Digital Indie Game Festivals

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1	Title	City	Country	Founded	Theme/Focus	2019 Dates	Website	Submissions Deadline	Notes
2	CounterPlay	Aarhus	Denmark	2014	Playfulness	April 4-6	http://www.counterplay.org
3	Playful Learning	Leicester	England	2016	Learning & Play for Adults	July 10-12	http://conference.playthinklearn.net/blog/
4	Ouest Park Festival	Le Havre	France				http://ouestpark.com/
5	IndieCade: EU	Paris	France	2016	Indie Games	Not announced	https://indiecade-europe.eu/en/about
6	Platine Festival	Cologne	Germany	2011	Experimental Art and (Computer) Games	Canceled?	http://platine-cologne.de/
7	Notgames Fest	Cologne	Germany	2011	Experimental Games	Canceled?	http://notgames.colognegamelab.com/
8	PLAY	Hamburg	Germany	2003	Playing with Games	Nov 14-17	https://play18.playfestival.de/
9	Spielkultur Festival	Remscheid	Germany	2019	Games Culture	March 7-8	https://kulturellebildung.de/spielkulturfestival/programm-2019/?fbclid=IwAR1ldr2VwaTLKxxSSNPmIlcZ41HVVoEWp3HapMiXAlKAHb4Mx9XBLL5WUcU
10	Tocati International Festival of Street Games	Verona	Italy	2014	Traditional Street Games	Sept 12-15	http://tocati.it/en/
11	Playful Arts Festival	Hertogenbosch	Netherlands	2014	Urban Play	Next in 2020?	http://playfulartsfestival.com/		A collaboration between zo-ii and (Zuraida Buter) and Wave of Tomorrow (Tessa Peters and others)
12	INDIGO	Utrecht	Netherlands		Indie Game Showcase	June 28	http://www.dutchgamegarden.nl/indigo/main/		Part of Dutch Game Garden
13	Nordic Game Day	Various	Nordic Countries	2014	Nordic Games	Nov 4-10	https://nordicgameday.wordpress.com/
14	Grenselandet	Oslo	Norway	2010	Chamber larps		http://blog.grenselandet.net/
15	Play Festivals (Europe)		Please add any others you know about (and correct any mistakes)				Created by you and Zack Wood (@williamzwood on Twitter), patreon.com/wzackw
16	Let's Play Poznan	Poznan	Poland	2013	Street Games, Urban Games	Canceled?	http://letsplaypoznan.com/index.php
17	Ludicious	Zurich	Switzerland	2014	Computer Games	Jan 31-Feb 3	http://www.ludicious.ch
18	Now Play This	London	UK	2015	Mostly short-ish games/play	April 6-14	http://nowplaythis.net
19	Feral Vector	Hebden Bridge	UK		Indie Video Games		http://feral-vector.com
20	GameCity	Nottingham	UK	2006	Video Games	Canceled?	http://gamecity.org/
21	Playful Conference	London	UK	2014	Play Culture		http://thisisplayful.com		The website doesn't work. Is this active?
22	playARK	Cardiff	UK	2012	Street Games	Canceled?	http://www.playark.co.uk/
23	Wild Rumpus	London & Toronto	UK, Canada		Indie Game Event	Not announced	http://thewildrumpus.co.uk
24	＊For events embracing play & games beyond screens (ie. physical games & non-digital play, too). No AAA press events, purely screen-based game festivals, video game tournaments, talking-only events, etc.
25	Read more about these festivals here:	https://www.academia.edu/26923433/Games_Beyond_the_Screen_Festivals_of_Play_Across_the_Western_World
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