Roskilde Festival 2026 has wrapped up after eight sold-out days that brought 140,000 participants together around music, art, activism and community.

This year, the independent Danish festival featured almost 180 music acts and more than 90 art and activism projects across 16 stages and experience spaces.

It was also a year of visible change in the festival city. Orange Stage returned in a new and larger version, two new stages opened, and Cinema became part of the festival again.

Roskilde Festival's CEO Signe Lopdrup says:

"It has been a fantastic festival. The new things we set out to do, from the new Orange Stage, Fauna, Lagune and Cinema to a strong art and activism programme across the festival site, have worked and have been warmly received by our participants.

As a non-profit, independent major festival, Roskilde Festival has a special opportunity to bring people together across generations, perspectives and backgrounds. This year showed how strong that community is, and how willing our participants are to engage, take part and try new ways of doing things.

A sold-out festival also means that once again we can fulfil our purpose as a charity society and donate the proceeds to support humanitarian, non-profit and cultural work, especially for children and young people."

Among the music acts presented at this year's festival were K-pop star Jennie, Talking Heads legend David Byrne, The Cure, Gorillaz, Lily Allen, Addison Rae, Bad Gyal, Ethel Cain, Little Simz, EsDeeKid, Kneecap and Clipse.

The art and activism programme brought together more than 90 installations, performances, talks and activities from over 30 countries, including large-scale graffiti works by Piece for Peace Movement and climate-focused workshops with Greenpeace and Nordic Climate Justice Coalition.

Together with the festival's wider work on reuse, waste sorting and circular solutions, the programme invited participants to imagine and practise more responsible ways of being together.

With this year's festival complete, preparations for Roskilde Festival 2027 are already underway. The festival returns from Saturday 26 June to Saturday 3 July 2027.

Press photos from Roskilde Festival 2026 are available for editorial use here.

Find key facts and figures about Roskilde Festival 2026 here.

Since 1971, Roskilde Festival has brought generations of young people together through music, art and community. The festival is organised by the Roskilde Festival Charity Society and created by 27,000 volunteers. All profits are donated to humanitarian, non-profit and cultural work, especially benefiting children and young people. Over the years, Roskilde Festival has generated approximately DKK 476 million for charitable distribution.