Roskilde Festival no. 50 will have to wait for 2021.
How does it sound on Monday night from the Roskilde Festival, according to Mette Frederiksen at a news conference announce that large gatherings should be prohibited and august.
“We are deeply unhappy. We feared that it would happen. We to the last hoped, that it would not end this way. But the risk of infection is too great, when so many people are assembled, and the respect is unconditional the most important thing,” says the managing director of the Roskilde Festival, Signe Lopdrup, in a press release.
They report further, that bought the tickets can be transferred to next year’s edition. If you wish not to transfer his ticket, will you be able to get it back, reads it.
the Festival expects that the precise circumstances surrounding both the transfer and the refund will be ready as soon as possible.
this Summer’s edition of the Roskilde Festival should have been something special as the edition number 50, where artists such as Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and Tyler, The Creator, all would have appeared.
“the Ambitions have all of us been sky-high. All have worked hard and taken pains to get the Roskilde Festival no. 50 to be something special. In the recent time under quite incredible conditions. It looks crazy good and promising – and it becomes a strong foundation for the festival next year.”
in Addition to a lot of disappointed guests tells the Roskilde Festival, that the cancellation will have serious consequences.
the Consequences of that Roskilde Festival will not be carried out is serious. Roskilde Festival is a non-profit festival and is therefore in a particularly difficult situation.
It has serious consequences for the Roskilde Festival, that this year’s release is now cancelled. Each year donates the association behind the festival, all the profits away, which means that there is, so to speak, start from zero dollars each year.
“It is still too early for us to say anything precisely about the economic impact; they depend on what schemes and stimulus packages, there is – and we need now to look more closely at. The consequences will be serious no matter,” says the managing director.
The says further, that the festival now also can not live up to its purpose to support children and young people.
