Jasmin Wölke hosts galas in Hannover in English and German: award ceremonies, company anniversaries and festive evenings. She carries the audience through the honours with good timing and keeps the evening together, so that hosts and award winners stay at the centre.
From the Kuppelsaal to the Herrenhausen Gardens
For festive evenings, Hannover has one classic address: the Kuppelsaal at the Hannover Congress Centrum, the city's traditional grand hall. Smaller or more distinctive plans find rooms in the old town, venues at the Maschsee and the Herrenhausen Gardens as a backdrop no guest needs explained. The choice of venue shapes the dramaturgy: a domed hall calls for big pictures and clear announcements, a garden reception lives on closeness and quiet transitions. Jasmin visits the venue beforehand and plans entrances, walking routes and technology with the production team before the first guest arrives.
The calendar of a trade fair city
Anyone celebrating in Hannover plans around the fair calendar. In the weeks of the Hannover Messe in spring, and in Agritechnica and LIGNA years in autumn too, hotels and evening venues are booked early. December belongs to Christmas parties, and in summer the Maschseefest and the Schützenfest fill the city. For your gala this means securing date and venue much earlier than elsewhere, or deliberately picking a quiet week when the city is yours. Both work if the decision comes early.
Honours for an audience that expects substance
The region's audience is shaped by industry and sales, matter-of-fact in the North German way, and suspicious of glitter without a reason. A good gala takes that seriously: every honour gets an announcement, a reason people can follow, and a moment on stage that belongs to the winner, not to the host. Tributes stay with the people who know the winner; Jasmin gives them a frame and a time slot. Her stage experience with award formats comes from productions such as the Leadership Excellence Awards, a company reference with categories, tributes and an international audience. That keeps the evening festive without turning generic.
Language, travel, booking
With international guests, Jasmin hosts the evening bilingually, switching between English and German; the language plan is set in the briefing. From Stuttgart she takes the direct ICE to Hannover, a good three and a half to four hours; for evening formats she arrives in the afternoon, for early starts the day before. For a quote, send date, venue and occasion through the contact form. How the format works in general is covered on the gala host page, other formats in the city are bundled on Moderatorin Hannover, and pricing questions are answered by what does an event host cost.