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Why Don't We Do It On the Stairs?

Tue, 17 May 2011 15:06:00 +0200

Meet Anders and Victor who have designed the new landmark for Roskilde Festival 2011. They call it 'Why Don't we Do It On the Stairs' - two huge stair structures facing each other. The stairs offer views over the festival and the Orange Stage.

Presentation of the poster from lineup release

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:49:00 +0200

Tuesday 12 april 2011 Roskilde Festival released this year's festival poster. This clip is from the lineup release at the venue Stengade, Copenhagen where music director Rikke Øxner presented the programme.

People of the street

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:49:00 +0200

On Thursday 24 March 2011 at 16:30, in the middle of rush hour, hundreds of 'beggars' took the streets in Europe.

The action is a picture of the increasing poverty and inequality that we see in our society.

Charity organisation helps the homeless

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:57:00 +0200

Roskilde Festival has started a charity fundraising for Projekt Udenfor(project outside) who help homeless people in Denmark. In this film wetalk to a street team member about Projekt Udenfor's cause.

You can donate money to the organisation in week 12 and 13 (2011).

This film is produced in connection with Roskilde Festival's Statement campaign.

Roskilde makes a statement against poverty

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:58:00 +0100

Does poverty exist in Denmark? Roskilde Festival says yes, and we ought to be ashamed of ourselves! In 2011 we focus on poverty.

Bar yields profit at Roskilde 2010 to protect reservation

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:10:00 +0100

Drinks for Trees is the name of an association who had a drinks bar at Roskilde Festival 2010. The bar had a profit of DKK 100,000 (approx. EUR 13,422) which is donated in full to Associação Amazônia who protects the Xixuaú-Xiparina reservation at the heart of the Amazonas jungle.

Datarock's best Roskilde Festival party

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:55:00 +0100

The Norwegian band Datarock talks about their best party at Roskilde Festival.

Film produced in connection with Roskilde Festival's Share the Feeling campaign 2011.

Roskilde at by:Larm 2011

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:10:00 +0100

Roskilde Festival headed up north in February 2011 to be part of the Norwegian festival by:Larm. At the venue Jaeger, Roskilde presented some of the best Danish and Norwegian music acts.

Here's a clip from the festivities.

The brides' camp tell their story

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:18:00 +0100

An all-girl camp dressed up as brides at Roskilde Festival 2010. Here'stheir story about the many weddings they managed to have.

Film produced in connection with Roskilde Festival's Share the Feeling campaign 2011.

African Youth Panel & Roskilde Festival

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:17:00 +0100

Africa has the youngest population in the World. This is a big challenge but it is also an enormous potential. The African Youth Panel was created in 2008 to integrate the youth in shaping the future of Africa. The African Youth Panel consists of 55 people between the ages of 15 and 30.

From 2011 the African Youth Panel is without funding. This is the reason why The Roskilde Festival Charity Society has chosen to donate EUR 200.000 to the panel. The money will help the African Youth Panel continue their network activities they have begun as well as creating new projects.

Music and Soup Against Poverty

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:25:00 +0100

On 15 December 2010, Roskilde Festival donated DKK 1,640,000 (approx. 215,000) to seven different organizations which al support homeless and poor families in Denmark.

The donations were celebrated at a street event in the center of Copenhagen where the visitors and people passing by could enjoy free soup and live music.

Orange Pool in high speed

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:29:00 +0100

In 2010, in collaboration with Tuborg, we built a temporary pool right in thecentre of the festival site. If you wanted to dive in, you'd have togenerate electricity to the pool first. Here are numerous (go ahead,try to count them) shots put together to show how we started withnothing and ended with a joyous party.

Keep Roskilde tidy

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:27:00 +0100

Did you know that every single cigarette stub is cleaned off the festival area after the festival?

The organisation Hold Danmark Rent (keep Denmark tidy) handed out 35,000 pocket ashtrays at Roskilde Festival 2010. 1950s-inspired 'cigarette girls' taught the festival-goers that it is costly and uncool to drop cigarette stubs on the ground.

Learn more on www.holddanmarkrent.dk (only in Danish)

Roskilde Festival part of Stockholms Culture Festival

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:29:00 +0200

In august 2010, Roskilde Festival set up a stage at Stockholm Kulturfestival.

Here a good 20 Danish acts played, e.g. Oh No Ono, RebekkaMaria, I Got You On Tape, Figurines and When Saints Go Machine.

Roskilde Festival did this project to attract Swedish music lovers' attention to the thriving Danish music scene.

A festival million to Pakistan

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:07:00 +0200

On 9 September 2010, Roskilde Festival donated DKK 1,000,000 (approx. 134,000) to Danish Red Cross' relief work in Pakistan.

The money is an indirect donation from the festival's big audience. Thanks to you all.

Each year, Roskilde Festival donates the profits in full to humanitarian and cultural projects.

Produced by Nerd Productions

Fallulah

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:44:00 +0200

In 2010 Roskilde Festival introduced Roskilde Sessions. A newinitiativethat presented the musical growth layer and which was anextension ofour Pavilion Junior stage for upcoming music acts.

Falluah played at a Roskilde Session. It took place on 18 June 2010.

Made in collaboration with Sony Ericsson

Interview with Afenginn

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:19:00 +0200

In an interview with Roskilde Festival, Afenginn talks about their self-invented genre 'bastard etno'. Here you can also learn why the band refuses to play major chords, and how they experience the big dedication that a Roskilde audience.

Produced by Musiknørd.dk

My Evil Twin at Roskilde Session

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:59:00 +0200

In 2010 Roskilde Festival introduced Roskilde Sessions. A newinitiative that presented the musical growth layer and which was anextension of our Pavilion Junior stage for upcoming music acts.

My Evil Twin played at a Roskilde Session. It took place on 14 May 2010.

Made in collaboration with Sony Ericsson

Sleep Party People at Roskilde Session

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:29:00 +0200

In 2010 Roskilde Festival introduced Roskilde Sessions. A new initiative that presented the musical growth layer and which was an extension of our Pavilion Junior stage for upcoming music acts.

Sleep Party People was the first act to play a Roskilde Session. It took place on 16 April 2010.

Made in collaboration with Sony Ericsson

Interview with John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:55:00 +0200

John Olav Nilsen plays Roskilde 2010. In this interview he talks about hisNorwegian-language lyrics, the things that move him. Hes excited aboutnon-Norwegians listening to his music and is certain that the audience can recognise themselves in the music despite any language barriers.

Produced by Musiknørd.dk

Interview with Bassekou Kouyate

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:39:00 +0200

We have met up with Malian musician Bassekou Kouyate who plays this year's Roskilde Festival. He talks about his relation to Roskilde Festival, his musical traditions and more.

Produced by Musiknørd.dk

Candidates for official Orange Feeling drink 2010

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:20:00 +0200

How does The Orange Feeling taste? We need your help to decide that. You can win a ticket to Roskilde Festival 2010 as well as drink coupons.

We have asked three festival bars to mix their version of an Orange Feeling drink. There is only one requirement: the drink must be orange.

We have invited a tasting jury with the best experts out there i.e. Roskilde-goers who judge the three drink candidates and rate them on a scale from 1 to 10 canopies.

Based on this film we ask you to choose which drink you think deserves to win the honourable title of official Orange Feeling drink 2010.

We draw lots among all votes for a ticket to Roskilde Festival 2010 as well as 10 drink coupons for the winning drink.

We need your vote by Sunday 20 June at the latest. You can only vote once.

VOTE FOR OFFICIAL ORANGE FEELING DRINK

When Saints Go Machine opens Orange Stage

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:52:00 +0200

When Saint Goes Machine has been asked to open Orange Stage in 2010.

Here you can watch an interview with the band where they talk about their hopes and expectations. You can also hear Roskilde Festival's music director Rikke Øxner talk about the choice of opener.

Produced by Musiknørd.dk

Green Footsteps

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:19:00 +0200

Green Footsteps is Roskilde Festival's climate campaign in 2010. In this clip you can hear a little about what the campaign can offer you this year and how you can participate.

Produced by Papagaio Film

Interview with Kashmir

Mon, 31 May 2010 08:23:00 +0200

Roskilde Festival talks to Kashmir about their relation to the festival, their Roskilde highlights, and what the audience can expect from this year's festival gig.

Produced by Musiknørd.dk

Interview with The Kissaway Trail

Sun, 16 May 2010 08:44:00 +0200

Roskilde Festivals talks to the Danish band before their Roskilde 2010 show. Watch them talk about their latest album, their relations to Roskilde and what's in the their festival survival kit.

Produced by Papagaio Film

Interview with Dizzy Mizz Lizzy

Mon, 10 May 2010 12:18:00 +0200

Roskilde Festival has met up with Danish band Dizzy Mizzy Lizzy who are back together after a 14-year-long break. We ask the band how it is playing together again, how they remember their previous Roskilde gigs, and what Roskilde means as a festival to them.

Produced by Musiknørd.dk

What to look forward to at Roskilde 2010

Tue, 04 May 2010 15:19:00 +0200

Roskilde Festival's spokeswoman Christina Bilde talks about what to forward to at Roskilde Festival 2010.

She talks about the hard-to-define 'orange feeling' that the festival does a lot to underpin and invites all festival-goers to develop with the festival.

You can also hear about Nordic - a brand-new area for verbal and gastronomic experiences.

Produced by Papagaio Film

Celebration of 40th Roskilde Festival

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:23:00 +0200

Roskilde Festival does not want lengthy retrospectives or aged guest appearances for the celebration of its 40th festival anniversary.

Instead, the Danish vinyl lovers in Den Sorte Skole will do a concert consisting entirely of music clips with artists who have performed at Roskilde Festival through the past 40 years.

Here you can see an interview with them and learn more about their celebration plans.

Produced by Musiknørd.dk

Recommendations from the Roskilde 2010 poster 3

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:02:00 +0200

Upon releasing this year's Roskilde poster, we have asked a handful of people from the Danish media to recommend something off the programme.

In this clip you see which three artists Danish music critic Niels Pedersen recommends.

Produced by Papagaio Film

Recommendations from the Roskilde 2010 poster 2

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:13:00 +0200

Upon releasing this year's Roskilde poster, we have asked a handful of people from the Danish media to recommend something off the programme.

In this clip you see which three artists Danish music critic Adam Thorsmark recommends.

Produced by Papagaio Film

Recommendations from the Roskilde 2010 poster 1

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:42:00 +0200

Upon releasing this year's Roskilde poster, we have asked a handful of people from the Danish media to recommend something off the programme.

In this clip you see which three artists radio host Le Gammeltoft recommends.

Produced by Papagaio Film

Presentation of the poster - headliners

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0200

Thursday 15 april 2010 Roskilde Festival released this year's festival poster. At a press meeting in Copenhagen, music director Rikke Øxner presented the programme.

Here you can watch a snippet in which she presents the headliners.

Produced by Papagaio Film

Presentation of the poster - rock

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:59:00 +0200

Thursday 15 april 2010 Roskilde Festival released this year's festival poster. At a press meeting in Copenhagen, music director Rikke Øxner presented the programme.

Here you can wathc a snippet in which she presents some of the rock bands.

Produced by Papagaio Film

Presentation of the poster - urban beats

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:57:00 +0200

Thursday 15 april 2010 Roskilde Festival released this year's festival poster. At a press meeting in Copenhagen, music director Rikke Øxner presented the programme.

Here you can wathc a snippet in which she presents some of the rock bands.

Produced by Papagaio Film

Interview with Nephew

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:25:00 +0200

Roskilde Festival has met up with Danish band Nephew for a chat about their Roskilde 2007 concert, which was a true highlight in their career (and which was released on DVD). We ask them if they feel any pressure about coming back to Roskilde in 2010, about their lyrical mix between English and Danish music, what is special about a Nephew concert and how a band manages to fill out Orange Stage.

Produced by Musiknørd.dk

Interview with The Rumour Said Fire

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:28:00 +0100

Roskilde Festival has met up with the Danish band The Rumour Said Fire for a talk about their expectations of this summer's gig at Roskilde Festival, about playing for increasingly big audiences and about what they would like to see on a banner during their concert.

Read more about The Rumour Said Fire's preparations for Roskilde in their own blog.

Produced by Musiknørd.dk

Brother Ali interview

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:50:00 +0100

Roskilde Festival has met up with American hip hop artist Brother Ali for a chat about his music, how he feels about playing at festivals, and what we can expect on stage when he plays Roskilde Festival 2010.

Interview with The Temper Trap

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:56:00 +0100

Australian band The Temper Trap is scheduled for Roskilde Festival 2010.

In this interview you can meet the band and hear more about what to expect from a The Temper Trap concert, how they feel about playing festivals, and why on earth they are called The Temper Trap.

Produced by Musiknørd.dk

Efterklang's Casper Clausen looks forward to Roskilde

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:35:00 +0100

Danish band Efterklang is playing Roskilde Festival 2010. This is just a short hello greeting from lead singer Casper Clausen.

See you in 2010!

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:00:00 +0100

Produced by Papagaio Film

Green Footsteps at Hopenhagen Live

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:18:00 +0100

This week Roskilde Festival's climate campaign Green Footsteps joined Hopenhagen Live in Rådhuspladsen. The campaign has been a succes. During Roskilde Festival 2009 46,000 "Green Footsteps" were taken by the festival guests and more than 17,000 people signed a petition saying that Denmark and other rich countries should help third world countries handling the climate changes. Also refund worth more than 1 million Danish kroner was donated to climate work in Bengal.

Roskilde supports alternative climate summit

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:23:00 +0100

Roskilde Festival donates DKK 250,000 to the alternative climate summit Klimaforum09 which takes place at the centre of Copenhagen on 7-18 December 2009. Saturday the 12th of December the people from the well-known Roskilde Festival camp - Orange Camp - invited everyone to join a C02 neutral party at Klimaforum09.

Roskilde donates DKK 500,000 to Hopenhagen LIVE

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:18:00 +0100

The donation (approx. 67,114) goes to realising a music stage as sustainable as possible at Copenhagen City Hall Square. Roskilde Festival donates 500.000 kr. to Hopenhagen Live.

Green Footsteps On Tour

Tue, 26 May 2009 11:04:00 +0200

The last two weekends of May, Roskilde Festival starts a climate tour. Green Footsteps On Tour gives you the opportunity of partying the sustainable way and a unique chance of securing a spot at the camping area. May 23rd Green Footsteps On Tour was at Enghave Plads in Copenhagen. In five chosen cities, a townhall will be set up where you can test new sustainable technologies, visit our climate university and take part in lots of fun happenings and activities.

Interview with Gojira

Tue, 05 May 2009 14:35:00 +0200

The French metal band Gojira is playing on Roskilde Festival '09. We met the lead singer Joe Duplantier before Gojira's latest concert in Copenhagen in April. Watch the interview and some concert clips here.

Produced by Papagaio Film.

Interview with Jenny Wilson

Tue, 05 May 2009 09:45:00 +0200

The Swedish artist is playing Roskilde '09. When Roskilde Festival announced this year's music poster in April, Jenny Wilson was invited to the press conference to play a couple of songs. We asked the Swedish artist about her music and what she thinks about Roskilde Festival.

Produced by Papagaio Film.

Roskilde donates 1 million to hip hop centre in Gaza

Mon, 04 May 2009 12:22:00 +0200

The Roskilde Festival Charity Society supports young people in one of the worlds hot spots. In March 2009 a donation of one million Danish kroner (approx. 135,000) was given to the Danish Centre for Culture and Development (DCCD) an institution whose purpose is to incorporate culture in the Danish development aid. The hip hop centre will form the frame of a training course in the disciplines of hip hop concerts, events etc. and generally strengthen the youth culture in Gaza in a peaceful manner.

Produced by Papagaio Film.

Information: favourites at Roskilde '09

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:09:00 +0200

Rune Skyum-Nielsen, Information, tells you what not to miss at this years Roskilde Festival.

Produced by Papagaio Film.

Soundvenue: Favourites at Roskilde '09

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:58:00 +0200

Rasmus Junge, Soundvenue, tells you what not to miss at this years Roskilde Festival.

Produced by Papagaio Film.