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Ongoing ticket offer

Partner up against the ODDs

The ODDfest Valentine’s offer is now live.

This is your chance to get an ODDfest or ODDference Pass at a special price of 69€/269€ (+ fees) from tiketti.fi, if you buy two or more tickets.

This is a limited offer running until Wednesday, February 18.

Now is the perfect time to team up and lock down your June plans before ticket prices rise higher.

Partner announcement

FiBAN x ODDfest

We’re proud to announce our partnership with FiBAN (Finnish Business Angels Network), a non-profit organisation connecting private investors with high-potential startups, helping early-stage companies grow through smart capital, expertise, and strong networks.

At the heart of this collaboration is a shared ambition: to accelerate the growth of the creative industries and help position the creative economy as a meaningful driver of future growth.

Through FiBAN Creative Angels®, a FiBAN-born and -led initiative, creativity is already meeting capital. Together, with this project we bring angel investors and scalable creative companies into dialogue with the creative ecosystem brought together by ODDfest. The partnership lowers the threshold for creative companies to access funding, while deepening investors’ understanding of IP-driven and creative business models.

Our collaboration is already taking shape through the Creative Angels dinner series, with more jointly developed events on the horizon.

Oh, and one more thing

We’ve found a new home

ODDfest has found its headquarters and is building a 400m2 creative hub in Vallila, a neighbourhood known for its local culture, creative energy, and industrial edge.

Named the 9th coolest neighbourhood in the world in 2025 by Time Out Magazine, Vallila has quietly become a place where ideas take shape and communities gather. It felt like the right fit.

You can now find our offices at Teollisuuskatu 9, where we’ll be shaping a new home for ODDfest.

Soon, we’ll be sharing updates on how the space evolves and what this new chapter will make possible.

The ODD never sleeps

Upcoming ODDevents

To keep the spark going and our dear local community alive and thriving, ODDfest organizes side-events year-round.

Join the irl ODDones Social Club on Venga or check out our next ODDevents below.

Next up:

Oddly Creative Lunch

ODDfest and Creative Lunch Club are back with their collaborative lunch series! This time we’re gathering creatives at the intimate, home-away-from-home Canvas Canteen for a joint-meal and unhurried conversations.

  • Location: Canvas Canteen, Pursimiehenkatu 21, Helsinki

  • Time: Fri Feb 27, 12pm–2pm

ODDland

Several ODDones are turning thirty, including ODDfest Founder Ronny Eriksson. The community is celebrating this with a mini-festival spanning three floors and a whole weekend at Delgalleria.

  • Location: Delgalleria, Hämeentie 33, Helsinki

  • Time: Fri–Sun Feb 6–8, 6pm–6am

That’s all for now, but be sure to stay connected!

Join the ODDones online community on Discord, IRL Social Club on Venga, or follow us on your favorite platform to stay in the loop and connected to everything (and everyone) ODD.

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