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Food Fair 2026
24.–26 April 2026 Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre
The largest, tastiest and most comprehensive food and drink event in Finland, the Food Fair offers the opportunity to try, taste, learn and be inspired by food and drink. The event attracts up to 60 000 consumers, industry professionals and influencers, as well as media representatives.
The Food Fair consists of an exhibition, presentations, talks and information sessions. The Food Fair offers exhibitors an excellent opportunity to talk to consumers interested in good food. The event is a great place to do tastings, build brand awareness, sell products or even launch a new product.
PRODUCT GROUPS
Artisan and local products, vegetarian/vegan products, kitchen equipment, domestic food, imported food, beer and other brewery products, wines and other beverages, coffee, tea and treats, restaurant and food stall products.
VISITOR TARGET GROUPS
Consumers, influencers and media with an interest in food, drinks, and everything needed to create delicious treats.
Retail morning
Morning event for Finnish retail professionals. Meet buyers, category managers, retailers and other industry professionals. The event kicks off Food fair and will take place on Friday 24 April from 8 to 10 am.
Join us and meet the consumers – active, curious, and enthusiastic visitors
The Food Fair offers solutions for businesses of all sizes:
- Reach a target audience that wants to experiment, learn and taste new products.
- Provide inspiration for everyday and festive occasions.
- Showcase your brand, products and services.
- Meet consumers face to face: listen, talk to them, give them tips on how to use your products.
- Launch something new and inspire your customers.
- Build brand awareness and create an unforgettable impression.
- Meet stakeholders, professionals, decision makers, media and influencers.
Take part in the tastiest and most inspiring food and drink event of the year!
Food Fair social media
Key figures
Food fair 2025
62275
Visitors
223
Exhibitors
100
Influencers
162
Media representatives
87 %
visitors satisfied with the event
83 %
Exhibitors satisfied with the event
Visitor profile
Gender
74 % women
23 % men
Average age of visitors 42 years
Top 3 reasons for attending
69 % finding ideas and inspiration
79 % learning about new products
58 % spending time
42
Average age of visitors
3-4 h
Average time spent at the fair
50-100 €
Average amount of money spent at the fair
86 %
Will definitely come again or considering it
Food Fair areas
The Food Fair will be held in Messukeskus ground floor halls 1, 2 and 3.
Pricing 2026
The exhibition space price for the Food Fair starts at €135/m². Expostart €670 + VAT (incl. socket 16A 230 V 3,6 kW and energy consumption, publicity and environmental fee) is charged from all exhibitors. The sooner you book your space, the more influence you have on the location of your stand.
| Stand size | Price /m² |
|---|---|
| 6–29 m² | 135 €/m² + VAT |
| 30–79 m² | 125 €/m² + VAT |
| 80-149 m² | 115 €/m² + VAT |
| Yli 150 m² | 100 €/m² + VAT |
Stand package
Ready-made-stand is an easy and cost-effective solution. Ready-made-stand can be complemented into a functional entity with furniture and decorations that match company’s brand.
STANDS INCLUDE:
- exhibition space
- white walls and fascia made of a profile or standard structure
- fascia text or logo, both sides on corner stands (not included in stands with no fascia)
- carpet tiles (dark green, -red, -blue or -grey) or carpet roll (mottled grey, cardinal red, dark green, violet, turquoise, brown, fuchsia, white, yellow, black, grey, blue, red, green, beige, dark blue, graphite grey or orange)
- basic lighting (spotlights, one per metre, only on one wall in corner stands)
- constructing and dismantling, cleaning before the event
| Stand size | Price /m² |
|---|---|
| 6–10 m² | 261 €/m² + VAT |
| 12-21 m² | 227 €/m² + VAT |
| 24-36 m² | 196 €/m² + VAT |
| 40-60 m² | 176 €/m² + VAT |
Event channels
The event’s own channels support brand building, raise awareness and promote companies’ commercial objectives – all year round!
Website
Food fair website + 78 000 visitors
Food fair website + 343 000 page views
Social media
Facebook + 1800 followers
Instagram + 5700 followers
TikTok + 3300 followers
LindkedIn + 670 followers
Food fair club
Food fair club + 10 000 members
Newsletter
newsletters are sent and read particularly actively before the event, but also outside the fair all year round. The newsletter attract visitors to your stand, tell them about offers, new products or contests at your stand. You can also attract The food fair members to your online shop or physical store.
Price: 1 200 €
Social media visibility
Our repertoire includes the possibility to be featured on the event’s TikTok or Instagram page. We recommend that you link the post to your participation in a trade fair or other event that is relevant to you.
Price: 500 €
Blog and influencer cooperation
Would you like to gain broader visibility among the event’s target audience? Secure exposure for your company on the Food Fair blog, which provides year-round inspiration for event visitors! We also offer influencer campaigns, where content is shared not only through the Food Fair’s channels but also on the influencers’ own platforms.
Price: Ask your sales contact!
Contact information
Contact us – together we will find the right participation solution for you!
Sustainability
Events in a responsible way
Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre is a sustainability pioneer in the events industry, actively working across social, economic, and environmental responsibility. Sustainability work is reported annually in line with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals.
- We organise attractive and safe events together with our customers that enable encounters.
- We are committed to making sustainable choices in all our operations.
- We invest in wellbeing of our employees and partners and in a safe working environment.
As well as creating experiences, events create jobs and support the economy. Last year’s events at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre generated a revenue stream of €245 million and 3 335 person-years of employment in the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Terms of participation
Nämä ehdot täydentävät Suomen Messujen osallistumisehtoja.
- Expostart € 670 (incl. socket 16A 230 V 3,6 kW and energy consumption, publicity and environmental fee)
- The invoice for participation is due February 24, 2026. You can join the event as long as there are stand spaces available.
- Kaksikerrosrakenteet: Toisen kerroksen pinta-alasta laskutetaan 50 % paikanvuokrasta.
- Joint stands: If the stand is used by several exhibitors, a Publicity and environmental fee € 440 is charged from all exhibitors. The company in charge of making the reservation is required to manage all other invoices.
- An extra charge of € 25 + VAT/invoice is charged, if additional invoices need to be made when, for example, the space rental is paid by several companies, or the company contact information is being changed.
- VAT will be added to all prices.
- Please place your orders in time, as prices will increase 40 days before the event.
Please note the following points regarding the stand programme:
- All stand programs and related activities must take place within the stand area.
- The volume limit in the stand is 75 db.
- To ensure the safety of visitors, it is important that activities in the stand – such as throwing objects – do not harm anyone.