20252025
Where and when? Helsinki, Suvilahti. From Friday to Sunday, August 8–10, 2025.
Visitors: 92 000
Venues: 10
Artists: 146
Highlights: Charli XCX‘s powerhouse pop show, the ethereal and compelling performance by FKA twigs, and the renewed Front Yard venue.
Website: http://archive.flowfestival.com/2025 (Please note that some imagery or links might not work correctly on the archived site.)
Flow Festival’s 2025 edition was celebrated at the renewed festival area on the 8th–10th of August at Helsinki’s Suvilahti. A whopping 92,000 friends of music and urban culture gathered to enjoy the vast selection of around 150 artists, 40 restaurants, a talk program with daily changing themes and spectacular art installations around the festival area. Flow Festival 2025 was not short of high points, one of many being Charli XCX’s eagerly awaited powerhouse pop show, amassing a record-breaking audience of 26,000 people around the Main Stage. The Main Stage also had the pleasure of hosting Nigerian superstar Burna Boy, accompanied by his impressive ensemble of musicians and dancers, FKA twigs with her flawless performance, British rapper Little Simz, and French art pop duo Air, who performed their iconic Moon Safari album to an excited audience.
Electronic music was once again widely present at Flow. Having moved to a brand-new location, the beloved Front Yard drew a massive crowd of enthusiastic dancers into its industrial environment for the first time. The architecturally impressive red-brick industry buildings created a unique environment for the legendary venue. Stepping onto the new stage were some of the most exciting club music stars of our time, such as Joy Orbison, Avalon Emerson, Verraco, and Night Manoeuvre.
Flow Festival’s iconic Balloon 360° presented the finest in rhythm music from around the world, featuring the Brazilian legend Hermeto Pascoal, the New York-based soft rock band Infinity Song, the pioneer of Nigerian disco Oby Onyioha, and many more. Domestic names included the jazz group The Five Corners Quintet, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album.
In total, Flow featured nearly 150 artists and groups, such as Underworld, Khruangbin, Yung Lean & Bladee, Lola Young, and Beth Gibbons. All of the performers of 2025 are listed at the end of the page.
Flow Festival’s 2025 food program offered unforgettable culinary experiences from around the world. The culinary lineup involved top chef Hans Välimäki’s Italian-inspired Gina X Flow pop-up restaurant, alongside a wide range of street food, fine dining, fusion cuisine, vegan pizza, and dishes from Georgian and Ukrainian kitchens. All tastes were covered – and in keeping with Flow’s commitment to sustainability, none of the restaurants served red meat or poultry. A new addition in 2025 was that all fish dishes at the festival were made using only fish caught in Finnish waters.
The Sustainable Food competition found a winner for 2025 as the jury decided to hand the title to Greenfinch, whose delicious dishes were a perfect combination of taste and sustainability.
Flow’s art program transformed Kattilahalli into a massive spatial artwork, where monumental video projections and The Other Sound venue merge into a unified immersive environment. Kalle Vainio’s The Land Where It Always Rains is a large-scale multimedia installation featuring ten reel-to-reel tape recorders, umbrellas, and projected video. In addition to Vainio, the creative team included Ville MJ Hyvönen and Merle Karp, responsible for the venue’s visual design.
In 2025, Flow brought themes such as artificial intelligence, creativity, and financial literacy to the forefront of societal dialogue. The Flow Talks program kicked off with Google’s Flow Talks AI discussion, where Minister of Science and Culture Mari-Leena Talvitie and Google’s AI lead Itxaso Araque talked about the possibilities of artificial intelligence. On Saturday, the Flow Talks Radical Creativity, hosted by Tietoevry Create and Aalto University, explored how everyone can foster bold creativity and adaptability in times of constant change. Saturday’s program also featured Flow Talks Dare to Dream, in collaboration with Nordea—a session that explored the role of money and finances in pursuing personal dreams. The program concluded on Sunday with the beloved journalistic performance “Musta laatikko” (Black Box) by Helsingin Sanomat.
Said about Flow 2025:
«Flow Festival 2025 proved, once again, that it’s more than a weekend of good booking. It’s a curated dream.»
– Under the Radar«Food has long been a defining facet of Flow’s identity, and its meat-free menu continues to set the standard for festival dining.»
– Flood Magazine
Photos: © Konstantin Kondrukhov, Petri Anttila, Samuli Pentti, Andrew Taylor, and Henry Redcliffe.
CONTINUE YOUR TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
Look at photos: Go through Flow Festival 2025 photos on Flickr.
Browse the archived website:
http://archive.flowfestival.com/2025/
Please note that some imagery or links might not work correctly on the archived site.
Listen to the official Flow Festival 2025 playlist on Spotify:
Flow Festival 2025 artists in alphabetical order
12 Months of Pride
2THEMAX
Aaro630
Ada Aik: 5 Hours of Light 1/2/3
Aino Collin
Air play Moon Safari
ALAWARI
Amaarae
Andrea Belfi
Antal
Antti Lötjönen & Kalle Kalima
Apni aka Surabhi Saraf
Arp Frique & Perpetual Singers
ATI
Aurora Halal
Autechre
Avalon Emerson
BAMBII
Batu
Beth Gibbons
Bicep
Black Star (Yasiin Bey & Talib Kweli)
Burna Boy
CC:DISCO!
CEB b2b Lara Silva
Charli XCX
Clementaum
CNA
Colleen ’Cosmo’ Murphy
Cormac
Danilo Plessow aka MCDE
DJ Aleksi b2b HiToshi
DJ EZ
DJ Fuckoff
DJ Ibusal
DJ Qwelz
DJ Seben
DJ SNAPDRAGON
djrubio
Do U Remember House
Ege Zulu
Ellen Allien
Emilia Sisco & The Northern Lights
emma & matilda
Enoch Gyasi
Evissimax b2b s4int nich0las
Fabiana Palladino
Fame Hunter
FKA Twigs
Florence Adooni
Fontaines D.C.
Frankosun and the Family
Funk Tribu
ganavya
Goldielocks
good boys
Hanna Ojanen
Harri Kuusijärvi & Arttu Nieminen
Hassan Maikal & Sointi Jazz Orchestra
Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo
Horse Meat Disco
Infinity Song
Jore & Zpoppa
Joseysradios
Joy Orbison
Justus Valtanen b2b Daniel Kayrouz
Katerina
Katvyl
Keval Shah
Khruangbin
Kneecap
KO:MI
LA LOM
Lil Tony
Litku Klemetti
Little Simz
Lola Young
Major League DJz
Mala
Mary Young
Melo
Mirella
Montell Fish
Nea2ᴋ
NIGHT manoeuvres
NOSLEEP
Oby Onyiona ft. Sai Galaxy
okgiorgio
Olga
Oranssi Pazuzu
Orkidea
Otilia b2b Ojelma
Pariisin Kevät
Passepartout Duo
Paula Tape
pehmoaino: ”Sätkynukkekoti”
Regina
Ruusut (Summer Exclusive)
Saimaa
Sala
Sallidoing
Sam Quealy
Sansibar
Senya
Sexmane
she’s so annoying!!!
Sudan Archives
Superposition
Symbiocene
Tarta Relena
The Five Corners Quintet
the good time girl
TOCCORORO
Tohtori Getto & Axel Kala
Trevor Deep Jr b2b All Good Soundsystem
Turisti
Underworld
Uusi Fantasia
Veronica Maggio
Verraco
Vilma Jää
Voices From The Lake live
Wata Igarashi live
Will Nams & Kuya Kai
Wishamalii
Yung Lean & Bladee
Zeze