See the artist pages here.

See OAF 2025 program here.

The Outsider Art Festival includes events both free of charge and with paid tickets. The program takes place in live events as well as online.

You can the OAF ticket shop from Tiketti here. Tiketti sells tickets for events in Helsinki.

Lippu.fi sells tickets for events in Espoo. Tickets for the Louhisali event sold here.

Tickets for the film screenings can be bought through Espoo Ciné here. 

Outsider Art Festival is held in Helsinki and Espoo.

The main event venue this year is the old Elanto’s Leipätehdas block (bread factory), where the events of the festival will be built together with the Cultural Centre Caisa and the House of Text. This year OAF spread out to Espoo for the first time as events are also held in venues such as Louhisali at Espoon kulttuurikeskus. Event’s will also be held at Pertti’s Choice shop and gallery. 

Home Hotel Katajanokka is OAF’s official accommodation partner. Home Hotel Katajanokka promotes True Equality by offering beautiful setting for OAF artists, audience and cultural travellers to meet and connect. 

Home Hotel Katajanokka is a charming and stylish hotel, which itself is a real attraction. Dating back to 1837 the thick red brick walls, once housed the home to the Helsinki County Prison. Home Hotel Katajanokka is beautifully situated on the island of Katajanokka in central Helsinki.. 

As an OAF guest you can get a reduced price for rooms using the code PARTY at the reservation page. The discount with the code is -15 % from the best price of the day.  

The hotel has accessible rooms, but it’s recommended to ask in advance.

The hotel address is Merikasarminkatu 1 A, 00160 Helsinki.

Outsider Art Festival is committed to promoting equal access and creating a safe experience for all visitors. Everyone is welcome to celebrate cultural equality!

Inclusion and equality have been key elements in designing the festival concept, production and program. OAF aims at creating inclusive festival production and curating models, that enable the engagement of people with disabilities in planning, designing and executing the festival experience.

Accessibility has been considered in every phase of the festival production from planning to execution and implemented together with people with disabilities and from different backgrounds.

You can find Pertti’s Choice space accessibility info and the safer place principles of OAF and Pertti’s Choice here.

You can ask more about OAF accessibility: info@outsiderartdestival.fi

OAF 2025 map will be added here.

All festival events are planned taking into account current security arrangements.

Arrive at the event only if you are healthy. Take care of good hand hygiene. 

OAF is committed to the safer space policy.

Pictures and logos

Here you can find OAF’s official press photos. Please remember to credit the photographer, visual designer and OAF festival. 

Photos and visuals by Klaus Welp.

Media Accreditation

For more information, email

info@outsiderartfestival.fi

heini@pertinvalinta.fi

info@outsiderartfestival.fi

Pertti’s Choice

Hakaniemenkuja 2 

00530 Helsinki

Heini Merkkiniemi

Festival director

heini@pertinvalinta.fi

+358 50552 8821

Tuomas Vaahtoluoto

producer

tuomas@pertinvalinta.fi

+358 50 350 7993

The Outsider Art Festival is seeking volunteers for the OAF 2025 festival.

OAF offers volunteers the chance to participate in organizing festival events, gain experience in inclusive event production, and engage in meaningful encounters with the festival’s artists and working groups. Volunteers will also receive free tickets to festival events.

More about volunteering and application form can be found here.