Fontaines DC, Charli xcx, and Khruangbin among first names announced for Flow Festival 2025

Flow Festival has returned to give us our first taste of what to expect from next year’s Finnish knees-up, with a first wave of artists that boasts some of the world’s biggest-hitting names.

Set to perform in Helsinki next Summer are Fontaines DC - the band behind one of the year’s biggest albums, ‘Romance’ - and cultural monolith Charli xcx, whose latest work ‘BRAT’ has well and truly dominated 2024 in just about every sense. 

Other acts announced today include feel-good favourites Khruangbin, breakout rap trio KNEECAP, and Mercury Prize shortlisted artist Beth Gibbons, while club culture will be well represented by the likes of Bicep, Joy Orbison, and Avalon Emerson (and Charli, obv). 

What’s more, there’ll also be a whole host of local talent on display, with Finland’s own pehmoaino, Sexman, Pariisin kevät, and more taking to stages across the site to showcase the country’s eclectic, thriving national scene. 

Flow Festival 2025 will take place at Helsinki’s Suvilahti power plant area from 8th-10th August 2025; tickets are on sale now, so you can find out more and nab yours from the festival’s website.

Further lineup additions will  be revealed over the coming months, but in the meantime you can get yourself excited by revisiting our review of Flow Festival 2024 and check out next year’s lineup - so far! - below.