Agenda 2023: trade fairs, conferences, games events

This is where the games industry and customers meet: the most important trade fairs, conferences, festivals and events in 2023 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

After three hard pandemic years, trade fair companies, service providers, exhibitors, the hotel industry and of course the visitors are hoping for a halfway ‘normal’ event season 2023 again – as far as the galloping inflation and rising energy costs allow something like normality. And Corona isn’t ‘over’ yet, either the situation in China proven.

And yet: The show must go on. Lots of festivals, award ceremonies, conferences and trade fairs are planned across Germany for 2023 – including some premieres such as the #G4L in Düsseldorf (Update: cancelled) or the Caggtus in Leipzig. Some events have not yet been given a specific date, but of course it will not stay that way.

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March 2023

• Hamburg Games Conference 2023 (international conference) – Altonaer Museum, Hamburg – March 1 + 2, 2023 (Wednesday + Thursday) – Details
• Game Developers Conference / GDC 2023 (international developer conference) – Moscone Center, San Francisco (USA) – March 20 to 24, 2023 (Monday to Friday) – Information on the German pavilion

April 2023

• Caggtus 2023 (Gaming Festival) – Messe Leipzig – 14th to 16th April 2023 (Friday to Sunday) – Details

May 2023

• A MAZE. / Berlin (Festival) – Berlin – May 10th to 13th, 2023 (Wednesday to Saturday) – Website
• German computer game prize 2023 (Award Ceremony) – Berlin – May 11, 2023 (Thursday) – Details
• CANCELLED Gamevention 2023 (Gaming Festival) – Holstenhallen Neumünster – May 19-21, 2023 (Friday-Sunday) – Details

June 2023

• NEU Baltic Dev Days 2023 (Developer Conference) – Atlantic Hotel, Kiel – June 1 + 2, 2023 (Thursday + Friday) – Details
• NEU German Dev Days 2023 (Developer Conference) – Saalbau Gallus, Frankfurt / Main – June 6th + 7th, 2023 (Tuesday + Wednesday) – Details
• DreamHack Hannover (E-Sports Festival) – HannoverMesse, Hanover – June 8th to 11th, 2023 (Thursday to Sunday)
• A1 Austrian Esports Festival 2023 – Austria Center Vienna, Vienna (Austria) – June 10, 2023 (Saturday)
• E3 2023 (Trade Show) – LA Convention Center, Los Angeles (USA) – June 13th to 16th, 2023 (Tuesday to Friday) – Details

July 2023

• Level Up (Games and E-Sports Festival) – Messezentrum Salzburg (Austria) – July 1 and 2, 2023 (Saturday and Sunday) – Website

August 2023

• Intel Extreme Masters / IEM Cologne 2023 (E-Sports Tournament) – Lanxess Arena, Cologne – August 4th to 6th, 2023 (Friday to Sunday)
• Devcom 2023 (international developer conference) – KoelnMesse, Cologne – August 20th to 25th, 2023 (Sunday to Friday) – Details
• Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 (Show) – KoelnMesse, Cologne – August 22, 2023 (Tuesday)
• Gamescom 2023 (Trade fair for trade visitors and end consumers) – KoelnMesse, Cologne – August 23 to 27, 2023 (Wednesday to Sunday) – Details
• Gamescom 2023 trade visitor and media day – KoelnMesse, Cologne – August 23, 2023 (Wednesday)
• Gamescom Congress 2023 (Conference) – KoelnMesse, Cologne – August 24, 2023 (Thursday)

September 2023

• IFA 2023 (Trade and public fair) – Messe Berlin – September 1 to 5, 2023 (Friday to Tuesday)

October 2023

• NEU ADAC SimRacing Expo 2023 (Public Fair / Tournaments) – Messe Dortmund – October 13th to 15th, 2023 (Friday to Sunday)
• Polaris Convention 2023 (Public Fair / Festival) – Messe Hamburg – October 13th to 15th, 2023 (Friday to Sunday)
• UPDATE Game City Wien 2023 (Public Fair / Festival) – Rathaus Wien (Austria) – 13th to 15th October 2023 (Friday to Sunday) – Details
• Gamescom Asia 2023 (Trade and Public Fair) – Suntec Convention & Exhibition Center, Singapore – 19th to 22nd October 2023 (Thursday to Sunday)

December 2023

• DreamHack Hannover (E-Sports Festival) – HannoverMesse, Hannover – December 15th to 17th, 2023 (Friday to Sunday)
• German Developer Award 2023 (award ceremony) – Cologne – date tba

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February 2023

• Toy Fair 2023 (Trade Fair) – Nürnberg Messe – February 1st to 5th, 2023 (Wednesday to Sunday) – Details
• MAG-C 2023 (Community-Convention) – Messe Erfurt – February 4th + 5th, 2023 (Saturday + Sunday) – Details
• CANCELLED G4L 2023 (Gaming-Festival) – Messe Düsseldorf – February 10-12, 2023 (Friday to Sunday) – Details
• GG Bavaria (Gaming Convention + Job Exchange) – Alte Kongresshalle, Munich – February 25th + 26th, 2023 (Saturday + Sunday) – Details