Flow Festival Helsinki has added more acts to its 2025 programme, revealing the lineups for two of the festival sites’ most unique and celebrated stages, Balloon 360° and Backyard stages.
The Balloon 360° stage, with its sphere-shaped form, became an instant landmark for Flow Festival when it was introduced in 2012 as a result of an international architecture competition hosted by EASA. The venue has since gained fame for its stellar program that exhibits top artists from genres around the world. This year continues that story. Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills will bring his Tommorow Comes The Harvest project to the stage for what’s sure to be an undeniable highlight – with the improvised-lead project coming to the fore after first originating as a collaboration between Mills and Afrobeat legend Tony Allen. A living legend of Brazilian music Hermeto Pascoal brings his storied career to life on a stage like no other, whilst the richly tipped Infinity Song bring their feel-good vibes in the round pointing to the future in style. With the likes of Nigerian disco pioneer Oby Onyiona, LA LOM, Arp Frique & Perpetual Singers, Sai Galaxy, Florence Adooni, The Five Corners Quintet (celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their debut album ‘Chassin The Jazz Gone By’), Superposition and a special show from Finnish rapper Hassan Maikal performing with the 18-piece Sointi Jazz Orchestra amongst many others – the Balloon 360 is a must once more at Suvilahti this summer.
Announced for the Heineken Backyard stage are the likes of New York disco culture icon Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy, UK garage titan and one of the planet’s must-see names in DJ EZ, CC: Disco!, Antal, Danilo Plessow (aka Motor City Drum Ensemble), Batu, Horse Meat Disco, Paula Tape, Cormac and Finnish trailblazers such as 12 Months Of Pride, DJ Aleksi, HiToshi, Do U Remember House and Lil Tony amongst others. Spread across lush greenery and a setting like no other, it’s yet another unforgettable part of the Flow Festival Helsinki experience.
These new additions join a stacked lineup – including Charli xcx, FKA twigs, Fontaines D.C., Khruangbin, Little Simz, Yung Lean & Bladee, Underworld, Air, Bicep Present Chroma (AV DJ Set), Lola Young, Beth Gibbons, Kneecap, Amaarae, Joy Orbison, Avalon Emerson, Veronica Maggio, Montell Fish, Sexmane and many more.
