ODDfest 2025

ODDfest is a new creative festival—the first of its kind at Lasipalatsikortteli—uniting art, business, and society in unexpected ways.

6.6.-7.6.2025 ODDfest will take over Lasipalatsikortteli in Helsinki, bringing together businesses and creative industry professionals with one goal: to establish creativity as Finland’s next big growth engine. “Imagine if Flow Festival and Slush had a lovechild”—that’s what the first edition of ODDfest is like.

What to Expect

• By day: Thought-provoking talks, hands-on workshops, and networking with the people who are shaping Finland’s cultural and creative future.
• By night: Big music, theater, dance, installations, sensory experiences, and an energy that you won’t find anywhere else

Curated by an ODD mix of professionals—Meeri Koutaniemi, Jonas Verwijnen, Liwlig Group, and creative collectives—ODDfest embraces the theme Chaos & Acceleration for 2025, exploring how disorder fuels creativity. All this will unfold across four stages: Chaos (main stage), Focus (Bio Rex), Love (terrace), and House of ODD.

Full Program Released in March 2025

Over 20 corporate partners have already joined ODDfest, including major Finnish organizations such as Genelec, Holvi, unteon48, and Suomen Kulttuurirahasto. They see ODDfest 2025 for what it is—a magnet for ideas that sound crazy… until they change everything.

Whether you're an independent artist, a creative thinker, a big-brand leader, a visionary organization, an activist, or a policymaker, this is where you’ll want to be. Your only job? Take that step. Be the ODD one out.

Don’t just attend, apply for the Open Call, which runs until 28 March, or as a volunteer at oddfest.co.

Why ODDfest? Why Now?

Finland’s creative scene is falling behind—just 4% of GDP, while other countries like Denmark and the UK push closer to 7%. With a €17M state arts and culture funding cut in 2025 and brands continually being left out of key conversations, the risk of creative stagnation looms. ODDfest is here to change that, igniting a new cultural engine that starts with you. This is more than a festival—it’s a movement to create new opportunities, fuel prosperity, and shape the future of Finland’s cultural and creative impact.

Starting with 4,000 visitors in 2025, we aim to become Europe’s most significant creative event, drawing 100,000 visitors by 2030 and expanding across Helsinki and beyond.

Tickets

Early Bird Ticket - 2 days (Includes access to afterparty)

Learn more: www.oddfest.co

📲 Follow the movement:
Instagram: oddfest.co
Facebook: ODDfest

Doors open

Friday 14:00
Saturday 12:00

Accessibility

An assistant can enter the event for free on the same ticket as the person they are assisting: yes
The event is accessible by wheelchair: yes (see notes)
The event venue has an accessible toilet: yes
A hearing induction loop can be used in the venue: no
The event is equipped with a wheelchair platform: no
Additional information on accessibility: Outdoor areas are accessible by wheelchair. Accessible entrance to Bio Rex available via Amos Rex museum.