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Top Event Organizers in Surabaya

The 24 most sponsor-active event communities in Surabaya, ranked by our Event Leader Score and refreshed daily.

📊 24 ranked organizers 🔄 Updated September 30, 2026 🔍 11 sponsorship research sessions in Surabaya in the last 30 days 🤖 Compiled by Sponsor Scout
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Leader Score 86

GDG Surabaya is an independent developer community chapter serving software developers, AI practitioners, students, and technology enthusiasts in Surabaya. It runs recurring Google ecosystem, AI, web, Android, and cloud-oriented events.

monthlydevelopers, students, engineers, AI practitioners, and technology enthusiastsdevelopersaicloud
🎪 Google I/O Extended Surabaya 2026: Exploring AI🤝 10 known sponsors👥 ~250 reach📅 Last event: 2026-09-05
👤 Led by Joan Santoso · GDG Surabaya Organizer and AI/ML Surabaya Lead Organizer✋ Verify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 83

AI/ML Surabaya, formerly TensorFlow User Group Surabaya, is a local community for people learning and applying artificial intelligence and machine learning. It organizes study jams, workshops, roadshows, and joint events with developer and …

quarterlyAI/ML engineers, developers, students, researchers, and startup practitionersaimachine-learningdevelopers
🎪 OpenClaw Developer Community Event🤝 11 known sponsors👥 ~180 reach📅 Last event: 2026-09-01
👤 Led by Joan Santoso · Lead Organizer✋ Verify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 81

An annual Surabaya exhibition and business expo featuring UMKM, regional products, innovation, public services, workshops, community programming, and business matchmaking.

annualconsumers, UMKM owners, businesses, investors, familiestrade-showumkmbusiness
🎪 Surabaya Great Expo 2026🤝 10 known sponsors👥 ~48,022 reach📅 Last event: 2026-08-30
👤 Led by Herry Purwadi · Head of Culture, Youth, Sports and Tourism Department, Surabaya✋ Verify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 80

Large-scale creativity, entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation conference serving founders, investors, business leaders, creators, and decision-makers. The Surabaya edition combines conference programming with community and artisan-ma…

annualfounders, investors, creators, business leaders, and creative professionalsstartupentrepreneurshiptechnology
🎪 IdeaFest SUB 2026: The Next Leap🤝 7 known sponsors👥 ~3,000 reach📅 Last event: 2026-08-09
👤 Led by Saskia Tessy · Festival Director, IdeaFest Surabaya✋ Verify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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A recurring Surabaya community for WordPress users, developers, designers, site owners, and digital professionals. The group runs practical meetups covering WordPress, websites, AI, and web development.

monthlyWordPress users, developers, designers, and site ownerswordpressweb developmentai
🎪 WPSBY Meetup - Ngobrol seputar WordPress, Website dan AI🤝 4 known sponsors👥 ~25 reach📅 Last event: 2026-09-01
👤 Led by Yupi · Host✋ Verify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 66

JETE Fest is JETE Indonesia’s annual technology, lifestyle, community, and entertainment festival in Surabaya. It combines product showcases, workshops, competitions, talks, and community programming.

annualconsumers, technology enthusiasts, families, creators, gamers, and communitiestechnologyconsumer-electronicsgaming
🎪 JETEFEST 2026🤝 8 known sponsors👥 ~6,000 reach📅 Last event: 2026-09-06
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Recurring Surabaya community for AWS builders, developers, architects, cloud engineers, students, and technology decision-makers. It runs technical meetups, networking sessions, workshops, and sponsor or partner opportunities.

monthlycloud professionals, developers, architects, DevOps engineers, students, and IT decision-makerscloudawsdevelopers
🎪 Monthly Meetup July 2026🤝 1 known sponsor👥 ~1,330 reach📅 Last event: 2026-07-11
👤 Led by Mochamad Suhri Ainur Rifky · Event Host✋ Verify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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A Surabaya cosplay and pop-culture convention connecting cosplayers, costume makers, photographers, rental providers, performers, creators, and related gaming and Japanese-culture communities.

annualcosplayers, creators, pop-culture fans, exhibitors, collectorscosplayanimepop-culture
🎪 C4 (Cosplay Creator & Community Convention) 2026🤝 9 known sponsors👥 ~3,000 reach📅 Last event: 2026-09-06
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Leader Score 61

SurabayaDev is an independent Surabaya technology community focused on education, career development, programming, design, product, AI, and collaboration. It runs meetups, workshops, community gatherings, and partnerships with technology co…

monthlydevelopers, designers, product professionals, students, and technology job seekerstechnologydevelopersai
🎪 SCALECON 2026🤝 10 known sponsors👥 ~150 reach📅 Last event: 2026-05-09
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Leader Score 60

A recurring multi-genre music festival in Surabaya presenting local, national, and international performers. SOD Group is developing the festival into a broader creative and live-performance ecosystem with related entertainment brands.

annualmusic fans, young adults, creative communitiesmusicentertainmentcreative-industry
🎪 SOD Festival 2026🤝 5 known sponsors👥 ~5,000 reach📅 Last event: 2026-08-02
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Surabaya Startup Festival is a recurring startup development and entrepreneurship program connecting Surabaya founders with mentors, investors, government stakeholders, and business communities. The program combines founder training, worksh…

annualstartup founders, aspiring entrepreneurs, mentors, investors, and ecosystem partnersstartupentrepreneurshipinvestment
🎪 Surabaya Startup Festival 3.0🤝 3 known sponsors👥 ~250 reach📅 Last event: 2026-05-01
👤 Led by Aristia Chen · Event Chair✋ Verify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 57

AI conference series focused on practical artificial-intelligence implementation for businesses, developers, founders, operators, and technology professionals.

annualfounders, executives, developers, operators, students, and AI innovatorsaitechnologystartup
🎪 SCALECON Surabaya 2026🤝 17 known sponsors👥 ~700 reach📅 Last event: 2026-05-09
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An annual Ramadan marketplace and community entertainment series combining local business booths, fashion, sports competitions, gaming, and family programming. The Surabaya edition is run through a collaboration between Suara Surabaya Media…

annualfamilies, shoppers, UMKM customers, local communitiesramadanmarketplacefamily
🎪 JConnect Ramadan Vaganza 2026🤝 3 known sponsors👥 ~5,000 reach📅 Last event: 2026-03-01
👤 Led by Vina Maulida · Event Committee Chair✋ Verify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 51

An annual JTV-led durian and East Java fruit festival in Surabaya featuring food experiences, agricultural vendors, cultural performances, entertainment, and UMKM participation. The series has reached its sixth edition and consistently attr…

annualfamilies, food enthusiasts, durian buyers, UMKM visitorsfoodagricultureculinary
🎪 Festival Kenduren JTV 2026🤝 6 known sponsors👥 ~4,500 reach📅 Last event: 2026-02-08
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Leader Score 50

An annual statistics and data competition series organized at ITS in Surabaya, combining international university-level data analysis competition, national statistics competition, gala events, and student-focused data education.

annualuniversity students, high-school students, data analysts, academics, and statistics enthusiastsdata-sciencestatisticsanalytics
🎪 Pekan Raya Statistika 2026🤝 4 known sponsors👥 ~500 reach📅 Last event: 2026-10-04
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An annual public fashion and creative-economy festival combining designer showcases, cultural fashion, parades, UMKM activity, competitions, entertainment, and community programming in central Surabaya.

annualfashion audiences, designers, creative businesses, families, local communitiesfashioncreative-economyculture
🎪 Surabaya Fashion Festival 2026👥 ~5,000 reach📅 Last event: 2026-06-21
👤 Led by Djoko Setyo · Chairperson, Surabaya Fashion Festival Committee✋ Verify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Surabaya-based Cursor community running meetups, workshops, and hackathons around AI-assisted software development and vibe coding. The community primarily serves developers, students, solopreneurs, and technology enthusiasts in East Java.

quarterlydevelopers, students, solopreneurs, and AI-assisted coding enthusiastsaideveloper toolssoftware development
🎪 Cursor Meetup Surabaya: Hackathon🤝 1 known sponsor👥 ~75 reach📅 Last event: 2025-10-11
👤 Led by M Aris Setiawan · Regional Cursor Ambassador and Host✋ Verify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 42

Local AI community organizing practical learning, sharing sessions, and networking for Surabaya-based AI practitioners and enthusiasts. Its programming covers AI creativity, tools, workflows, collaboration, and startup-oriented technology u…

one-offAI enthusiasts, developers, founders, digital professionals, and technology learnersaitechnologystartups
🎪 Kopdar Perdana AI Club Surabaya👥 ~40 reach📅 Last event: 2026-07-19
👤 Led by Abdul Mughits · AI Club Surabaya Committee Member / Organizer✋ Verify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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A weekly Surabaya social and language-exchange meetup for locals, travelers, expats, international students, remote workers, and young professionals seeking friendship and cross-cultural connections.

weeklylocals, travelers, expats, international students, young professionalssocial-networkinglanguage-exchangeexpat-community
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Professional project-management association with an active Surabaya branch serving project professionals through community-connect events, webinars, professional development and networking. Its audience spans industry, universities, governm…

monthlyproject managers, consultants, engineers, academics and business professionalsproject-managementprofessional-networkingleadership
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Large-scale annual road-running series initiated by APPBI Jawa Timur and supported by the Surabaya City Government, featuring full-marathon, half-marathon, 10K, and 5K categories.

annualRunners, sports communities, families, and sport-tourism visitorshealthsportscommunity
🎪 Le Minerale Surabaya Marathon 2026🤝 1 known sponsor👥 ~7,000 reach📅 Last event: 2026-08-02
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A recurring national marketing festival held across major Indonesian cities, including Surabaya, serving marketing professionals, business leaders, brands, and agencies. The 2026 edition reports more than 100 sponsors and over 6,000 partici…

annualmarketers, business leaders, brand executives, agenciesmarketingbusinessbranding
🎪 Indonesia Marketing Festival 2026 — Surabaya👥 ~6,000 reach📅 Last event: 2026-09-06
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Airlangga Startup Summit & Innovation Expo is an annual startup and innovation exhibition organized by PASINBIS at Universitas Airlangga. It showcases university and regional startups, innovation products, business matching, workshops, and …

annualstartups, university innovators, investors, students, corporate partners, and the publicstartupinnovationuniversity
🎪 ASSIE IV 2026👥 ~3,000 reach📅 Last event: 2026-11-06
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Major Indonesian trade-show organizer running recurring industrial, manufacturing, agritech, energy and technology exhibitions in Surabaya. Its events connect large numbers of exhibitors, buyers, business visitors and industry decision-make…

annualindustrial buyers, exhibitors, distributors, investors and business decision-makerstrade-showmanufacturingindustrial
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99 companies sponsor events in Surabaya

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How we rank — the Event Leader Score

Every organizer is scored 0–100 by Sponsor Scout as we search the open web daily. The score blends five weighted signals — it rewards groups that gather real audiences and consistently attract sponsors. These findings are updated each day.

Sponsor activityHighest weight
How many distinct companies actively sponsor their events — the strongest signal of a live, fundable program.
Event frequencyHigh weight
How regularly they run events. Weekly & monthly cadences earn more than one-offs.
AudienceMedium weight
Estimated reach and the quality of the crowd they convene (founders, operators, investors).
RecencyLower weight
How recently they last gathered people — active beats dormant.
ReachLower weight
Web, social, and community footprint that amplifies a sponsor's spend.
Verified leaderBonus
A confirmed organizer who has verified their listing with a one-click email check — verified groups rank higher and earn a badge.

How to be #1 in Surabaya

Your rank is a sponsor magnet. The higher you sit on this list, the more sponsors and partners discover you here — and the more credible you look when you pitch them. Here's how to climb.

Verify your listingInstant boost
Confirm you lead the group with a one-click email check. Verified leaders earn a badge and an instant score bump.
Land more sponsorsBiggest lever
Sponsor activity is the heaviest signal. Every distinct company that backs your events lifts your score — and your rank.
Run events consistentlyBig lever
A regular cadence beats one-offs. Weekly and monthly programs rank far above occasional gatherings.
Grow your audienceMeaningful lever
Bigger, higher-quality crowds (founders, operators, investors) make you a more attractive sponsor bet.

Why it matters: sponsors browse these rankings to decide who to back. A higher rank means more inbound sponsor interest, warmer intros, and a stronger negotiating position — a compounding flywheel where more sponsors lift your rank, and a higher rank attracts more sponsors.

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