The iconic, non-profit festival returns for its 52nd edition next year, between 29 June and 6 July 2024.
Last year’s event had a number of significant names, including Blur and Kendrick Lamar, and this year is no different.
Among the first 16 acts announced, there’s the inimitable PJ Harvey, the luscious-voice Romy and the exceptional Columbian-American singer-songwriter Kali Uchis.
Photo: Flemming Bo Jensen
Other names announced today include rising alt-rock star Blondshell, American hardcore punks The Armed and Puerto Rican producer and songwriter Tainy.
See the full list of the first 16 acts announced for Roskilde 2024 below, all from numerous parts of the world, showing the typical breadth of what’s on offer at this long-lasting festival.
Kali Uchis (US)
Gilli (DK)
PJ Harvey (UK)
Blondshell (US)
Heilung (INT)
Marina Sena (BR)
Omah Lay (NG)
Romy (UK)
Tainy (PR)
Trueno (AR)
The Armed (US)
Ivan$ito (DK)
Kind Mod Kind (DK)
Liv.e (US)
Mandy, Indiana (UK)
Violent Magic Orchestra (JP)
All three of PJ Harvey, Romy and Kali Uchis are in pretty fine form.
Photo: Stiig Hougesen
Last week, PJ Harvey announced a huge Gunnersbury Park show for next year, in the wake of her recent, critically-acclaimed tenth studio album, I Inside the Old Year Dying.
Meanwhile, The xx singer Romy is fresh from the release of her dance-oriented Mid Air album, while Kali Uchis dropped her third studio album, Red Moon In Venus, in May.
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Speaking on the announcement of today’s acts, Roskilde Festival’s program director Anders Wahré has said: “We have a long-running history of being a progressive festival with an international perspective, and we consistently push ourselves to further that purpose.
“We aim to inspire every single one of our 130,000 festival participants with a diverse lineup characterized by artistic curiosity and groundbreaking headliners presented in a unique festival setting.”
Kendrick Lamar graced the festival last year. Photo: Christian Hedel.
“Roskilde Festival is a very communal event where dreams and new ideas for a better tomorrow are being addressed, exchanged, cultivated and eventually tried out by our participants. And music and art play a big part in inspiring us to even think and sense those new ideas to begin with.”
Tickets for Roskilde Festival 2024 are on sale now, and can be bought via the festival’s site.
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A full festival ticket gives access to the festival from 29 June to 6 July and costs around €320 (DKK 2,400) plus a fee; a one-day ticket costs around €160 (DKK 1,200) plus fee.
In our full five-star review of Roskilde Festival earlier this year, whynow wrote: “As the festival’s tagline proclaims, Roskilde is a smelting pot of ‘music, art, activism, camps and freedom.’
Photo: Tobias Nicolai
“With its almost staggering level of music and art, it’s a must for anybody wanting to immerse themselves in a creative space for a week.
“So, if you can handle sleeping in a tent for eight days right next to 24-hour-party-ready festival goers, Roskilde will certainly not disappoint.”
