THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE 6TH EDITION OF DRIFTS FESTIVAL!

What happened at Drifts Festival continues to resonate with us. We’re grateful to everyone who helped make Drifts happen: our team, volunteers, artists, collaborators, and wonderful audience.

We are deeply grateful to our partners and supporters: Saastamoinen Foundation, Finnish Cultural Foundation, City of Helsinki, Oskar Öflund Foundation, Nordic Culture Point, Nordic Culture Fund, Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland, Finnland-Institut, Goethe Institut Finnland, AV-Arkki, UpNode, N.E.R.D.S, Shopper Screen, and 1664.

Your care, generous support, contributions, and presence made the festival possible.

DRIFTS 2026 — BY NUMBERS

42 artists
2,200+ visitors
5 days of festival
2 venues — Oil Silo 468 & Kulttuurisauna
20–24 August 2026

Relive moments from this year’s festival and explore memories from past editions. Visit our website to browse the archive↗︎, where you’ll find documentation from across the festival’s editions, exhibitions, and events.

A REVIEW OF DRIFTS

Taide-lehti visited Drifts on the opening day of the festival and reviewed the day’s programme.

“Ambitious curation, international vision, and professional technical execution rarely come together in events that are free to the public. Drifts is fast becoming one of the most interesting performance art events of the year.”

Read the full article↗︎

YOUR THOUGHTS MATTER

As we want to make our future festivals even better, we’d love to hear about your experience through a short feedback form. Thank you for your time and for sharing your valuable insights!

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