Roskilde Festival in Denmark, impressed music festival aficionados overseas in 2008, by showing that a non-profit music festival can still turn a considerable profit for humanitarian and cultural purposes, without selling out.
The Roskilde Festival was able to host approximately 68,000 paying attendees, (plus thousands of volunteers, organizers and participants), still have 7,000 tickets left over, and earn almost a $1 million kroner (the equivalent to $151,476.31 USD) for distribution through the Roskilde Festival Charity Society. That may not sound like a mighty figure here in the US but it is certainly turning heads in Europe, where the Roskilde is known as one of the four largest music festivals. The gorgeous weather was a major factor, as well as food and drink sold at the event.
The 2009 Roskilde Festival will take place July 2 – 5th. Tickets are available from their online website: http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/index.php?id=1204. The campsite is open from June 28th at 8 p.m. It is held in the ancient city of Roskilde on the island of Zealand in Denmark.news@oskilde-festival.dk http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/index.php?id=1204 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskilde_Festival