Recurring events established in 1996

Japanese trade fair for video games

International observance, 21 November

French film award in several categories (1996–)

QuakeCon is a yearly convention held by ZeniMax Media to celebrate and promote the major franchises of id Software and other studios owned by ZeniMax. It includes a large, paid, bring-your-own-computer (BYOC) LAN party event with a competitive tournament held every year in Dallas, Texas, USA. The event, which is named after id Software's game Quake, sees thousands of gamers from all over the world attend every year to celebrate the company's gaming dynasty.

__NOTOC__ thumb|upright=0.8|Attendees at the 2004 JavaOne conference described their vision of the future of Java on a whiteboard.

Manifesta, also known as the European Nomadic Biennial, is a European pan-regional contemporary cultural biennale.

european Jewish Culture Celebration Event

state holiday of Ukraine

extreme metal music festival

fighting video game championship held in the United States

gay pride

Hong Kong film award organised by the Hong Kong Film Critics Association

clothing trade show in São Paulo, Brazil

recognizing Indigenous peoples in Canada

thumb|Logo LinuxTag was an annual Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) conference and exposition with an emphasis on Linux but also BSD descendants located in Germany. The name is a compound with the German Tag meaning "Day", as it was initially a single day conference, but soon extended to multiple days, then always including a weekend. LinuxTag was the world's largest FLOSS conference and exhibition for years and aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of the Linux and Free Software market as well to promote contacts between users and developers. With this broad approach LinuxTag was one o

Professional wrestling pay-per-view event

annual LGBT event in Copenhagen

international beer competition

Heavy metal and hard rock festival held in Germany

annual observance day

beauty contest

beauty contest

National Beauty pageant

annual culture festival in Sarajevo

beauty contest

QueerCineMad, formerly LesGaiCineMad, Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT de Madrid (Madrid International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival) is an LGBT film festival held in Madrid, Spain, organized by the Fundación Triángulo and usually held in November.

CyberSlam was a professional wrestling supercard event and fan convention produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1996 to 2000.

Portuguese group of awards

Animac, subtitled, International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, is a non-competitive festival that takes place in Lleida, Spain, that shows a selection of animation done all over the world. It is organised by the City Council of Lleida and the Regional Government of Catalonia.

semiconductors trade show held in Taipei, Taiwan

SEXPO is a health, sexuality and lifestyle exhibition that takes place in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. The first American SEXPO exhibition took place in the United States in 2023. Founded in 1995, the event has gone on to be held over 80 times nationally. SEXPO includes exhibitors, a health and wellness seminar theatre, special interest zones, amusements, bars, live stage entertainment, and will often feature celebrities and guests from the adult industry.

annual multi-tiered event held every New Year's Eve in Sydney, Australia

Australian fashion industry event