The event venue in the heart of the city
The Messe and Congress Center Basel is located in the heart of MesseQuartier Basel – in close proximity to France and Germany, and thus closely connected with Europe.
Are you looking for a suitable venue for your event? With five generously-dimensioned halls and 25 modern conference rooms, we have the right infrastructure for all kinds of occasions. We will be happy to support you in planning and staging visitor-friendly trade fairs, network-promoting congresses, specialist conferences, corporate events and events for the public at large.
With over 100 years’ experience as an exhibition and event organiser and having staged numerous trade fairs of our own, we know what it takes to make a successful event. And we will be happy to share this know-how with you. We pay attention to sustainability in everything we do. With our direct links to public transport, local and seasonal catering choices and the use of renewable energy, we make it easy for you to opt for environmentally-friendly solutions.
Our exhibition venue is within walking distance of Basel city centre and optimally integrated in the city’s urban infrastructure. This way, your guests and visitors know they are in good hands at all times.
Thank you Eurovision Song Contest 2025
The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), the world’s largest music competition, took place in Basel from May 10 to 17, 2025, and it was a true celebration. Over 200,000 people visited our venues, while more than 500,000 enjoyed the events throughout the city. All details can be found on the MesseQuartier Basel website.
Upcoming events
UEFA Women’s Euro Fan Zone
Berufsprüfung Technische Kaufleute 2025
SOG Annual Congress 2025 | SSO Réunion annuelle 2025
SGU 81. Jahresversammlung 2025
[BC]2 Basel Computational Biology Conference
Ilmac
SGPP Annual Congress/PSY Congress 2025
YOUNG STAGE – GRANDE FINALE
Apprenticeship exchange Northwestern Switzerland
Festival of Biologics 2025
Working with the Congress Center Basel is always a great pleasure and we are always happy to come back. The friendly and competent team makes the organisation of such a major event so much easier for us.
We enjoyed a highly competent, cooperative and friendly working relationship with the partners at Messe & Congress Center Basel. The entire project was great fun.
Our partnership-based collaboration with the team at Messe & Congress Center Basel provides the perfect support for ensuring that our concert series runs smoothly. Discretion, quality and professionalism are very important to us – and we get all of these every year.
The Messe und Congress Center Basel is a fantastic location for conferences and major events with a brilliant exhibition space.
The coopertation with Messe Basel was great. We’ve started early talking about sustainability and brainstormed together, checked what activities and measures we have in place and how Messe Basel can contribute.
Congress Center Basel is an events venue that offers a huge amount of flexibility, we were really able to tailor the space to our needs.
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