Roskilde Music Festival

Roskilde Music Festival
When & Where The Roskilde-Music-Festival is the first Thursday to Sunday in July in Roskilde, Denmark.

The next Roskilde is July 1st-4th but the warm-up begins 27th June.

Roskilde is a party town full of international students. The music festival was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandfær and Jesper Switzer Møller, and promoter Carl Fischer. In 1972, the festival was taken over by the Roskilde Foundation, who run the festival as a non-profit organisation for development and support of music, culture and humanism.

Getting there Book a flight into Copenhagen airport here or take a train from any European city here.

Where to stay Denmark has excellent quality Hotels and budget accommodation too available here.

Roskilde Line-up 2010

GORILLAZ (PB)

JACK JOHNSON (US)

MUSE (UK)

NEPHEW (DK)

PRINCE (US)

THE PRODIGY (UK)

PATTI SMITH AND BAND (US)

THEM CROOKED VULTURES (US/UK)

ALICE IN CHAINS (US)

BAD LIEUTENANT (UK)

CV JØRGENSEN (DK)

DIZZY MIZZ LIZZY (DK)

KASABIAN (UK)

KASHMIR (DK)

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE (US)

KINGS OF CONVENIENCE (N)

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM (US)

MOTÖRHEAD (UK)

THE NATIONAL (US)

NOFX (US)

VAN DYKE PARKS (US)

PAVEMENT (US)

ROBYN (S)

SICK OF IT ALL (US)

TINARIWEN (MALI)

VAMPIRE WEEKEND (US)

AFENGINN (DK)

MATIAS AGUAYO (CHL)

ANALOG AFRICA SOUNDSYSTEM (DE)

ARRIBA LA CUMBIA (UK)

THE ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR (DK)

BARON CRIMINEL (DK)

BEACH HOUSE (US)

THE BEAR QUARTET (S)

BEAT TORRENT (FR)

BIFFY CLYRO (UK)

BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS (CAN)

BOBAN I MARKO MARKOVIC ORKESTAR (SER)

BONAPARTE (DE)

BROTHER ALI (US)

CANTECA DE MACAO (E)

CASIOKIDS (N)

CÉU (BRA)

CHOC QUIB TOWN (COL)

CIRCLE (FIN)

CONVERGE (US)

DAARA J FAMILY (SEN)

DALA DALA (DE)

DEN SORTE SKOLE (DK)

DIRTY PROJECTORS (US)

DRAKE (CAN)

DULSORI (KOR)

EFTERKLANG (DK)

ELECTROJUICE (DK)

THE FLOOR IS MADE OF LAVA (DK)

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE (UK)

FM BELFAST (ISL)

GALLOWS (UK)

HEALTH (US)

IKONIKA vs COOLY G (UK)

JAPANDROIDS (CAN)

THE KANDIDATE (DK)

KASPER SPEZ (DK)

THE KISSAWAY TRAIL (DK)

BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA (MALI)

LINDSTRØM & CHRISTABELLE (N)

LOCAL NATIVES (US)

JULIAN MARLEY (JAM)

AURELIO MARTINEZ (HND)

MESHUGGAH (S)

MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND (MEX)

MIIKE SNOW (S)

MODERAT (DE)

NARASIRATO PAN PIPERS (SOL)

NILE (US)

JOHN OLAV NILSEN & GJENGEN (N)

NISENNENMONDAI (JPN)

ORCHESTRE POLY-RYTHMO DE COTONOU (BEN)

PARAMORE (US)

PENDULUM (AUS)

GILLES PETERSON & ROBERTO FONSECA present HAVANA CULTURA (CUB/UK)

PORCUPINE TREE (UK)

PRINS THOMAS (N)

ROOTZ UNDERGROUND (JAM)

ROSKA (UK)

THE RUMOUR SAID FIRE (DK)

SCHLACHTHOFBRONX (DE)

SERENA-MANEESH (N)

SHANTEL & BUCOVINA CLUB ORKESTAR (DE)

NAOMI SHELTON & THE GOSPEL QUEENS (US)

SÓLSTAFIR (ISL)

SPEED CARAVAN (ALG/FR)

STAFF BENDA BILILI (CD)

TIM SWEENEY (US)

SYSTEMA SOLAR (COL)

T.O.K. (JAM)

TECH N9NE (US)

TEDDYBEARS (S)

THE TEMPER TRAP (AUS)

TITUS ANDRONICUS (US)

DJ UMB (UK)

VALIENT THORR (US)

WHEN SAINTS GO MACHINE (DK)

WILD BEASTS (UK)

WOODEN SHJIPS (US)

Previous acts include Bob Marley and The Wailers, U2, Mike Oldfield, Eric Clapton, Metallica, Phil Collins, Madness, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, Iggy Pop, Red Hot Chili Peppers. Metallica are regular performers.

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