A trade fair for stage productions, music and events
The Internationale Kulturbörse Freiburg (IKF) is a trade fair for stage productions, music and events with live performances by artists and an extensive exhibition area. First held in 1989 at the Bürgerhaus Seepark convention centre, the IKF has been at home since 2001 on the Messe Freiburg exhibition grounds.
The fundamental idea of the IKF was and is as simple as it is compelling. Promoters, producers and event professionals have the opportunity at the IKF to experience numerous different productions and artists live in a concentrated form over the course of just a few days. At the same time, the artists themselves or the agencies representing them can introduce themselves with a stand in the exhibition hall, regardless of whether they are also presenting a live performance.
IKF as a springboard for artists
The IKF is a trade fair and international industry event, not a festival. This means that artists have to apply for a live performance if they want to present themselves at the IKF. Selection committees, whose members change each year, choose the artists who will perform. Only those applications that have been submitted are eligible for consideration. In addition, the juries also select the artists and groups who can be chosen by the audience as winners of the IKF Prize, the FREIBURGER LEITER.
Artists can apply for a live performance in the following categories:
Seeing and being seen
Exhibitors who would like to present themselves at the IKF can register via the website. Numerous international exhibitors from the sectors of artists' and event agencies, technical and service companies for culture and events, as well as associations and trade media will be presenting themselves in the exhibition halls.
The majority of IKF visitors are trade visitors: Promoters, agencies, event professionals, festival organisers, producers.
This means that agencies and artists meet a high percentage of top-level decision-makers and potential business partners here.
IKF in pictures
Get your own picture of the IKF and discover the diversity of the International Culture Fair with a virtual tour in our picture gallery.