Roskilde Festival
Denmark / June 29 - July 6, 2024
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Company
Roskilde Festival
Contact
Anders Wahrén
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Website
Details
Country
Denmark
City
Roskilde
Established
1971
Festival Type
Open-air
Camping
Yes
Site
Festivalpladsen, Darupvej 19, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Capacity
85,000 per day
Stages
9
Description
Roskilde Festival is the largest music festival in Northern Europe – attracting audiences from all over Europe and the rest of the world. It is an independent, non-profit festival organised by The Roskilde Festival Charity Society.
Roskilde Festival presents a progressive music programme as well as lots of events, art and activities. Approximately 175 bands play at the festival each edition. The camping areas open on Saturday, preceding the festival upcoming acts playing the smaller stages Rising and Countdown and many activities during the days up to Wednesday, when the festival site opens up.
An extensive environmental programme is implemented each year, including a refund system. All profits from the festival are donated to humanitarian, cultural and non-profit projects that benefit people all over the world.
The festival is located on the Festival Site, outside the town of Roskilde, 35 km from Copenhagen. Musicians representing all conceivable genres, from all over the world, play minimum one-hour sets on the smaller stages and often 90-minutes sets on the biggest stages. The long sets make the Roskilde Festival music experience fundamentally different from most competing festivals in Europe.
© Pics by Jens Dige, Claus Bjørn Larsen, Jacob Dinesen, Simon Frøsig Christensen, Lars Just POLFOTO, Christian Hjorth, Thomas Kjær and Tobias Nicolai
Genre & Program
Contemporary Rock, Metal, Electronic Music, Hip-Hop, Rap and Global Beat
Program References
Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Beastie Boys, Björk, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Coldplay, The Cure, Daft Punk, Deadmau5, Dua Lipa, Bob Dylan, Faith No More, Foo Fighters, Gorillaz, Guns N’ Roses, Iron Maiden, Jay-Z, Paul Kalkbrenner, Kings of Leon, Kraftwerk, Bob Marley, Mastodon, Metallica, M.I.A., Muse, My Bloody Valentine, Nirvana, Outkast, PJ Harvey, Prince, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Rammstein, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rihanna, The Rolling Stones, Ravi Shankar, Slayer, Slipknot, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, The Streets, The Strokes, Talking Heads, Tiësto, Tool, U2, Roger Waters, Kanye West, Jack White, The Who, Brian Wilson, Stevie Wonder and Neil Young.
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![People walking through a park during a sunset at a festival, with trees casting long shadows on the ground.](https://yourope.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/roskilde-12-768x397.jpg)
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