Leif Laaksonen

Since 1995, World Village Festival has been a free festival for the whole family. The event is open to all and a meeting place offering tastes of different cultures and surprises from all over the world.

Discover the World

Cultures from all over the world meet in the centre of Helsinki 29 and 30 May 2010. The festival offers world views and possibilities, as well as music, circus, dance, theatre, art and activities.

The event offers new perspectives on tolerant multiculturalism, development cooperation, global issues and expanding one's possibilities for affecting everyday life.

Organisers

The main organiser of World Village Festival is the Service Centre for Development Cooperation - KEPA. It is the umbrella organisation for over 270 development organisations or other NGOs working on issues concerning development and globalisation. KEPA itself is a politically and ideologically non-aligned organisation that operates with funding from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.

Over 300 other partners are involved in the festival – some 200 NGOs as well as educational institutions, museums, public authorities and businesses.

Check out the history of the festival to see how it all began.