PAX (event)

PAX
Status	Active
Genre	Gaming (video game, tabletop, CCG, role-playing)
Venue	Various Current PAX West: Seattle Convention Center PAX East: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center PAX Aus: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre PAX Unplugged: Pennsylvania Convention Center Former PAX South: Henry B. González Convention Center PAX East: Hynes Convention Center PAX Aus: Melbourne Showgrounds PAX West: Meydenbauer Center
Location(s)	Various Current PAX East: Boston PAX Aus: Melbourne PAX Unplugged: Philadelphia PAX West: Seattle Former PAX South: San Antonio
Country	United States Australia
Inaugurated	PAX West: August 28–29, 2004 Other PAX(s) PAX East: March 26–28, 2010 PAX Dev: August 24–25, 2011 PAX Aus: July 19–21, 2013 PAX South: January 23–25, 2015 PAX Unplugged: November 17–19, 2017
Most recent	PAX East: March 21–24, 2024 Other PAX(s) PAX Unplugged: December 1–3, 2023 PAX Aus: October 6–8, 2023 PAX West: September 1–4, 2023 PAX South: January 17–19, 2020 PAX Dev: August 27–28, 2019
Next event	PAX West: August 30–September 2, 2024 Other PAX(s) PAX Aus: October 11–13, 2024 PAX Unplugged: December 6–8, 2024 PAX East: May 8–11, 2025
Organized by	Penny Arcade RELX
Website	www.paxsite.com

PAX (originally known as Penny Arcade Expo) is a series of gaming culture festivals involving tabletop, arcade, and video gaming. PAX is held annually in Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, and Melbourne. Previously, it was also held in San Antonio.

PAX was created in 2004 by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, the authors of the Penny Arcade webcomic, because they wanted to attend a show exclusively for gaming.^[1] The shows include a keynote speech from an industry insider, game-culture inspired concerts, panels on game topics, exhibitor booths from both independent and major game developers and publishers, a LAN party multiplayer, tabletop gaming tournaments, and video game freeplay areas.