Common Ground brings the spirit of the folk high school to Roskilde Festival, creating a sense of community where we can connect with each other in both everyday life and celebration
Singing together in the morning. Meeting new friends. A round of miniature-golf with the neighboring camp. The spirit of the folk high school. These are some of the many things you and your camp can partake in as residents of the camping area Common Ground, located in East between Dream City and Central Park.
At Common Ground, neighborliness and community between camps are the foundation for a great festival experience and together we are exploring new sustainable ways to take care of our festival grounds together. Common Ground is created and hosted by students from the Roskilde Festival Folk High School with the aim of bringing the spirit of the folk high school to the festival.
We kick off the lazy festival mornings by singing together, and we take care of nature with festive and collective trash parades. Meanwhile, the students from Roskilde Festival Folk High School will add to the camping experience with exciting and entertaining events in our three activity areas: Oasen, Shared Space, and Bar'Golf, where you can play miniaturegolf with new and old friends.
Your camp will also contribute with fun, quirky, and interesting events at the camping area and we invite you to create shared activities and events such as cool ways of waste sorting, clothing swap markets, or communal meals.
Common Ground
- Location: East (see map)
- Application deadline: 3 March at 12:00
- Expected response: Mid-March
- Opening date: Saturday, 29 June at 16:00
- Do you have questions? Write us at commonground@rofh.dk
At Common Ground, we aim for a greener festival experience. Therefore, we will collectively test different ways to handle and sort waste. You are part of experimenting with solutions to make the festival more sustainable for the future.
This also means that this year, once again, we say no to white disposable pavilions and to the use-and-throw-away culture. If you camp with us, you contribute to a more sustainable festival experience.
We are approximately 5,000 people living together, and there is room for diversity, as long as we all respect each other and are inclusive.
We expect you to clean up after yourselves when leaving the festival and leave your camp spot tidy without abandoned camping gear.
In your application, found at the top of this page, you must upload a short video about your camp as we would love to meet you and see how your camp will contribute to the community.
If your application to Common Ground is approved, you will be allocated an area on Common Ground for your camp. The area will be assigned to you when you arrive at the festival.
When we’re living together at Roskilde Festival, we need to keep our community fantastic. This also means that we need to take care of our beautiful festival grounds. We want to break with the throw-away culture. The green future of the planet is our joint responsibility.
When you actively reduce, sort and recycle before, during and after Roskilde Festival, you’re making a huge difference.
- Reduce means to bring as little as possible from home.
- Sort means that you help keep the festival clean by sorting your waste.
- Recycle means that you take your stuff home and use it again.