Looking for the world’s first carbon-neutral festival, which includes a cutting-edge line-up and art installations?
Thought so. Well, search no further and head to the heart of Helsinki this summer for Flow Festival. Organised by the music collective Nuspirit Helsinki, the festival’s focus since 2004 has been about introducing music that the organisers personally found exciting and bringing the hottest international talents to the capital of Finland.
Flow Festival, the truly unique city festival, has been organised in Helsinki annually since 2004. Flow Festival was born out of the founders’ passion for culture. Feeling that Finland and Helsinki, in particular, were lacking a high-quality alternative music festival. In 20 years, Flow Festival has grown from a small club event to the trailblazing European music and arts festival it is today.
Celebrating its 20th this year, the festival sees a superbly curated selection of artists cementing its growing reputation as an international leader on the festival scene.
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PJ Harvey. Yes, she’s at several festivals on our list, but good lord, if you haven’t seen her live, you’re missing out.
The Smile, the Radiohead side project from Thom Yorke, Johnny Greenwood and drummer Tom Skinner. Their latest album, ‘Wall of Eyes’, is a thrilling release and essentially the album Radiohead should have released. In the absence of the band, The Smile more than fills that void.
RAYE. Oh, RAYE. Having taken the music industry by storm with her debut album ‘My 21st Century Blues’, one of our top records of 2023, and winning a whopping six BRIT Awards (out of seven nominations – becoming the most decorated artist in a single year), there is no excuse to skip seeing her live. Oh, she’s so good, it actually hurts a little.
Pulp. Yes, Jarvis Cocker and his merry bunch are back, and the Britpop icons’ reunion “encore” continues. This one sells itself, really.
Fred Again.. . (It’s hard to know where to put that full stop when the artist’s name already features two ‘..’) The Grammy-nominated Fred Again.. has become a towering figure in electronic music, and missing out on seeing him live is borderline criminal at this point. Trust us on this one.
It’s looking like one of the must-haves of the festival scene this year.
August 9 – 11, 2024
Suvilahti, Södervik 00540 Helsinki
Artists and tickets information here
