- Roskilde Festival is the largest music and culture event in Northern Europe. First held in 1971, Roskilde Festival has grown steadily in popularity and size, and now attracts some 80,000 people annually from all over the world who come to enjoy a diverse mix of music, arts – and camping. Internationally-renowned artists like Bob Marley, U2, Metallica and Radiohead have all played Roskilde in previous years and the festival is THE place to experience both established as well as new acts at their best. The event is June 28th through July 6th.
- Also music related is the annual Eurovision Song Contest that will take place on Refshaleøen in Copenhagen. Many European countries will participate in this glittery, exciting international competition, which attracts approximately 170 million viewers from all over the world. Refshaleøen will be transformed into Eurovision Island, a power centre of music, festivities and community spirit. Here, the 59th edition of the competition will run for three days inside the industrial B&W halls in May 2014. The event is May 5th through May 10th.
- Wondercool is Copenhagen's major winter festival with focus on art, architecture, design, food, fashion, music and cultural experiences. It is backed up by the city's large established festivals and institutions. Wondercool takes place in 2014 for the fourth time and throughout the month of February. Established festivals such as the food festival Copenhagen Cooking invites you to a wealth of gastronomic experiences, and the music festivals FROST and Copenhagen Jazz Festival offer an abundance of concerts.
- Denmark's largest Viking Festival will be in Ribe this year. More than 300 Vikings from the whole of Europe will gather to recreate an authentic and lively market atmosphere as it was in Ribe 1300 years ago. The public will be able to experience, how the Vikings lived and worked, and at the market place’s many exciting stalls a good trade can be done. Battle re-enactments, riding and archery displays are scheduled on both days. The event is April 28th through May 4th.
- More than 250,000 people make Copenhagen Jazz Festival one of the biggest, inclusive jazz events of its kind in Europe every summer. This year the event is July 4th - July 13th.
- Carnival in Aalborg is the largest carnival in Northern Europe with up to 25,000 carnivalists in the Grand Parade and more than 100,000 spectators catching the magnificent wave of colors and fantasy along the parade route. Don't miss this spectacular event! Be a part of a world full of colors, impressive costumes, music, rhythms and dance from all corners of the world. You are the entertainer - the street is your stage. What distinguishes Aalborg Carnival from most other carnivals is that everyone can participate in the Grand Parade on May 24th. The parade moves through the streets of Aalborg and ends up in Kildeparken, where the festivities reach their climax and the biggest and most colorful party of the year takes place! The event takes place May 18th through May 24th.
- The Skagen Festival is Denmark’s oldest music festival. Come and experience the atmosphere and the many fantastic Danish and foreign bands, which all help to make the festival quite unique.
The festival, which takes place at several locations throughout the town and at the harbour, offers a wealth of different styles of music which can be experienced at the many concerts on both indoor and outdoor stages. The event takes place July/3rd through July 6th.
As you can see there is a lot to see and do in Denmark during the year. This is just a sample of events happening this year. For more information and to sign up for a newsletter visit
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