Flow Festival 2026 took over Suvilahti with 91,000 visitors – Nick Cave, Turnstile, Geese and more in pictures

Suvilahti is one of those spots in Helsinki that has really grown into its own thing. What used to be an industrial area is now packed with artists, venues, creative spaces, open graffiti walls and the world-famous Suvilahti DIY skatepark. That raw, edgy atmosphere is a big part of why Suvilahti makes such a perfect place for Flow Festival. Every year, Flow Festival puts a lot of energy into its visual identity and landscape design, transforming the festival grounds with new details, installations and spaces that make the whole area feel different from one year to the next.

Flow Festival has been bringing music and culture to Suvilahti since 2004. What started out as a small club event has grown into one of Helsinki’s biggest festival weekends. This year, 91,000 people made their way to Suvilahti over the weekend, turning the whole area into a high-end mix of music, art and food scene. 

Friday offered a little bit of everything, from Rosettes, Ibe and Marina to the more experimental sounds of Oklou, before Zara Larsson took over the main stage.

Cabaret Voltaire, Ibe, Marina, Oklou, Rosettes, Zara Larsson

At 22.45 sharp it was time for the main act of the evening. The Swedish princess of pop, Zara Larsson, took the stage with fans roaring across the concrete field of Suvilahti. Young fans were dressed in colorful Y2K aesthetic and adorned with hair flowers and face diamonds to show support for their favorite artist of the night. This didn’t get unnoticed on stage either as Larsson complimented the crowd multiple times during the night and saying how beautiful and sexy everyone was looking.

It was wonderful and surprising to see Zara Larsson come out with a whole live band for a pop show like this. And I least expected to see a full live band with only females, which was a breath of fresh air and says something about Zara Larsson’s overall brand. The singer herself also held her own with the God given pipes as she belted out notes on stage while dancing around for over an hour to hits like ‘Lush Life’, ‘Midnight Sun’, ‘Never Forget You’ and ‘Symphony’.

We then moved onto Silver Arena where the British DJ duo of brothers Disclosure was setting up the mood for the rest of the night with their house/garage/2-step inspired musical offerings. After a while we went to check what Front Yard had to offer to close the night off. German DJ Gigola was playing a rowdy mix of techno, trance and tech house and the crowd went wild with a mix of LMFAO’s hit song ‘Party Rock Anthem’ that really sealed the evening for us.” (Written by Nelly Tulimäki, Helsinki 2026)

Turnstile, Clipse, Dina Ögon

Saturday shifted the mood again. Turnstile brought their explosive hardcore energy to the festival, while Clipse delivered one of the weekend’s most anticipated hip-hop sets. Dina Ögon offered something completely different, with their warm and laid-back sound making for a nice change of pace.

Geese, Lykke Li, Nick Cave

Sunday had its own kind of atmosphere. Geese brought their raw rock energy straight from Brooklyn to the Silver Arena, while Lykke Li made the big tent feel surprisingly intimate. Then came Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds to close the main stage with a powerful two-hour performance, bringing the weekend to an appropriately dramatic end and crying faces.