World Village Festival is a major event for sustainable development and a forum for global issues. At the festival exhibitors, partners and advertisers can reach thousands of people interested in civil society work, sustainable development, solidarity and global issues.
The festival is transforming in 2026 and moving to central Helsinki: to Lasipalatsi District and Narinkka square. Festival days are Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May.
- Registration for exhibitors will be open from 15 January until 25 February.
- Advertising space can be reserved from 15 January until 10 April.
- Check out the detailed information on price list.
- For special arrangements or further information, please contact the festival team.
- Check out the preliminary map of the new festival site.
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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.
Organisations 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.
Customised participation opportunities
The festival also offers customised participation opportunities, such as special stands in the Bio Rex Foyer, face to face in the festival area, and programme slots for sale. These are always agreed upon separately according to the organisation’s wishes and the festival’s possibilities. For more information, please contact marjo.martin@fingo.fi.
Exhibitor spaces
Exhibitors’ tent spaces will be located on Narinkka Square. Table spaces aimed at Fingo member NGOs at the Market of Possibilities will be in the Bio Rex foyer. All exhibitors will be featured in the festival’s communications on the website and in the brochure distributed at the festival.
Spaces for your own tent
The festival offers spaces for exhibitors to set up their own tents at Narinkka Square. The exhibitors must provide their own tent, tent construction, and appropriate tent weights and fastenings. Only one exhibitor per stand is allowed, except for Fingo Member NGOs, which can share one tent space between two NGOs. Electricity can be ordered for the tent, but there is no power supply. The use of personal generators is prohibited. No furniture is available for the tents. Stands will be confirmed by email 27 March 2026 the latest.
Table spaces for Fingo member NGOs
The festival offers 2m x 2m table stands at the Market of Possibilities, located indoors on the Bio Rex foyer. Table spaces are aimed at Fingo Member NGOs. Two Fingo Member NGOs can share one table space, however, Fingo only invoices one organisation and does not participate in the arrangement of shared stands.
The space includes a folding chair and a table (approx. 180x70cm) or a smaller standing table (approx. 80 cm diameter). It is not possible to order electricity for the table spaces. We recommend using your own backup power sources. Stands will be confirmed by email on 27 March 2026 at the latest.
Spaces for promotional carts
The cart can be used to display, sell, sample, or distribute pre-packaged snacks, non-alcoholic beverages, or other products that may be of interest to festival visitors. Food cannot be prepared in the carts. The cart must be mobile and lightweight, with a maximum length of approximately 1.5 m. You can move around the festival site with the cart. No electricity available. Places will be confirmed by email on 27 March 2026 at the latest.
Advertising possibilities
On-screen video advertising
On-screen advertising featuring still or moving images 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, programme producers, Fingo member NGOs and supporting members will receive a 40% discount on advertising space. The screens are located at:
- Music Stage, silent horizontal screen
- Speaker’s Stage and online stream, audible horizontal screen
- Market of Possibilities/Bio Rex upper lobby, silent vertical screen
Two advertising materials are required: horizontal and vertical (1920 x 1080 ja 1080 x 1920). 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 kit for more detailed information (in Finnish).
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.
