Every August, a stretch of Helsinki waterfront where a gasworks once burned coal turns into the most attentive festival site in the Nordics. Flow returns to Suvilahti from 14 to 16 August 2026 with close to 150 artists and the same appetite for putting a cult figure and a chart record on the same weekend.
Florence + The Machine arrives with Everybody Scream, her voice still built for open air. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds bring four decades of writing to the main stage, while Turnstile turn hardcore into something closer to a communal rite. Zara Larsson and MARINA hand the weekend its pop, Clipse deliver the record that reminded everyone what Pusha T and Malice built together, and SOMBR, Oklou, Geese and Lykke Li fill the hours in between. After dark, Disclosure, Honey Dijon, KETTAMA and Lambrini Girls keep the yards moving until the sky pales.
Finland sends its strongest names too: Olga, Vesta, J. Karjalainen, Arppa with an eight-piece band, Ares, Pearly Drops, Asla Jo, louna0nline.
Around the music, Flow keeps its other habits. An art and fashion program runs across the site, Flow Talks gathers writers and thinkers on creativity in the age of AI, Helsinki restaurants take over the kitchens, and Sunday opens its arms to families.
