It's kind of a paradox, given the tech scene near Silicon Valley and the large numbers of immigrants living there, that there's so little demoscene there. I've

It's kind of a paradox, given the tech scene near Silicon Valley and the large numbers of immigrants living there, that there's so little demoscene there. I've heard various explanations for it, but the solution is very simple...run your own! Back in the 90s, I went to many parties with maybe 10 people in people's basements. In one case, we realized that there was another tiny party happening at the same time in a different state and we turned it into a larger party by virtually combining the two. The "party" part of demoparty is literally that. We'd get together for a day to finish code or music or whatever, chit chat, get drunk and eat, watch movies and so on. Then have a quick competition, declare some winners and go home till next year. It doesn't have to be formal, and being quirky is completely okay. We'd even through in ad-hoc competitions like a 1 hour music writing competition at 2 in the morning. There's nothing at all stopping the scene from happening in SV and there's plenty of people who'd like to participate if you can get the word out.