We won!

We visited the Roskilde tourist office  to learn more about an event they were promoting and decided to fill out a form to win tickets to the local music festival.  Yippee!  We won!  Two tickets to the Roskilde Festival, each costing about $330!  Last year the headline performer (headliner?) was Prince and this year some of the big bands include Iron Maiden, Arctic Monkeys, and Kings of Leon.  The festival is also known for attracting smaller groups from a variety of genres and all get to play concerts, not just a number or two.

The festival is one of the six biggest in Europe, attracting over 80,000 attendees and over 20,000 volunteers.  It is run as a non-profit event with volunteers earning money for the local organization they represent (soccer team, theater group, Scouts).

The festival is also known for its camping, which opens several days before the first concert.  Our neighbor's teenage daughter has been working all year to save up for a week of camping and drinking with friends.  I'll pass, even though the tickets we won include camping.

And according to Wikipedia

Every year, on the Saturday of the Festival, since 1998, Roskilde Festival Radio organizes a nude run around the camp site. One male and female winner will receive a ticket for the next year's festival.