The Horehronie Days of Singing and Dancing are among the most important folklore events in the region.
The oldest written mention of the village is from 1549. The inhabitants of the village are Roman Catholic and there is a Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary from 1806. The village is one of the attractive areas of the district of Brezno and provides plenty of opportunities for rest and recreation. It is an important ethnographic locality with folk architecture. Folk traditions are respected in the village with respect, which visitors can get acquainted with during important festivals, but also throughout the year - demonstrations of artistic processing of social life, family and annual customs in the folklore ensembles of the village Heľpa and folk art production - demonstrations of folk crafts, such as carving, shingling, basketry, metalworking, flax processing, wool processing before spinning, spinning, weaving, knitting, embroidery, blacksmithing, shoemaking, rolling and machine embroidery. festivals Horehronie Days of Singing and Dancing or Kolovrátok and sporadic cultural and social events. There is a sports stadium, where visitors have at their disposal: ice rink, football field, multipurpose field with artificial turf, tennis court and gym. The village offers a wide range of winter and summer tourism - downhill and cross-country skiing, hiking, rafting in Hron, cycling. There is a source of "acidic" water. A deer game reserve has been built in the cadastre of the village. Accommodation and catering facilities associated with wellness services are available to visitors. Heľpa is also attractive for tourists. Every year, the Fašianga event in Heľpa is organized here, the pre-Christmas and Christmas customs presented by FS Heľpan, the folklore band "From Lucia to Vilij" and many others.
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