In the nineteen years since its inception, Flow has become a festival transformed. Emerging from the hazy jazz and techno clubs of Helsinki in 2004, its first home was an abandoned railway warehouse, with early crowds made up of just a few thousand revellers dancing into the endless Nordic summer nights.
Almost two decades on, the Finnish capital’s annual August festival is a slick operation. Hosting some of the biggest names in the industry, from Afrobeats to alt-pop and some of the buzziest DJs in the world – this year’s headliners were Wizkid, Lorde and Blur – it is a staple stop on the European festival tour.
