The outdoor area of the Karlsruhe Trade Fair Center
Your perfect outdoor area for events of any size.
Are you looking for a spacious, flexibly usable outdoor area for your next major event, your demo trade fair or a spectacular open-air concert? Welcome to the outdoor exhibition grounds of Messe Karlsruhe, your versatile outdoor facility with ideal infrastructure and modern flair.
With an outdoor area of 105,000 square meters, embedded in the event landscape around the Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre, our grounds offer everything an organizer's heart desires. Whether a demonstration fair, company party, sports event or concert location, here you will find the right solution for every format. The grounds are also ideal as a forecourt to complement your exhibition hall.
Versatile outdoor area for every event
The combination of a paved outdoor area, modern piazza, gravelled areas and well thought-out infrastructure makes our outdoor area the ideal stage for your event. Are you planning a demo trade fair or want to present industrial machinery on a grand scale? No problem! Our outdoor area can withstand any challenge.
Suitable for:
- Product presentations & demonstration fairs
- Large-scale open-air demo fairs
- Open-air concerts with a professional sound and lighting concept
- Company parties on our fairgrounds
- Leisure areas such as obstacle courses or fun events
- Extension of hall areas with outdoor areas
- Use as a concert location with a perfect sound and lighting concept
- Temporary assembly venue with flexible equipment
Ground conditions & usage options
Wondering what type of flooring is available on the fairgrounds? Our outdoor area is designed to support a variety of different formats and requirements:
- An asphalted access road across the site
- A gravelled outdoor area allows for heavy structures
- Our paved piazza serves as a reception, catering or show area
- A resilient leisure area with a robust structure - ideal for active formats
Can you dig on our site? Yes - up to a depth of 20 cm (gravel turf/surface), you can excavate and install the material yourself, provided that it is stored and restored in the same type of material. From a depth of 20 cm, coordination with us is required. You can obtain further information from our colleagues, who can be contacted as follows:
- Phone: 0721 3720 2120
- E-mail: locations@messe-karlsruhe.de
Your professional event venue with perfect infrastructure
Our outdoor area can be used all year round and offers ideal conditions regardless of the weather and season. From a meeting place to a top-class major event, we are prepared.
Highlights:
- According to the AUMA ranking, Messe Karlsruhe ranks third among outdoor exhibition grounds with a total outdoor area of 105,000 square meters
- 82,000 m² of fenced-in area
- 40 e-charging stations with 2 connections each (11 kW)
- 2,500 car parking spaces, 40 truck parking spaces
- Up to 32 motorhome parking spaces with waste disposal station
- 12 disabled parking spaces with corresponding infrastructure
- WC and shower containers, water and electricity connections on the outdoor exhibition grounds
- Wi-Fi connection for your demonstration trade fair or outdoor streaming
Even large open-air events with several thousand guests can be easily realized here, whether concerts, exhibitions or conferences in the outdoor area.
Karlsruhe Trade Fair + Peter-Gross-Bau = double the power
In addition to the four exhibition halls, each with an area of 12,500 m², our outdoor area is available to you as a logistical extension for every event format. Hold your trade fair indoors and use our piazza, our forecourt or the leisure areas for an atmospheric supporting program in the open air.
Indoor & outdoor cleverly combined:
- Trade fair in the morning, open-air dinner on the forecourt in the evening
- Presentations in the hall, machine demonstrations in the outdoor area
- Indoor lecture hall, activity course in the leisure area
- Indoor exhibition, test drives on the event site
Why our outdoor area?
- ✅ Versatility: Whether festival grounds, concert location, assembly venue or demonstration fair
- ✅ Flexibility: From the outdoor area to the outdoor facilities - everything here adapts to your event
- ✅ Location: Directly near Karlsruhe, surrounded by greenery with a view of the Black Forest
- ✅ Accessibility: Perfectly connected to the highway & public transport
My personal highlight of the outdoor exhibition area
The active use of the area - not just for parking but for special events such as demo parks or open-air events.
Organizing where others go on vacation
The view from the grounds? Magnificent. The Black Forest is within sight, a place where people love to linger. Your large-scale event will benefit from this inspiring atmosphere, which will be perfectly communicated to your guests. Whether as a concert location, leisure area or demo fair: This is where an event becomes an experience.
Enquire now & take your event to the next level!
Use our festival grounds, the outdoor area, our piazza, our forecourt and the entire site for your event. We will be happy to advise you on the concept, technology and logistics - for a smooth event in open-air style.
Messe Karlsruhe
Messeallee 1
D-76287 Rheinstetten
↳ By car
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Your event in the open air - on our outdoor area
Are you planning an outdoor event and looking for the perfect location?
Our spacious outdoor area offers you unlimited possibilities for unforgettable events.
Contact us now:
Phone: 0721 3720 2120
E-mail: locations@messe-karlsruhe.de