World Village Festival is Finland’s leading event for global action for the whole family, an admission free cultural festival and a trade fair for sustainable development. World Village Festival will be held May 16–17, 2026, at Bio Rex and in the Lasipalatsi and Mauno Koivisto squares.

World Village raises global challenges and solutions, increases people’s understanding and provides concrete ways to take action to create change. World Village brings people together, because only together we can change the world. The festival’s core values are diversity, inspiration, equality, responsibility and communality. Attracting thousands of people, the free event offers a wide range of cultural events, discussions on sustainable development and inspiring activities for the whole family.

The programme includes concerts from around the world, speeches and organisations. Each year, the festival’s programme and content is built around a current theme, and this year’s theme is Freedom. Freedom is the ability to make choices and act independently as individuals and societies, to express oneself and to participate in society. Freedom lives in civil society, free media, science, art and culture. Read more: maailmakylassa.fi