Roskilde Festival 2013 was all about co-creation
The solid ticket sales at this year’s Roskilde Festival have generated great expectations for the festival’s profits which are donated to charity. And Roskilde Festival has yet again proved to be the place where the performing artists are overwhelmed by a fantastic and engaged audience.
Roskilde Festival 2013 will be remembered as the year when festival guests took over part of the camping area to co-create the innovative space Dream City. More than 1000 inhabitants of Dream City have shared, created, and helped each other to improve and expand their perceptions of life through innovative building and art projects.
Some of the festival guests already moved into the camping area in March, and together they have created a post office, workshops, art, installations and even solar-powered lighting systems.
“The festival guests have in many ways become co-creators of some parts of Roskilde Festival, and we have experienced that once we open up for the opportunity to create, the guests seize the chance with an unfailing energy and enthusiasm. We will definitely see more of this form of co-creation between the festival, volunteers, and festival guests in future years,” says Christina Bilde, spokeswoman for Roskilde Festival.
Debutants and legends
195 concerts were played over the course of eight days on eight stages, and Roskilde Festival’s guests have confirmed that they are an exceptional breed of festival-goers.
Rihanna was overwhelmed by the positive response to her show at Orange Stage, and American rapper Kendrick Lamar was unequivocal: “This is the best crowd in my career,” he proclaimed from the stage.
75 % of the bookings were debutants at Roskilde Festival, and names like Sohn, Baby In Vain, Mø, and Asgeir Trausti saw their budding careers boosted, while the legends confirmed their star status:
Kris Kristofferson made the impossible possible, when he took to Orange Stage – only accompanied by his guitar and harmonica – and created a sunny and inclusive concert, while also enjoying that he played at the same stage as Metallica. The latter gave a powerful demonstration of an old school rockshow: “Do you want heavy?” declared lead singer James Hetfield, and continued: “‘tallica gives you heavy, baby”. And they did.
Apollo – the stage for electronic music – landed in perfect style with a design and location that serves internationally acclaimed electronica idols, as well as more experimenting features. Baauer and Disclosure were both booked early in the festival season, and in the meantime, they exploded to become mega stars on the electronic skies. With the rest of Apollo’s lineup, they set the stage for future years’ electronic experiences.
Profits are donated to charity
The beautiful Danish summer weather and solid ticket sales result in positive expectations for the profits that are fully donated to charity:
“We won’t know the economic results until after a few months, but with more than 75,000 tickets sold and great sales at the food and beverage stalls, we expect to be able to donate several million kroner to charity after the festival,” says Henrik Rasmussen, Roskilde Festival’s CEO.
The Roskilde Festival Charity Society thanks the 32,000 passionate volunteers for their spectacular efforts.
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Facts about Roskilde Festival 2013:
– 195 bands performed at this year’s festival
More than 75,000 tickets were sold, and the day passes for Friday and Saturday were sold out (5000 per day)
– More than 1000 inhabitants moved into Dream City
– Roskilde Festival 2014 will take place on June 28 – July 6, 2014
– Roskilde Festival Charity Society arranges Roskilde Festival. All profits from Roskilde Festival are donated to charity. The Society’s purpose is to support initiatives that benefit children and youth groups as well as humanitarian and cultural causes.
– Since its inception, Roskilde Festival has generated approximately 200 million DKK to humanitarian and cultural causes.
