztgpl
October 25, 2014 - November 1, 2014

GameCity 9

Nottingham Nottingham, United Kingdom

GameCity 9 - video game festival all around the city of Nottingham, UK. From the website: The GameCity festival returns to Nottingham this October for another half-term week of adventure!…
October 25, 2014 @ 9:00 am - October 26, 2014 @ 6:00 pm

QGCon: The Queerness and Games Conference 2014

UC Berkeley Berkeley, United States

QGCon is a free, weekend-long, interdisciplinary event. The goal of QGCon is to create an open and inclusive environment for discussing the intersection of video games and LGBTQ issues, however…
October 28, 2014 - October 31, 2014

Playgrounds Festival 2014

Several Tilburg / Amsterdam, Netherlands

Playgrounds International Digital Arts Festival is a festival for innovative and creative digital art. During the four-day festival in Tilburg and Amsterdam, Playgrounds presents an impression of the latest developments in technology as…