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{{Infobox music festival
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* [[Rock music|Rock]]
* [[Pop music|pop]]
* [[electronic music|electronic]]▼
* [[reggae]]▼
* [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]
▲* [[electronic music|electronic]]
* [[World music|world]]
* [[experimental music|experimental]]
* [[Heavy metal music|metal]]
* [[Folk music|folk]]
* [[Punk rock|punk]]
▲* [[reggae]]
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Eight days. Four 'Final Days' with international headliners (starting from first Wednesday in July, or last Wednesday in June), preceded by four 'First Days' with more upcoming and nordic acts, and arts & activism.
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* Mogens Sandfær
* Jesper Switzer Møller
* Carl Fischer<ref name="founders">[http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/object.php?obj=111000c&code=45 Roskilde Festival homepage about the festival in 1971] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609110126/http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/object.php?obj=111000c&code=45 |date=9 June 2007 }}</ref>
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[[File:Knebworth Fair 1976 - The Rolling Stones - Geograph-3536179-by-Richard-Humphrey.jpg|thumb|The Orange Stage used by [[Rolling Stones]] at [[Knebworth Festival|Knebworth Fair]] in 1976, before it was acquired by Roskilde Festival. It has later been significantly upgraded]]
The first Roskilde Festival was held on 28 and 29 August 1971, originally named the '''Sound Festival'''. It was created by
In 1978, festival organizers acquired the ''Canopy Scene'', an orange musical stage previously used by
===Expansion and professionalization===
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By the early 1980s, the festival was large and well-established, but the workload had become unmanageable for an organization of all-volunteers. It was decided that a professional board of directors and people in several other fields were necessary. Nevertheless, the festival remains non-profit and still relies heavily on thousands of volunteers.<ref name="MoR2">{{cite web|last=Caspersen|first=Jacob|url=https://museumragnarock.dk/50-aar-med-roskilde-festival-tredje-del/|title=50 years with Roskilde Festival: Tredje del|date=24 June 2020 |publisher=Museum of Rock|accessdate=7 November 2021|language=Danish}}</ref>
From the 1980s, there has been an expansion in the music genres represented at the festival and more stages have been added. They have continued their history of hiring a combination of large international bands, local bands, and up-and-coming bands, like [[U2]] in 1981.<ref name="MoR2"/> In the 1990s, [[electronic music]] was introduced to the festival. In 1991, ''Club Roskilde'' was held, which was an electronic music dance club held in the evenings. In 1995, electronic music artists received their own stage. In the following years, even more room for electronic music was created by the establishment of the chill-out zone and the Roskilde Lounge. Since then, artists like [[Fatboy Slim]], [[The Prodigy]], [[Basement Jaxx]] and [[Chemical Brothers]] appeared on the main stage.{{
By the 1990s, the number of tickets offered for sale was restricted and later even reduced. Due to steadily increasing popularity of the festival, the number of visitors had increased to up to 125,000. In addition, 90,000 tickets for about 25,000 volunteers, 5,000 media people and 3,000 artists were added. In order to preserve the quality of the festival, the festival organizers decided to limit the number of participants. The distance from the rearmost part of the camping area to the stages of the festival management seemed to have become unreasonable. The festival had become so popular that the festival management decided in 1994 to expand the festival area to the west, providing more space without increasing distances between the campgrounds and the concert venues. The festival site was now divided by the small railway line into two parts. In 1995 the festival inaugurated its own train station, which facilitates the arrival of visitors.<ref name="avisendk1"/> In 1997, another tent called ''Roskilde Ballroom'' was built. If Roskilde Festival visitors are included in the population of Roskilde, it is the [[List of cities and towns in Denmark|fourth-largest city in Denmark]].<ref name="avisendk1"/>
In the 2000s, there has been an increasing focus on the footprint of the festival. In 2017, 90 percent of the food sold in food stalls at the festival was [[Organic food|organic]] and a [[Container-deposit legislation|container-deposit]] system (expanded compared to the one that already exists in Denmark) has been introduced, which resulted in more than eight million items being returned in that year's festival alone. There are programs for efficient [[waste sorting]], increase of recycling levels, and a reduction of the amount of garbage produced. A partnership with [[DSB (railway company)|DSB]] has resulted in more direct train links between the [[Copenhagen Central Station]] and the Roskilde Festival station, making it easier to reach by public transport.<ref name="avisendk1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.roskilde-festival.dk/da/sustainability/environmental-sustainability/|title=Miljømæssig|publisher=Roskilde|accessdate=7 November 2021|language=Danish}}</ref>
==Stages==
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[[File:Orange Stage (2012).jpg|thumb|[[Bruce Springsteen]] performing on the Orange Stage in 2012]]
[[File:Band of Horses @ Roskilde Festival 2008 (2652976065).jpg|thumb|[[Band of Horses]] performing on the Arena Stage in 2008]]
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{{multiple image | direction = horizontal | image1 = Roskilde Festival camp area 2015.jpg | image2 = Get a Tent (3697131763).jpg | total_width =440 | footer = The general campsite (left) and the orange Get-a-Tent where people without their own can buy/rent an already-pitched tent }}
The festival campsite covers nearly {{convert|80|ha|acre}} and access to it is included in the ticket price. It usually opens on Saturday afternoon prior to the festival itself. Apart from the small and separate ''Camping South'' it is divided into two areas, ''East'' and ''West'', each comprising a service center with establishments ranging from food stalls to a cinema. The campsite is further divided into 'agoras' that provide toilets, cell phone charging and luggage storage. They also host events according to each agora's theme.{{
As of 2018, a new gate system has been installed. This means that all guests arriving first fill 7 rows of the gate system (1000 people in each). Behind this, a large field holding all remaining guests. At 16:00 on the opening Saturday, the gates open, one row at a time at approx 90sec intervals. Once this is complete, the remaining guest in the back area are free to enter the camping area. The concert sites only open the following day.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.berlingske.dk/samfund/efter-mange-timers-venten-nu-er-roskilde-festival-aabnet|title=Efter mange timers venten: Nu er Roskilde Festival åbnet|publisher=Berlingske|date=30 June 2018|accessdate=6 November 2021|language=Danish}}</ref>
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[[File:RF 0107 RF Daytime Krists Luhaers-27 (35092616373).jpg|thumb|A festivalgoer reading the ''Orange Press'']]
The ''Orange Press'' (named after the main stage) was a newspaper that specifically dealt with events relevant to the festival. First published in 2008, it was made by more than 70 journalists, photographers and music reviewers. It was published daily during the festival and available online and on-site for free until its last issue in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dgmedia.dk/mediebibliotek/roskilde-festival/|title=Roskilde Festival|publisher=DG Media|accessdate=6 November 2021|language=Danish}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2023-01-13-roskilde-festival-lukker-sin-avis-efter-14-ar|title=Roskilde Festival lukker sin avis efter 14 år|date=13 January 2023 |publisher=TV2 Nyheder|accessdate=23 July 2023|language=Danish}}</ref> The festival has since decided to focus more on digital communication.
==Specific years==
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|[[Roskilde Festival 2022|2022]]
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| {{hlist|[[Post Malone]]|[[Dua Lipa]]|Tyler, the Creator|Haim|[[St. Vincent (musician)|St. Vincent]]|The Strokes|[[Robert Plant]] & [[Alison Krauss]]|[[Megan Thee Stallion]]|[[The Blaze (band)|The Blaze]]|[[Kacey Musgraves]]|[[TLC (group)|TLC]]|Jada|[[The Smile (band)|The Smile]]|[[
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| 2023
| 24 June – 1 July
| 130,000+
| {{hlist|Blur|Kendrick Lamar|[[Lil Nas X]]|[[Lizzo]]|[[Rosalía]]|[[Burna Boy]]|[[Caroline Polachek]]|[[Central Cee]]|[[Christine and the Queens]]|[[D-Block Europe]]|[[Kesi (rapper)|Kesi]]|[[Latto]]|[[Loyle Carner]]|Queens of the Stone Age|[[Tobias Rahim]]|[[Tove Lo]]}}
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| 2024
| 29 June – 6 July
| 130,000+
| {{hlist|[[21 Savage]]|[[Doja Cat]]|Foo Fighters|[[Skrillex]]|[[SZA]]|[[Aurora (singer)|Aurora]]|[[Charli XCX]]|[[Gilli (rapper)|Gilli]]|[[Heilung]]|[[Ice Spice]]|[[J Hus]]|[[Jane's Addiction]]|[[Jungle (band)|Jungle]]|[[Khruangbin]]|[[PinkPantheress]]|PJ Harvey|[[Tems]]|[[Tinashe]]|[[Tyla (South African singer)|Tyla]]}}
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|28 June – 7 July
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==={{anchor|2000 incident}} 2000 crush=== <!-- many articles have links to this subheading, please update those links if changing the heading -->
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During [[Pearl Jam]]'s concert at the Orange Stage on 30 June 2000, a [[
The concert began late in the evening around 22:30 [[Central European Time|CET]] and had an audience of about 50,000, a fairly typical size for large concerts at this stage. About half an hour after the concert began, many people fell down at one place, primarily due to a series of wave-like motions in the audience, which were the result of some trying to get closer to the stage. When they did not immediately get up, others were pushed over them and [[crowd surfer]]s fell into this "hole" that was a few metres in size. The people at the bottom died of asphyxiation, likely within five minutes.<ref name="Statsadvokat rapport">{{citation|title=Statsadvokaten for Sjælland giver hermed beretning om resultatet af sin efterforskning af ulykken den 30. juni 2000 på Roskilde Festival|publisher=Statsadvokaten for Sjælland|date=11 June 2002|trans-title=The Public Prosecutor of Zealand hereby reports on the result of the investigation of the accident on 30 June 2000 at Roskilde Festival|language=Danish}}</ref><ref name=rs2000>{{cite magazine |last1=Fricke |first1=David |title=Nine Dead at Pearl Jam Concert |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nine-dead-at-pearl-jam-concert-235167/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514233609/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nine-dead-at-pearl-jam-concert-235167/ |archive-date=14 May 2020 |date=17 August 2000 |url-status=live}}</ref> On the day of the incident, there was also heavy rainfall, which could have contributed to the ground being slippery.<ref name=rs2000/><ref>[http://machinehead1.com/board_posts/pearl-jam-twenty] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207010028/http://machinehead1.com/board_posts/pearl-jam-twenty|date=7 February 2013}}</ref>
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The victims were taken to the adjacent medical tent where they were treated by nurses and doctors, but for some it was already too late. The victims needing further medical treatment were subsequently transferred by ambulances to [[Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde|Roskilde Hospital]], about {{cvt|2|km|mi}} from the concert site.<ref name="Statsadvokat rapport"/> None of the people who died were under the influence of drugs and none were heavily impaired by alcohol. In the area where the main fall happened, several women had been helped out earlier because they were nervous about the pushing and crowd surfers; this might explain why all the people who died were men.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weile|first1=Bo Norström|last2=Findalen|first2=Jeppe|url=https://www.bt.dk/musik/20-aar-efter-roskilde-tragedien-ni-unge-maend-mistede-livet|title=20 år efter Roskilde-tragedien: Ni unge mænd mistede livet|publisher=BT|date=30 June 2020|accessdate=7 November 2021|language=Danish}}</ref> Because of the large size of the concert, some concertgoers only realized how serious it had been after they had left the venue.<ref name="DR2000">{{cite news|title=Three steps back!|url=https://www.dr.dk/musik/webfeature/roskildetragedien|publisher=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR]]|date=30 June 2020|accessdate=6 November 2021|language=Danish}}</ref>
Other bands at Roskilde
Before this, there had not been major incidents at Roskilde and it was generally considered a very safe festival. Following a detailed review, several new measures were implemented such as a larger safety area with extra emergency exits in front of the stage, more "hard" and "soft" systems to control the number of people allowed into each concert, more spacing and clear separation between audience sections with separate entrances/exits, an expanded video surveillance system making it easier to detect potential problems early, more guards among the audience, an emergency system where the safety staff can shut down the entire concert at the push of a single button, and the chain-of-command was strengthened.<ref name="DR2000"/><ref name="Borsen2010">{{cite news|last=Martini|first=Jakob|title=Roskilde-ulykken har hævet sikkerheden i Europa|url=https://borsen.dk/nyheder/generelt/roskilde-ulykken-har-haevet-sikkerheden-i-europa|publisher=[[Dagbladet Børsen|Børsen]]|date=1 July 2010|accessdate=6 November 2021|language=Danish}}</ref><ref name="politiken1">{{cite news|last=Jensen|first=Erik|url=https://politiken.dk/kultur/art4956324/Festivaler-forbyder-crowd-surfing|title=Festivaler forbyder crowd surfing|publisher=Politiken|date=28 March 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006065546/http://politiken.dk/kultur/ECE2689/festivaler-forbyder-crowd-surfing/ |archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=live|language=Danish|trans-title=Festivals prohibit crowd surfing}}</ref><ref name="RAAvis1">{{cite news|url=https://amtsavisen.dk/artikel/mindekoncert-%C3%A5bnede-orange-scene|title=Mindekoncert åbnede Orange Scene|publisher=Randers Amtsavis|date=2 July 2021|accessdate=7 November 2021|language=Danish}}</ref> Each year, the Roskilde Festival performs a new safety review. A safety network of European festivals and concerts, along with experts, was started (the "YES Group") and many of the measures introduced in Roskilde have later been added elsewhere.<ref name="DR2000"/><ref name="Borsen2010"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://yourope.org/portrait-projects/yes-group/|title=YES GROUP – Yourope Event Safety Group|publisher=Yourope|accessdate=7 November 2021}}</ref> As crowd surfing seems to have been among the precipitating factors, it was subsequently forbidden at many festivals in Europe.<ref name="politiken1"/> In part because of the accident at Roskilde, [[Glastonbury Festival]] in the United Kingdom was cancelled in 2001 to implement extra safety measures.<ref>{{cite news|last=Martini|first=Jakob|title=2001 Glastonbury Festival Canceled|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/80798/2001-glastonbury-festival-canceled|publisher=Billboard|date=1 April 2001|accessdate=6 November 2021}}</ref>
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===2005===
[[File:Koncert-orange-05.JPG|thumb|Roskilde Festival 2005 – [[Snoop Dogg]] on Orange Stage]]
The 2005 edition featured artists such as [[Audioslave]], [[Autechre]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[D-A-D]], [[Duran Duran]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[Green Day]], [[Brian Wilson]], [[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]], [[Kent (band)|Kent]], [[Sonic Youth]], [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] and more than 160 other bands and DJs. This year was also a huge contrast to the previous year on the weather front. Hot and sunny all week.{{
===2006===
With more than 79,000 paying visitors (as well as approximately 20,000 volunteer day workers), the 2006 festival was among the biggest in Europe for the year.<ref>[http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/object.php?obj=3d3000c&code=1 Roskilde Festival Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060702101748/http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/object.php?obj=3d3000c&code=1 |date=2 July 2006 }}.</ref> With only one day of rain and the rest of the week being sunny, this festival also ranks as one with lucky weather conditions. Changes from the previous year included a new swimming lake – which proved to be very successful due to the warm and sunny weather – and a lounge stage called ''Bar'n''. Some of the performing artists were [[Bob Dylan]], [[Immortal Technique]], [[Roger Waters]], [[Guns N' Roses]], [[Tool (band)|Tool]], [[The Strokes]], [[Deftones]], [[Morrissey]], [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]], [[Kanye West]], [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]], [[Bullet for My Valentine]], [[Arctic Monkeys]], [[Sigur Rós]] and [[The Streets]]. Danish band [[Magtens Korridorer]] opened Orange Stage.{{
===2007===
Roskilde Festival 2007 turned out to be the wettest one yet, by a rather large margin: Approximately 46 mm of rain fell during the course of the festival, as opposed to 43 mm in 1997, which was the wettest before 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brandt|first=Anders|date=9 July 2007|title=Roskilde Festivalen blev den vådeste nogensinde (2007)|url=https://vejr.tv2.dk/2007-07-09-roskilde-festivalen-blev-den-vaadeste-nogensinde-2007|publisher=TV2}}</ref> The full programme was released on 19 April 2007 and included bands such as [[Muse (band)|Muse]], [[Queens of the Stone Age]], [[Björk]], [[Beastie Boys]], [[My Chemical Romance]], [[Arctic Monkeys]], [[The Who]], [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[The Killers]], [[Tiësto]], [[Nephew (band)|Nephew]] and [[Liam O'Connor (Danish rapper)|L.O.C]]. Danish band [[Volbeat]] opened Orange Stage.{{
===2008===
Roskilde Festival 2008 was dry with the exception of a 10-minute shower on Saturday 5 July and rain that started around 22:00 on Sunday 6 July. The sun shone for the rest of the festival. The full programme was released on 16 April 2008 and included [[Jay-Z]], [[The Chemical Brothers]], [[Band of Horses]], [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]], [[Kings of Leon]], [[Neil Young]], [[Radiohead]], [[Grinderman]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Gnarls Barkley]], [[Girl Talk (musician)|Girl Talk]], [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]], [[The Streets]], [[Judas Priest]], [[Slayer]], [[Tina Dickow]], and [[the Hellacopters]].{{
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===2011===
The 2011 had nice weather the first few days, but on Thursday-Friday there was massive rain.<ref name="drd">{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Vejret/2011/07/03/164609.htm|title=Skybrud i København|date=3 July 2011 |publisher=dr.dk|access-date=2011-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707081515/http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Vejret/2011/07/03/164609.htm|archive-date=7 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The tickets were sold out, with a projected profit of around 10 million [[Danish krone|Kr.]]<ref name="ROSKILDE FESTIVAL">{{cite web|url=http://roskilde-festival.dk/nyheder/singlenews/tak-for-roskilde-festival-2011/|title=TAK FOR ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2011|publisher=ROSKILDE FESTIVAL|access-date=2011-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707053339/http://roskilde-festival.dk/nyheder/singlenews/tak-for-roskilde-festival-2011|archive-date=7 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The opening of Orange Stage was done by Danish [[Veto (band)|Veto]], and was closed by [[Kings of Leon]]. On 2 July, a 35-year-old German woman died after she, in an apparent attempt of teasing the guards, crawled over a safety barrier and accidentally fell {{cvt|26|m|ft}} from the [[Tuborg]] tower (the tower was subsequently removed entirely).<ref name="drdk">{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Kultur/2011/07/03/145244.htm|title=Ung kvinde død på Roskilde Festival|date=3 July 2011 |publisher=dr.dk|access-date=2011-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706232716/http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Kultur/2011/07/03/145244.htm|archive-date=6 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Svidt|first=Ole Rosenstand |url=https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/73648/arbejdstilsynet-roskilde-dodsfald-i-2011-var-ikke-selvmord|title=Arbejdstilsynet: Roskilde-dødsfald i 2011 var ikke selvmord|publisher=Gaffa|date=21 June 2013|accessdate=6 November 2021|language=Danish}}</ref>
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[[File:RF 0107 Arcade-Fire Krists Luhaers-21 (35860400596).jpg|thumb|[[Arcade Fire]] performing during the 2017 festival]]
The 2017 festival featured acts such as [[Foo Fighters]], [[Arcade Fire]], [[The Weeknd]], [[The xx]], [[Ice Cube]], [[Justice (band)|Justice]], [[Moderat]], [[Solange Knowles|Solange]], [[Lorde]] and [[Trentemøller]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/04/roskilde-festival-reveals-2017-lineup-foo-fighters-arcade-fire-a-tribe-called-quest-to-headline/|title=Roskilde Festival reveals 2017 lineup: Foo Fighters, Arcade Fire, A Tribe Called Quest to headline|work=Consequence of Sound|first=Alex|last=Young|date=5 April 2017|access-date=9 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409233401/https://consequence.net/2017/04/roskilde-festival-reveals-2017-lineup-foo-fighters-arcade-fire-a-tribe-called-quest-to-headline/|archive-date=9 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===2020===
The 2020 festival with performers such as [[Taylor Swift]], [[Deftones]], [[Thom Yorke]], and others was supposed to start on
==See also==
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* [http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/?code=1 Official website of the Roskilde Festival]
* [http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/community/ Official community website of the Roskilde Festival]
* [https://archive.today/
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100420033707/http://www.festivalradio.dk/english.html Festival radio website]
* [https://traveljapanblog.com/wordpress/tag/roskilde-festival/ High quality photos from the Roskilde Festival]
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