World Village Festival is a major event for sustainable development and a forum for discussing global issues. Through the festival exhibitors and partners can reach thousands of people interested in global issues and solidarity, civil society work and sustainable development.
The festival is transforming in 2026 and moving to central Helsinki: to Lasipalatsi District and Narinkkatori square. Festival days are Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May.
- Registration for exhibitors opens on 15 January and closes on 25 February 2026.
- Advertising space can be reserved from 15 January until 10 April.
- For special arrangements or further information, please contact the festival team.
- Check out the preliminary map of the new festival site.
- Price lists, terms and conditions and other information to assist stakeholders with planning will be published in November.
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How can you be involved?
- The festival is an excellent place to gain new members, attract volunteers or bolster their self-financing, to be seen as an influential actor and bring themes to the attention of the general public..
- Authorities and other organisations can use the festival to get in touch with citizens as well as target groups that are harder to reach otherwise.
- For companies, the festival provides an opportunity talk about their corporate responsibility efforts and to strengthen their image as a societal actor.
- Media partners can reach tens of thousands of active citizens at the event and the communication around it.
Organizations can participate in the festival as
- exhibitors
- programme partners
- main partners
- content partners
- advertisers or communication partners
Main partners
As a main partner of World Village Festival, you will be featured at Finland’s largest sustainable development event, playing a strong role in enabling the festival and in showcasing solutions relevant to the theme. Main partnership (4–6 partners) enables a broad range of content cooperation, and mutually beneficial bundles will implemented with main partners. In return for your contribution as a main partner, you will receive a special location for your stand, extensive visibility at the festival site and in festival communication and marketing, your own factual programme as well as other programme cooperation opportunities and many exclusive benefits.
Content partners
As a content partner, you will be involved in providing unique experiences and enjoyment for festivalgoers. Partnership may entail branding an area to reflect what you do. Partnership may also entail programme or art exhibition production, artist partnership demonstrations of a new product. As a content partner, you have a possibility to be included in festival communication and gain visibility at the festival site, in the festival magazine and on the festival website. To ask more about main partnership or content partnership, contact marjo.martin@fingo.fi.
Exhibitor spaces
Exhibitors’ tent spaces are located on Narinkkatori Square, and table spaces at the Market of Possibilities are located in the Bio Rex foyer, near the Speaker’s Stage entrance. All exhibitors will be featured in the festival’s communications on the website and in the brochure distributed at the festival.
Tent spaces
The festival offers spaces for exhibitors to set up their own tents at Narinkkatori Square. Those who wish to use a tent space must provide their own tent, tent construction, and appropriate tent weights and fastenings. Only one exhibitor per spot is allowed, except for Fingo Membership Organisations, which can share one tent space between two membership organisations. Electricity can be ordered for the tent spot, but no power supply. The use of personal generators is prohibited. No furniture is available for the tent spots. Places will be confirmed to registrants by email no later than 31 March 2026.
Table spaces
The festival offers 2m x 2m table stands at the Market of Possibilities, located indoors in the Bio Rex foyer. Due to high demand, not all applicants will necessarily be accepted, with Fingo Member Organizations given priority. Only one exhibitor per space is allowed, except for Fingo Membership Organisations, which can share one table space between two membership organisations.
The space includes a folding chair and a table measuring approximately 180x70cm or a smaller standing table if you want a little more space for your stand. It is not possible to order electricity for the table spaces, so we recommend using your own backup power sources. Stand confirmations will be emailed to signed-up exhibitors on 31 March 2026 at the latest.
Advertising possibilities
On-screen video advertising
On-screen advertising featuring still or moving images without sound can be booked for the festival site. The screens will be placed in high-visibility locations at the festival site throughout the weekend, and advertisements are shown on the screens at least 100 times during the festival. Exhibitors and programme producers will receive a 40% discount on advertising space.
- Music Stage, silent horizontal screen
- Speaker’s Stage and online stream, audible horizontal screen
- Market of Possibilities/Bio Rex upper lobby, silent vertical screen
There must be two advertising materials: horizontal and vertical. The materials may include sound. If the material does not include sound, neutral music will be added to the Speaker Stage and stream compilation during the advertisement. Prices apply to ready-made advertising material.
See the screen media card, which will be published in November, for more detailed information. Advertising space can be reserved until 10 April, and the finished material must be submitted by 23 April at the latest via the link provided after the reservation.
