The Roskilde Festival in Denmark

Merilin and Kertu

31.01.2013

Roskilde Festival is a festival held sout

of Roskilde in Denmark Is one of the six biggest annual music festivals in Europe It was created in 1971 by two high school students

(Mogens Sandfaer and Jesper Switzer Moller, and promoter Carl Fischer)

It is Denmark's first real music-oriented festival it covers more of the mainstream youth from Scandinavia

and the rest of Europe Until the mid-1990s the festival attracted mostly

Scandinavians, but in recent years it has become more and more international

The history of the festival

The bands presented at Roskilde Festival are traditionally a

balanced mix of large, well-known artists and up-and-coming names.

As opposed to most other European festivals all bands play "real" concerts lasting for at least an hour.

The stages were until 2003 named after their colour The music covers such styles as rock, Hip Hop, Metal,

urban, electronica and 3rd world contemporary music The Orange Stage is open in front of a huge field

The current tents are:

Stages

Stage name Year introduced Capacity Main genres Replaced

Orange 1978 60,000+ All Big StageArena 2003 17,000 All Green Stage

Cosmopol 2007 6,000Hip Hop, Electronica, Urban world music

Metropol

Odeon 2003 5,000Mixed, mostly rock-ish

Yellow Stage

Apollo 2012 5,000 Electronica

Pavilion 2003 2,000Mixed, mostly rock-ish

Blue Stage

Gloria 2011 1,000 MixedOther

Apollo Countdown 2012 3,000 -

5,000 Electronica

Pavilion Junior 2005 2,000

Mixed – only up and coming Nordic acts

Camp Stage

Stage name Year introduced Capacity Main genres Replaced

Orange 1978 60,000+ All Big Stage

Arena 2003 17,000 All Green Stage

Cosmopol 2007 6,000 Hip Hop, Electronica, Urban world music Metropol

Odeon 2003 5,000 Mixed, mostly rock-ish Yellow Stage

Apollo 2012 5,000 Electronica

Pavilion 2003 2,000 Mixed, mostly rock-ish Blue Stage

Gloria 2011 1,000 Mixed

Other

Apollo Countdown 2012 3,000 - 5,000 Electronica

Pavilion Junior 2005 2,000 Mixed – only up and coming Nordic acts Camp Stage

The festival campsite covers nearly 80 hectares

and access to it is included in the ticket price 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

In recent years the fences into the camping site have been overrun earlier than the official opening. This is called "Væltning af hegnet" (The overturning of the fence).

Campsite

Roskilde Festival also has its own media A newspaper with 1 daily issue and a radio station

broadcasting 24/7 throughout the entire festival, including the initial "warm up" days

Besides playing music and reporting from the concerts and campsite

The festival radio also hosts the annual Naked Run, The rules are simple: You have to be the first to cross the finishing line, and you have to be naked

Festival tickets will be the winner

Media

Great consideration should be given to

security- and health-related conditions for the audience and volunteer workers at the festival.

Resource-spending shall be reduced as much as possible.

Environmentally sound products should be used whenever it is economically realistic, technically possible, and without health risk.

Waste should be handled with the greatest degree of recycling in mind.

The festival has four main focal points:

Skateboarding match between Denmark and Germany at Roskilde Festival 20http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMRmBpkjqA4THE SUMMER OF ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu7yx4vwY7M

Videos

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskilde_Festival http://www.miljohandboken.no/english/case-st

udy/the-roskilde-festival-in-denmark/

https://www.google.ee/search?hl=et&q=the+roskilde+festival+in+denmark&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41524429,d.d2k&biw

Refrences

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