What is paviljonki?
Paviljonki is one of the largest and most versatile event centers in Finland, where hundreds of different events are organized every year!
We organize events ourselves, such as popular consumer and trade fairs as well as other events in Paviljonki and elsewhere in Finland. We produce events and rent Paviljonki’s convertible spaces to other event organizers as well. The expertise of our full-service event agency includes managing the entire event process – from planning to execution!
Jyväskylä Fair Ltd is the company behind Paviljonki, which is responsible for Paviljonki’s business as a whole.
OUR STORY
Jyväskylä Fair was founded in 1936 as a registered union and the company form changed to limited company in 1986. Jyväskyla Fair Ltd is one of the largest fair organizers in the Nordic countries and our longest continuously organized event is Jyväskylän Rakennusmessut, which has been organized under slightly varying names more than 40 times.
The largest shareholders of Jyväskylä Fair Ltd are the city of Jyväskylä, Osuuskauppa Keskimaa, Mediakonserni Keskisuomalainen and Keski-Suomen Osuuspankki.
Paviljonki was built in 1999. Jyväskylä Fair Ltd operated in the existing exhibition halls at that time, but after the new congress wing was completed, a common marketing name, Jyväskylän Paviljonki, was adopted.
Until 2019, congress operations was run by Jyväskylän Kongressikeskus Oy, which at that time merged with Jyväskylä Fair Ltd. With the merger, Paviljonki’s brand was rebranded and the name was shortened to Paviljonki.
In 2025, we updated our strategy. The basic pillars of our strategy are effectiveness, courage, customer orientation and success together.
Our mission: We help our customers succeed and have fun by creating great events.
Our vision: To be a bold pioneer in the events industry in Finland.
Our people!
Today, just under 30 people work permanently in Paviljonki in various positions. During event times, our staff is multiplied with the help of hired labor.
