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Fair calendar Frankfurt

Messe Frankfurt is one of the world's leading trade fair, congress and event organisers with its own exhibition grounds. The group of companies employs around 2,200 people at 28 locations worldwide. In 1907, today's Messe Frankfurt GmbH was founded by the City of Frankfurt and 16 citizens of Frankfurt as Ausstellungs- und Festhallengesellschaft mbH. In terms of exhibition space, Messe Frankfurt is the third-largest trade fair venue in the world.

Address / entrance

Messe Frankfurt GmbH
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1
60327 Frankfurt

Arrival :

From the airport:

Car/taxi: 15 min to "Eingang City"/ Festhalle, "Eingang Galleria" or to "Eingang Portalhaus" as well as to the Congress Center and Kap Europa.
S-Bahn: S8 or S9 in the direction of Hanau or Offenbach Ost to the main station, from there take the S3, 4, 5 and 6 directly to the "Frankfurt (Main) Messe" stop.
During many trade fairs, the Messe Frankfurt shuttle bus runs every quarter of an hour from the bus station at the airport Terminal 1 via Terminal 2 to the exhibition grounds. The journey time is approx. 15 minutes.

From the main railway station:

Taxi
Underground line 4 (direction Bockenheimer Warte) one stop to "Festhalle/ Messe
S-Bahn lines S3 (direction Bad Soden), S4 (direction Kronberg), S5 (direction Bad Homburg/Friedrichsdorf) or S6 (direction Friedberg/Groß Karben) two stops to "Frankfurt (Main) Messe" S-Bahn station, then to the "Torhaus" entrance
Tram lines 16 (towards Ginnheim) and 17 (towards Rebstockbad) three stops to the "Festhalle/Messe" tram stop.
On foot in 10 min, from Düsseldorfer Straße via Platz der Republik and Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage

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Fair calendar

January

09.01.-12.01.2024
International trade fair for home and contract textilesThe Heimtextil 2024 trade fair takes place over four days at the Frankfurt exhibition grounds. The event is regarded as an international leader in the trade and exhibitors, manufacturers, retailers, designers and visitors come from more than 100 countries.

The offer is entirely dedicated to innovative and functional home textiles.
Frankfurt exhibition grounds

February

07.02-11.02.2024
Ambiente Trends 24+
At Ambiente you will see the key international style trends. On behalf of Messe Frankfurt, stilbüro bora.herke.palmisano researches the shapes, colors and materials that will inspire consumers worldwide. The three most important trends are staged with exhibitor products.
Ambiente Trends 24+ offers an overview of innovations from the entire consumer goods industry. This time, the focus is on sustainability, unexpected new creations and design icons. Trends relating to New Work and the modern workplace will be included for the first time.

LOCATION: Hall 4.1, Foyer

March

03.03-08.03.2024
Light + Building
The world's largest trade fair for lighting and building technology
Attractive system solutions and modern design are the basis for a better quality of life. The guiding theme of the Light + Building Autumn Edition in 2022 was "Business is done between people". This is the cornerstone for designing modern living spaces that also convey a better quality of life.
Incidentally, the trade fair in Frankfurt closed 2022 with very good figures. Over 1,531 companies from 46 countries exhibited at Light + Building on the Frankfurt exhibition grounds. Of the more than 92,838 visitors, most came from Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Austria, Great Britain and Poland.

19.04.-22.03.2024
Prolight + Sound
Prolight + Sound is a leading international event that takes place once a year in Frankfurt am Main. It has been held for over 20 years and previously existed as a parallel event to the former Musikmesse. Prolight + Sound 2023 is fully dedicated to the topics of Light, Audio, Stage, Media and Event

April

23.04-26.04.2024
Techtextil
International trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens
The Techtextil trade fair takes place over four days in mid-May at the Frankfurt exhibition center. The event is regarded as an international leader in the trade and exhibitors, manufacturers, retailers, designers and visitors come from more than 100 countries. The offer is entirely dedicated to innovative and technical textiles, functional apparel textiles and textile technologies. The Techprocess trade fair takes place at the same time. This is the leading trade fair for the clothing and textile processing industry.
Frankfurt exhibition grounds

26.4.-28.4.2024
ShishaFair 2024
International trade fair for shisha, tobacco, coal & accessories
Save the date and look forward to an event that will exceed your expectations. ShishaMesse Frankfurt 2024 will be a new meeting place for knowledge exchange, networking and new business opportunities.
Contact us at info-shishamesse.de for general booth questions.

May

14.05.-16.05.2024
IMEX 2024
IMEX is the international trade fair for meetings, incentives, conferences and events. As Europe's largest trade fair for the meetings and events industry, it brings together buyers, organizers and suppliers of international events with high purchasing power in Frankfurt every year. Exhibitors include major hotel companies, tourism and convention bureaus, conference and exhibition centers, wellness resorts, airlines, cruise lines, technology providers and event management agencies.

The trade fair program is complemented by an expert training program with exciting practical workshops, seminars and specialist forums.

IMEX 2023 attracted a total of 11,764 visitors who were inspired by 3,883 exhibitors. The focal points of IMEX were nature, event technology, relaxation at IMEX, CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and sustainability

June

10.06.-14.06.2024
Achema
The ACHEMA Innovation Themes offer you a profound insight into the most important innovation drivers of the process industries. Each topic will be highlighted on a dedicated live stage, within the comprehensive congress program and in visionary highlight sessions.

Juli

03.07-07.07.2024
Eurobike
The Eurobike trade fair in Frankfurt am Main is the leading trade fair for the bicycle industry in Europe. It will take place from July 3 to 7, 2024 and promises to be an exciting event for all bike enthusiasts, industry experts and interested parties.

Last year, 34,000 trade visitors from over 122 nations, around 1,900 exhibitors and thousands of bike fans big and small came together to find out about the latest trends and developments in the bicycle industry.

August

No trade fairs during this period!

September

10.09.-14.09.2024
automechanika
Experience the leading international trade fair for the automotive industry in Frankfurt am Main. You can expect a wide range of products and services in the fields of car parts, workshop and filling station equipment, IT and management, vehicle washing, accessories and tuning. As an international meeting place for all market participants from industry, workshops and trade, it is an important platform for technological and economic knowledge transfer.

In 2022, the trade fair hosted 2,804 exhibiting companies from 79 countries and 78,000 visitors from 175 countries talked shop about the automotive industry.

October

18.10.-20.10.2024
Book Fair
In 2024, the world-famous 76th Frankfurt Book Fair will once again offer you numerous exciting insights into the colorful book industry. This event takes place every fall at the Messe Frankfurt exhibition grounds.
Both trade and private visitors pay an annual visit to the world's largest book fair to find out about the latest highlights, developments and offers in the publishing industry. Publishers, booksellers and authors use this special platform to make contacts and forge new business relationships. You will find comfortable accommodation at the relexa Hotel - an ideal starting point for your visit to the Frankfurt Book Fair.

31.10.-3.11.2024
Creative World Fair
The experience and shopping fair for crafts, handicrafts, jewelry, decoration and baking. A must for all DIY fans: try out new creative disciplines? Gather inspiration? Shop for materials, decorations and gifts? Kreativ Welt is the experience and shopping fair for handicrafts, needlework, jewelry, fashion, decoration, baking and creative play. Look forward to great exhibitors with a colorful mix of do-it-yourself offers and numerous creative workshops.

November

31.10.-3.11.2024
Creative World Fair
The experience and shopping fair for crafts, handicrafts, jewelry, decoration and baking. A must for all DIY fans.

Try out new creative disciplines? Gather inspiration? Shop for materials, decorations and gifts? Kreativ Welt is the experience and shopping fair for handicrafts, needlework, jewelry, fashion, decoration, baking and creative play. Look forward to great exhibitors with a colorful mix of do-it-yourself offers and numerous creative workshops.

December