Want your camp to be part of a user-driven Community Camping area with large-scale constructions and shared projects? Then Dream City is for you.
Dream City is characterised by being highly user-driven and built around values such as social sustainability, community, and innovation. It is also the only place at Roskilde Festival where participants can begin building their camp as early as mid-April. Before leaving the festival, all camps take part in a shared clean-up.
Because construction in Dream City starts so early, communities form that extend beyond individual camps and continue throughout the year. Together, the Dreamers have developed a Go’ Style Code (the mandatory Dream City intro guide for Roskilde Festival 2026 will be published soon), outlining guidelines for sound levels, care for your own and others’ camps, and how to create a positive community across Dream City and the wider festival.
Quick facts
- Location: East (open the map)
- Nearest entrance: Entrance East
- Application opens: 29 January at 10:00
- Application deadline: 18 March at 12:00
- Expected response: By 14 April
- Opening date: 27 June at 16:00
We recommend that you read our intro guide and safety guide (coming soon) before applying. These guides explain the guidelines and the process for becoming part of Dream City.
We also recommend following Dream City on Facebook and Instagram for updates.
You’ll find detailed information about the application process at the bottom of this page.
Construction camps
The majority of camps in Dream City are construction camps, building structures during weekends from 18 April to 21 June. These constructions are a defining feature of Dream City, and there are (almost) no limits to how imaginative, ambitious, or unconventional they can be.
In previous years, we’ve seen everything from art installations to pirate ships. We simply ask that constructions contribute to the festival experience and the wider community. Camps are also expected to interact with other Dreamers, for example through events or initiatives that festival-goers can take part in.
Event camps
The second type of camp in Dream City is event camps. Like construction camps, they must contribute to the area and the community. For event camps, expectations around innovation, sustainability, and contribution are even higher.
Events proposed as part of the application are therefore expected to be ambitious, well thought-out, and meaningful.
Register your camp no later than 18 March at 12:00.
Each camp must be represented at at least one of the three workshops held on:
- 3 March (Copenhagen)
- 11 March (Roskilde)
- 19 March (Copenhagen)
Workshop event details will be shared in your confirmation email after completing step one. You can also find the events on our Facebook page.
The final step takes place in Roskilde at the opening of Dream City on 18 April.
Here, you’ll be assigned sleeping and construction areas and meet your neighbours.
In the week leading up to the festival opening (22–26 June), there is no access to the festival site. All constructions must therefore be completed by 21 June.
If you have any questions about Dream City, you can email dreamcity@roskilde-festival.dk.
Questions can also be directed to Dreamers in their Facebook group Dream City Dreamers.
We know better than most that good camping equipment is essential for a great festival experience.
But you do not need to bring it from home. Instead, you can rent everything directly through us and pick it up when you arrive at the festival.
From tents and pavilions to air mattresses and camping chairs, you can book high-quality camping gear in our shop. Explore all options from 29 January at 10:00.
When we live together at Roskilde Festival, we must all help take care of our beautiful festival grounds.
This means leaving every area clean and free of the items you brought with you. It also means minimizing our impact on the planet, even while we’re enjoying the festival.
You make a huge difference when you reduce your consumption, sort your waste, and reuse as much as possible.
- Reduce means bringing as little as possible from home
- Sort means helping to keep the festival clean by sorting your waste at our waste stations
- Reuse means taking your belongings home and using them again
