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City Events Espoo

Truly an international and youthful growing city, Espoo is also a diverse event city in the heart of the metropolitan area. As an event city, Espoo is safe and centrally located with excellent connections, enabling the smooth and sustainable movement of audiences. Welcome to Espoo!

Attractive Event City

Events are important to Espoo. Please contact our experts and city authorities to receive support for major events.

Current events and partnerships

  • On the last weekend of August, 27th Thursday, 28th Friday and Saturday 29th, all the city's residents celebrated the Espoo Day. There were over 200 events around the city and almost 140.000 event participations.

  • Aalto University and the City of Espoo are organizing Aalto Ahaa public lectures open to everyone and Junior Science Theatres aimed at 9-12 year olds in Marsio, Otaniemi. The public lectures for autumn 2026 are: 6 October, "The Future of Growth," and 10 November, "The Quantum Revolution and a New Era"; the Science Theatres are: 2 October, "New Treasures of the Sea," and 27 November, "Nature’s Superpowers." The program is in Finnish.

  • In the summer, Venturo and its surroundings in Tapionpuisto hosted the Venturo Summer Hub event complex. The event was one of the city's event partnerships.

  • Espoo's partnership events —Alvarin Kesäjuhla in Otaniemi (July 10–11) and the Weekend Festival at Vermo (July 31–August 1)—drew thousands of visitors from near and far to Espoo to enjoy the summer atmosphere alongside good music, food, and drink, and the company of fellow festival-goers. The summer also featured popular events such as the Espoon Viinijuhlat in Haukilahti and the Tapiola Festivaali + Supersunnuntai in Leppävaara.

  • Espoo has numerous attractive events, from festivals to sporting events, throughout the year. The city's sports halls host national-level ice hockey, floorball and basketball, among others. International competitions are held annually both on outdoor courts and in indoor halls. More information about the city's major events can be found in the Visit Espoo event calendar.