Sunday, January 27, 2013

Events : UK : Roskilde : Denmark : Roskilde Festival

When : June 29th - July 7th, 2013

Where : estivalpladsen, Darupvej 19, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark

Time : 6:00pm

Phone : (+45) 46 36 66 13

Price : $175.02-$326.59 | (Purchase Tickets)

Each year Roskilde Festival attracts a massive audience from all over Europe, and today it is one of the biggest culture and music festivals in Europe. It is a modern, cutting-edge festival which is organized by a non-profit humanitarian organization on the basis of approximately 30,000 volunteers. All profits from the festival are donated to national and international humanitarian charity and cultural purposes by The Roskilde Festival Charity Society.

Nine days of party and total experiences

Roskilde Festival presents a progressive music programme which offers memorable experiences and lots of surprises. Year after year, the largest international crowd in Europe is drawn to Roskilde because of a combination of this year’s greatest successes, the living legends and the best representatives of the many corners of musical expression.

Each year, about 200 bands play on eight stages during four days from Thursday to Sunday. The camping areas open on the Saturday prior to the festival at 18:00 and from sunday, there will with music at Pavilion Junior – the stage for upcoming acts – and a wealth of activities during the four days leading up to Thursday. Roskilde Festival is 5 days’ warm-up and 4 days’ music. This is a total of 9 days of partying. Roskilde Festival is a unique and all-encompassing experience where music, events and activities form a unity with the intense sense of community among an emphatic audience.

Music through the years

Roskilde Festival was established in 1971 and has since then presented acts such as Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Beastie Boys, Björk, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Solomon Burke, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Chemical Brothers, Coldplay, The Cure, Bob Dylan, Faith No More, Foo Fighters, Gorillaz, Guns N’ Roses, Iron Maiden, Jay-Z, Grace Jones, Judas Priest, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Korn, Kraftwerk, Marilyn Manson, Bob Marley, Metallica, Muse, My Bloody Valentine, New Order, Nirvana, Prince, Queens Of The Stone Age, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Rammstein, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ravi Shankar, Slayer, Slipknot, The Streets, The Strokes, Talking Heads, Tiësto, Tool, U2, Robbie Williams, Roger Waters, Kanye West, The White Stripes, The Who, Brian Wilson, Wu-Tang Clan and Neil Young.

Free camping and service

Access to camping and parking is included in the ticket. Camping facilities include hot and cold showers, communal grills, food and drink stalls, shopping areas, cinema, street sports, skate ramp, free luggage storages and lots of activities and events.

Facts about Roskilde Festival 2012

Roskilde Festival 2012 takes place from 5 – 8 July, warm-up from 30 June - 4 July.

Camping areas open on Saturday 30 June at 18:00.

In 2012, Roskilde Festival is held for the 42nd time.

77,500 tickets are on sale. Tickets include access to all 9 days, including camping and parking. One-day tickets are also available.
A total of approx. 200 bands are expected to play on Roskilde Festival’s eight stages.

Roskilde Festival is organized by The Roskilde Festival Charity Society – a society whose purpose is to collect money to humanitarian and cultural work.

All profits earned from Roskilde Festival are donated to charity. More than DKK 180 million (approx. € 24) have been donated throughout the years.

Roskilde Festival is arranged on the basis of committed volunteers. More than 30,000 volunteers create the festival's unique service, quality and atmosphere.

The early history

Inspired by the first rock festivals and various youth gatherings in places such as Newport, Isle of Wight, Woodstock and local festivals in Denmark, the festival wave hit the Danish shores in 1971.The early summer of that year saw festivals in the towns of Hillerød, Randers and Nyborg – and then in late August the Sound Festival took place in Roskilde. An event marked by poor organisation but also great commitment.

Sound Festival boasted one stage and about 20 bands, and a total of 10,000 guests attended the two days of music. The organisers were a music agent from Copenhagen and a group of high school students. After all the hard work they did not wish to repeat the event the following year.

Fantasy and volunteers

A local organisation – The Roskilde Charity Society – had carried out charity work in the Roskilde area since the 30s. Among other things, it established facilities for children and young people (kindergartens, day nurseries, youth clubs etc.) town festivals, lotteries and the like.

In 1972, the city council asked this particular society to take over the plans of yet a festival in Roskilde, a job which it accepted in collaboration with the limited company Kaunos A/S. The Roskilde Charity Society covered a third of the deficit/profit and all practical matters – Kaunos covered two thirds of the deficit/profit and the programme. Only a few local businesses were involved in the event; the two organisations behind the festival were not in it for the money, but for the sake of charity.

The festival of 1972 was called Fantasy and attracted 15,000 people each day for three days. About 25 bands played at the festival’s single stage.

The canopy – a world famous symbol

1978 presented an even bigger leap in terms of development. The orange Canopy Stage was purchased from a UK company, Revelation Staging, who had toured with it for Rolling Stones on a long European tour and used it for concerts at Knebworth and Hyde Park.

Now the festival went looking for world-class acts to headline the event which primarily focused on upcoming bands. Bob Marley & The Wailers played Roskilde in 1978 along with about 40 other bands. The festival now boasted three stages and approx. 36,500 guests on each of the festival’s three days of music. Since then the distinctive arches of the canopy have represented Roskilde Festival’s world famous symbol and logo.

A new age in the 80s and 90s

Toward the end of the 70s, a change in the musical profile occurred. The festival discharged the “a bit of everything” approach, and during the first years of the 80s the new musical style was outlined. To this day, it defines Roskilde Festival as one of the leading, up-to-date and visionary festivals in the world for contemporary music and especially the youth culture’s musical modes of expressions.

During the 80s Roskilde Festival continued to develop its position as the leading 4-day rock festival in the category ”young talents of today and of tomorrow.” Being able to present bands and artists such as U2, Simple Minds, UB40, Talking Heads and Elvis Costello at an early stage of their careers was a step in the right direction for Roskilde Festival – and that direction has been followed ever since. If growth and profit were Roskilde’s ambition, the festival would probably have exhausted itself – just as it happened for most of the competitors – and the service level would most likely have been

New electronic sounds

During the 90s, brand new sounds came from the Festival Site. In 1991, the dance stage Club Roskilde was established as it was recognised that in the future it would be impossible to differentiate between rock and all the electronic music that gained more and more popularity as the traditional genres were challenged and fused with brand-new expressions. In 1991, Club Roskilde took place on a single night in the small Blue Tent – and by 1995 grooves and beats resounded on all festival days coming, from the newly established Deeday stage.

In the years to follow, even more room for electronic music was created, e.g. with the introduction of Roskilde Lounge, and since then acts such as Fat Boy Slim, Prodigy, Basement Jaxx and Chemical Brothers have performed on the big Orange Stage. Electronic music, in all its guises, came to Roskilde to stay.

In 2012 Roskilde Festival is introducing the new stage Apollo, which focuses on electronic music. (Read More)

Roskilde Festival By Elora : Copenhagen, Denmark

Roskilde festival holds a very special place in my heart. Having gone almost every year for the past 15 years, it never gets boring. The music is current and varied, the atmosphere unbeatable. 80,000 people having one big party for 4 days, or for some of those who camp, a full week. Some people choose not to stay overnight at the festival, but I would recommend against it: the social scene is as big a part of the experience as the music is. However, you do have to be able to handle lots of merry people, the..ahm, rustic conditions of camping, and if it rains, the mud! Ohh, the mud...

A few tips: If you plan to camp, do not expect to be able to show up the day before and be able to find a good spot for your tent, you will be sorely disappointed. Don't bring anything you can't afford to loose, and be sensible: it's a huge event, involving for most a significant consumption of alcohol. Most of all, have fun!

2012 Line up

Contact Roskilde Festival

Address Darupvej 19, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark | Phone (+45) 46 36 66 13

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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Events : UK : Roskilde : Denmark : Roskilde Festival

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