This year’s Gala is being held at De Kromhouthal in Amsterdam - Evenementen Aan De Overkant B.V., Gedempt Hamerkanaal 231, 1021 KP Amsterdam on Saturday 4 October.

The doors open at 17:00 CEST and runs till late.

Please see information on how to get to the venue here . It’s very accessible by taxi, train (with a short walk) or even a free ferry (with a short walk).

Amsterdam is very easy to reach by plane for further-afield international guests or train/Eurostar/plane from Europe.

We have some affordable and sustainable picks on our website . As well as Hotel Maps with the best deals for you to choose a place to stay that suits your needs.

You can buy a ticket through our Gala homepage , you’ll then be directed to your account/will need to set up an account to purchase. All information on how much tickets are and what they include can be found on this page.

If you need an extra hand, our ticket buying guide can be found here.

Absolutely! We celebrate and award this year’s winners on the night, but it’s also a great event to network with the packaging design community, bring your clients and team to enjoy the night and get inspiration from the world’s best packaging designs of 2025.

Definitely, we’d really love for you to join us. Each year, more and more Certificate recipients have been attending so for the first time, if you’re attending the gala we’re excited to offer you the following as a new experience*:

• An official framed certificate to be collected at the event

• Recognition of your company during the gala presentation

• The opportunity to take official photos in front of the Pentawards logo wall

*Please note that the above is only available for those attending the gala who are certificate recipients only (not those who have also won a trophy). To guarantee your certificate collection on the night, please add your entry name and nomination code in the 'special request' box when purchasing your ticket.

You will have received a confirmation email after buying your Gala Ceremony ticket, closer to the event you will reive an email with the full schedule of the night.

Please note, you do not need a physical or e-ticket for the gala, it’s operated on a guestlist basis.

Please see our terms around refunds here.

There isn’t a deadline but we would urge people to purchase a ticket as soon as possible our Gala does sell out every year.

If you want to guarantee receiving your trophy on the night you need to purchase tickets by Friday 5th September .

This doesn’t need to be entered right away. To make updates to you or your guest's dietary or accessibility requirements, please log in to your account and use the following steps:

• go to EVENT on the left of the page select ‘Table Bookings’

• click the blue Edit button next to the ticket to make updates

Please ensure all guest information including names, dietary and accessibility information is updated by Tuesday 16th September.

Yes! As per last year, we want to make sure each of our winners get their time to shine. All trophy winners will be invited on stage, including, special award winners, Diamond, Platinum as well as gold, silver and bronze winners will all have their time to get on stage, celebrate their moment and hold their trophy high.

If you’re a winner, you will be able to collect your trophy free of charge on the night. Please note that there is only one free trophy to be given per winning design, if you’d like to purchase more than one trophy for your team members or clients then you will be able to do so online after the ceremony.

When entering the competition you will have ticked a box to acknowledge that if you win, buying a winner's package is compulsory. All information around the Winner’s Package, including costs and the benefits can be found here .

Students no longer need to pay their Winners' Package fee!

Winners tickets and extra trophies can be bought online after the Gala ceremony, please see pricing here. We will send out more information regarding this in due course.

We ask that all results are kept strictly confidential until after the 2024 Gala Ceremony on 25 October . Failure to follow these rules could result in disqualification.