New Dates For LIGNA

LIGNA, an industry trade show in Hannover, Germany, announced changes to its traditional show schedule that will begin in 2027.

The new dates are May 10-14 for LIGNA 2027 and May 14-18 for LIGNA 2029. LIGNA 2025 remains on the schedule for May 26-30.

This was a joint decision by the LIGNA organizers, Deutsche Messe AG and VDMA Woodworking Machinery.

“The decisive factor for LIGNA’s rescheduling from 2027 is the change in visitor behavior on Ascension Day and the following Friday as a bridge day,” Stephanie Wagner, head of LIGNA for Deutsche Messe AG, said in a statement.

“The leisure behavior of visitors has changed significantly in recent years. Thursday as a national public holiday and the following Friday as a bridge day are very popular as an extended vacation weekend, particularly by German visitors from the skilled trades sector, but also from the industry. Our visitor analyses clearly confirm this. As the world's leading trade fair for the woodworking and wood processing industry, we want to present our exhibiting companies with a high quality and quantity of national and international visitors on all five days of the fair – from all visitor target groups. From our perspective, this will only be possible if LIGNA leaves the Ascension week in future.”