Following its debut in 2025, the ISH Festival returns in 2027 – bigger, more international and with an even wider reach. As part of ISH, the world’s leading trade fair for HVAC + water, the Festival brings together the HVAC and plumbing community, skilled tradespeople, leading brands and content creators.
The focus is on hands-on challenges, new technologies, authentic stories from the trades, live content and personal exchange. National and international content creators will be involved in the run-up to the Festival, extending its visibility well beyond Frankfurt.
The hotspot for the future of the HVAC and plumbing trades
The ISH Festival is the meeting place for people shaping the trades of tomorrow. Apprentices, school pupils, young professionals, future business successors and experienced tradespeople with a young mindset can discover products, solutions and future-facing topics through interactive hands-on formats.
The Festival combines professional exchange with community, entertainment and practical experiences. Exhibitors put their solutions into action through challenges and interactive activities. Content creators share their passion for the trades, offer fresh perspectives and bring Festival content directly to their communities.
What the community can expect in 2027
- hands-on challenges and interactive activities
- national and international content creators
- product innovations and future technologies to try out
- live content, interviews and podcasts
- ISH Festival party
2027: bigger, more international, greater reach
In 2027, the Festival is growing across the board. The second edition builds on the experience gained in 2025 and develops the concept further in a targeted way: more content, more creators, more brand experiences and greater reach.
- More content creators: Content creators from the HVAC, plumbing and skilled-trades sectors will cover topics, exhibitors and programme highlights before the trade fair and will also be present live at the Festival.
- More international: For the first time, international creators and communities are also set to be involved. This will bring new perspectives and create additional touchpoints beyond the German-speaking market.
- More brand experiences: Challenges, product demonstrations, gamification and other interactive formats will bring solutions to life.
- Greater reach: Content created before, during and after ISH will extend the impact of the Festival well beyond the event itself.
At the heart of the skilled-trades action at ISH
The ISH Festival will take place in Hall 5.1 and will form a central experience and community area for the HVAC and plumbing trades as part of the visitor journey at ISH.
How the ISH Festival began
The ISH Festival celebrated its debut in 2025. Content creators from the HVAC, plumbing and skilled-trades sectors, interactive challenges, live formats and the Festival party turned the area into a meeting place for the young trades community.
- 30+ participating creators from the HVAC, plumbing and skilled-trades sectors
- 1.3+ million reach generated as part of the ISH Festival 2025
- 94,700 potential visitor contacts from the skilled trades