� The St. Gallen Symposium attracts about 600 personalities from economics, science, politics and society to the University of St. Gallen every year. It hosts the world's largest student essay competition of its kind with about 1,000 participants, of whom the 100 best contributions are selected to participate in the St. Gallen Symposium. The Symposium celebrated its 40th anniversary in May 2010.
� OLMA, traditional Swiss Fair for Agriculture and Nutrition in autumn as well as numerous other exhibitions at the OLMA Fairs St. Gallen.
� Openair St. Gallen is an annual open air festival in the Sitter valley.
� Children's Feast, originally a product of the textile industry. It is organized every third year.
� Nordklang Festival takes place in multiple sites around St. Gallen
� The football team FC St. Gallen play in the Swiss Super League. It is the oldest football club in Switzerland and oldest in continental Europe, founded in 1879
