Volunteer registration for World Village Festival is now open. The festival is also looking for all kinds of amateur groups to perform. The sign-up...
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Continue reading Join as volunteer or a street art performer
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Continue reading First programme releases: Dub FX, Hassan Maikal, Eva Biaudet
First programme releases: Dub FX, Hassan Maikal, Eva Biaudet
A free-admission World Village Festival will be organised in Suvilahti, Helsinki, in the last weekend of May (25–26 May 2024). The programme...
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Continue reading Exhibitor sign-up now open – World Village Festival adopts vegetarian-only food policy
Exhibitor sign-up now open – World Village Festival adopts vegetarian-only food policy
The exhibitor sign-up for the spring 2024 World Village Festival is now open. The festival has an even stronger focus on sustainable and responsible...
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Continue reading World Village Festival drew in 49,000 visitors – spotlight on influencing for a better world for everyone
World Village Festival drew in 49,000 visitors – spotlight on influencing for a better world for everyone
World Village Festival attracted a crowd of 27,000 on Saturday and 22,000 on Sunday to Suvilahti, Helsinki. Organised for the first time at the...
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Continue reading Seun Kuti’s performance confirmed at World Village Festival on Saturday 27 May
Seun Kuti’s performance confirmed at World Village Festival on Saturday 27 May
The performance of the legendary Afrobeat star Seun Kuti at World Village Festival this Saturday 27 May was at risk of being cancelled as Kuti was...
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Continue reading World Village Festival this weekend
World Village Festival this weekend
World Village Festival goes live this weekend (27–28 May) in Suvilahti, Helsinki. The free-admission event will bring you concerts, dozens of talks...
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Continue reading World Village Festival will be full of flavours from dozens of countries
World Village Festival will be full of flavours from dozens of countries
Organised in a few weeks’ time on 27–28 May, World Village Festival will be filled with street food kitchens from a variety of countries, dozens...
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Continue reading Full programme now released
Full programme now released
Organised in just over a month on 27–28 May in Suvilahti, Helsinki, World Village Festival has now released its full programme....
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Continue reading Force for change discussed at World Village Festival
Force for change discussed at World Village Festival
World Village Festival will bring individuals and communities interested in the Earth’s future together for solutions and actions in Suvilahti,...
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Continue reading Music changing the world – music programme released
Music changing the world – music programme released
Opening Helsinki’s festival summer in Suvilahti, World Village Festival has released its entire music lineup and some of the key speakers. This...
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Continue reading Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 lined up for World Village Festival
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 lined up for World Village Festival
The first programme releases are now available for the spring 2023 World Village Festival that takes place during the last weekend of May (27–28...
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Continue reading Become an exhibitor – registration now open
Become an exhibitor – registration now open
World Village Festival is an event where hundreds of organisations showcase their activities, values or products as exhibitors, partners or...
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Continue reading Theme for 2023 Festival: Force for Change! – Call for programme submissions is now open
Theme for 2023 Festival: Force for Change! – Call for programme submissions is now open
Next year’s World Village Festival takes place on 27–28 May in Suvilahti, Helsinki. The theme for the festival is Force for Change!...
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Continue reading World Village Festival attracts more than 20,000 festivalgoers – full audience capacity at many programme venues
World Village Festival attracts more than 20,000 festivalgoers – full audience capacity at many programme venues
The 2022 World Village Festival exceeded expectations and brought a total audience of 21,500 people to Helsinki’s Tiivistämö event venue, Allas...
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Continue reading Live festival weekend kicks off
Live festival weekend kicks off
The 2022 World Village Festival culminates this weekend (28–29 May) in concerts, talks and discussions, civil society organisation exhibition...
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Continue reading Online Cinema opens today
Online Cinema opens today
Finland’s largest cultural festival focusing on global issues and sustainable development themes, the World Village Festival opens today. Kicking...
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Continue reading World Village happening live in Helsinki as well as online throughout Finland from 23 to 29 May
World Village happening live in Helsinki as well as online throughout Finland from 23 to 29 May
Word Village Festival will be packed with free events organised at Helsinki’s Allas Sea Pool, Market Square, Tiivistämö event venue,...
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Continue reading Tuure Kilpeläinen, SUAD, art and films added to the lineup
Tuure Kilpeläinen, SUAD, art and films added to the lineup
The World Village Festival lineup is expanding with the addition of great Finnish gigs, art programme, films and Market of Possibilities exhibitors....
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Continue reading Talking about the Boundaries of Our Planet – World Village Festival talks and discussions programme published
Talking about the Boundaries of Our Planet – World Village Festival talks and discussions programme published
The climate crisis, inequality, refugees, war and peace as well as the roles of civil society and activism will be discussed at the World Village...
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Continue reading World Village Festival to happen at Helsinki’s Allas Sea Pool, Market Square and Tiivistämö as well as online throughout Finland
World Village Festival to happen at Helsinki’s Allas Sea Pool, Market Square and Tiivistämö as well as online throughout Finland
Organised as a hybrid festival this year, the free event will happen on sites around Helsinki as well as online during the last week of May (23–29...
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Continue reading World Village Festival to be scaled down in spring 2022
World Village Festival to be scaled down in spring 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a prolonged state of uncertainty for event organisers. This is why the organiser of the Word Village Festival,...
