World Village Festival is Finland’s leading event for global action for the whole family, an admission-free cultural festival, a food carnival and a trade fair for sustainable development. Festival showcases global challenges and solutions, increases people’s understanding and provides concrete ways to take action to create change. First organised in 1995, the festival gathers around 50,000 people every year. The next festival will take place in Suvilahti, Helsinki, on 24–25 May 2025.
- Registration for exhibitors was open until 9 March.
- Booking for advertisement space is open until 27 March.
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Why partner with the festival?
- The festival is an excellent place to gain new members, attract volunteers or bolster their self-financing.
- 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.
- Through festival communications you will be part of action throughout the spring.
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, such as the Kids’ Corner, Garden Area, Backyard, Street Art Area or the lounge area near the main stage. 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.
Exhibitors spaces
The festival offers many kinds of space for your own exhibitor tent as well as smaller indoor spaces. Setups may also be tailored based on your needs. Please note that those with a tent space must take care of putting up their own tent and ensuring it is secured safely. Alternatively, you can also order a ready-built and professionally installed tent from the festival. For food, beverage, and bazaar vendor spaces, see Vendor spaces.
Large tent spaces
Large spaces include logo visibility on the festival website in the cooperation partners section, a larger ad on the Stands and food pages, the name of the stand on the site map and access to the Magito networking space. Resale rights and shared setups of multiple actors are possible only for large spaces and must always be agreed upon separately. If separately agreed, a larger space can be used as a point for providing programme and may receive permission for a sound system. Please note that there is a limited number of spaces and that spaces are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Large spaces will be confirmed within two weeks from the sign-up date.
Small tent spaces
Small tent spaces may only be used by one exhibitor per space. Small space confirmations will be emailed to signed-up exhibitors on 31 March at the latest.
Table Spaces
The festival offers smaller table stands at the Market of Possibilities and Open Finland Theme Tent. These exhibitor spaces are table stands and the price includes a table approximately 180 cm x 70 cm in size and a folding chair. Access to electricity and more furniture can be reserved separately. Stand confirmations will be emailed to signed-up exhibitors on 31 March at the latest.
Market of Possibilities
Festival will also feature a Market of Possibilities intended for smaller actors where it is easy for them to showcase their activities and activate festivalgoers for participation. The Market will be set up indoors in the Kattilahalli hall. Please note that, due to high demand, we cannot guarantee a place at the Market of Possibilities for all applicants and that priority will be given to Fingo Member Organisations. Those who cannot be provided with a place will be offered alternative ways of participating. Market of Possibilities stands may only be used by one exhibitor per stand, except for Fingo Membership Organisations, which can share one table space between two membership organisations.
Open Finland Theme Tent
Open Finland is targeted at reaching new Finns and showcase services and opportunities offered by the Finnish society. Open Finland features services related to official authorities, NGOs, education, hobbies and companies.
Vendor spaces
The festival offers vendor spaces for food vendors, beverage and café product vendors and bazaar vendors. Please note that, due to high demand, we cannot guarantee a place for all applicants. The festival has a vegetarian-only food policy, which means it will not be permitted to sell meat, poultry or fish products. You can order a ready-built and professionally installed tent or bring your own tent provided it is secured in accordance with our guidelines. You can also order weights to properly secure you tent. For access to electricity, place your order when signing up for the festival. Please note that using your own generator is not permitted. Vendor spaces may only be used by one exhibitor per space. Accepted vendors will be notified of their selection on 31 March at the latest.
Food vendor spaces
The festival offers tent spaces for food vendors as well as spaces for food trucks. Preparing and selling food is only permitted in these spaces. See our website for more detailed guidelines on how to apply for a food vendor space at the festival: being a food vendor at the festival.
Beverage and café product vendor spaces
You can also reserve a separate beverage and café product vendor space at the festival. That is where you can sell non-alcoholic beverages, ready-made café products, sweets, ice cream and pre-packaged food products. The spaces are available for a vendor tent, cart or trailer. Please note that preparing food is not permitted in these spaces.
Bazaar spaces
Bazaar spaces are intended for commercial craft vendors as well as vendors selling domestic or international design products. Please note that it is not permitted to sell food or beverages at bazaar spaces.
