– We would like to try to take into account the youth cohorts who in 2020 and 2021 lost the opportunity to go to Roskilde Festival for the first time.
– It is important that we continue to be a festival that is rounded by youth culture and youth rebellion. We must not put this out of control due to a pandemic, he says.
After two years of cancellations due to corona, planning for the 2022 festival is in full swing. This time, among other things, with the special focus on young people under 25 years.
According to the festival, 80 percent of Roskilde Festival’s participants make their debut when they are under 25 years old.
The program manager points out that everyone has been affected by coronary heart disease, but that especially the young people have missed a lot of experiences.
– We have all missed the communities and curiosity that is at a festival. It’s great that we can be together again in the really big communities and get new artistic inputs.
– It is especially important for the young people because it is a transition ritual to be at a festival. It forms the individuals. The first years in particular are enormously overwhelming, says Anders Wahrén.
The earmarked youth tickets go on sale on November 30th.
In addition to the earmarked tickets, the festival is putting 5,000 refunded partout tickets up for sale on Thursday this week. This brings the number of participants for this summer’s festival to 85,000.
According to Anders Wahrén, they expect the tickets to be torn away. Therefore, it is already possible from Tuesday to sign up for a waiting list.
When the festival returns to the animal scene in Roskilde this summer, it will be the 50th time the festival runs off the stack. And according to the organizers, it should not go unnoticed.
On Tuesday, 23 names to play at the festival were announced
– It should be celebrated with a bang, says the program manager.
– I’m glad we have someone like Dua Lipa high on the list. We know she can gather and create a giant party. The same goes for Jada, who should have opened the Orange stage in 2020. She will instead get a night show where she can create a big party.
Other names announced Tuesday include Tyler, The Creator and St. Vincent. Danish String Quartet & Dreamers, Black Pumas and HAIM.
Roskilde Festival 2022 takes place from Saturday 25 June to Saturday 2 July. 2022
Source: The Nordic Page