Get in touch Contact the relevant team if you can't find your answer in the FAQ or if you're looking for a collaboration Music & booking musik@elgenkommer.dk Public Relations pr@elgenkommer.dk Safety sikkerhed@elgenkommer.dk Food, events and design event@elgenkommer.dk Human relations hr@elgenkommer.dk Chairmanship formandskabet@elgenkommer.dk Volunteers hand@elgenkommer.dk Orange guards orangevagtleder@elgenkommer.dk For general inquiries or in doubt info@elgenkommer.dk

Pictures from Årsfesten 2024 Check out all the cool photos from Årsfesten 2024 TIMMO BAYLESS RASMUS APOLLO ELGAARD HALIM MINAI RAHMAN EIKHWAN KIM

Get to know the people behind Årsfesten 2024 ... and read about their favourite Årsfest hacks Nickolai Vesti Isø PR & KÆP Join the pre-party hosted by Queer Culture Club. Here, you can get ready before the festival site opens by enjoying cheep drinks and eat food Christine Natalie Nielsen Bar & HR Bring a lot of friends and show them how great RUC is! William Horn Chairperson & Safety Bring your biggest small-talker game and use Årsfesten to meet all your fellow RUC students Veronica Torp Bar & HR Remember to put your computer and a warm jacket in the wardrobe! Erin McDermott KÆP & HR Bring your old friend group or your new best RUC-friends. It's a great way to get to know each other even better! Kirstine Vinther Christensen Bar & KÆP Join the day-events. In that way you'll definetely get a great start of the evening! Emily Haslund Chairperson & Safety Remember practical clothes Emil L. Kragelund Bar & HR If someone offers rum and coke - say yes.. unless it's a stranger Julie Ortved Gang Music & Safety Remember to eat and drink so that you'll be able to stay out all night and keep the energy high... and no - beer doesn't count! Bertram Kabell Music & Safety As long as you don't get so drunk that you have to leave early and then suddenly find yourself being at Humlebæk station... Then you're guaranteed a great evening! Mathias Klink Hede Safety & KÆP Make sure to stretch. Your body have to be limber!!! Nanna Bank Petterson Music & HR Listen to ALL the music Trine Bekner PR & KÆP Look at it as a marathon - not a sprint Anna Eckersberg Bar & PR Practice your best pick-up line. Bodegaen is a great place to meet your new best friend ;-) Sarah Quintana Safety & Music Just join - it'll be fun as f Also, meet our skilled Orange Guard Leaders Orange guard leaders are employed by Kamarillaen and have the over all responsibility for our orange guards both before, during and after Årsfesten Micky Winther Ronnenberg Orang Guard Leader Remeber to eat during the night and make sure your hangover cure is ready for the day after Oliver Holst Orange Guard Leader If you don't know the music - give them a quick listen beforehand. The concert experience always highens if you know a few songs

Parking week 38 We strongly encourage students and employees to take the train to RUC in the week leading up to the annual party (week 38), so that those who need a car the most have the opportunity to do so. We are slowly starting to block more parking spaces during the week. Closure of car parks: Week 38 The parking lot behind building 03 (P3) has 5 parking strips. Strip 1 is closest to building 03, strip 5 is closest to the football field. Monday 16/09: P4 will be closed. Tuesday 17/09: Parking strip 5, on P3 is closed. Wednesday 18/09: Parking strips 2 and 4 will be closed and half of strip 1, on P3. In addition, the entire parking lot behind building 46 will also be closed off. Thursday & Friday 19/09-20/09 : The entire parking area will be closed off. See where the different parking sections is located at the images below. Thank you for your understanding! Write to Info@elgenkommer.dk for any further questions.

Pictures from Årsfesten Check out pictures from Årsfesten 2023. Without our talented, volunteer photographers we wouldn't be able to look back on all the great memories we made at Årsfesten 2023! If you want to volunteer as a photographer - read about it here . TIMMO BAYLESS HALIM MINAI RAHMAN EIKHWAN KIM

Kamarillaen, Elgen kommer & Årsfesten? Are you confused? Check out the different pages about Kamarillaen! A short overview Årsfesten is the biggest event held at Roskilde University each year. We invite all RUC students and their friends to join us for a night filled with music, food, events and good vibes. Kamarillaen is the name for the group planning the annual party at RUC. The group always consists of a group of volunteers from Roskilde University. Each year, you can apply to be a part of Kamarillaen, so remember to keep an eye on social media if you want to join. Elgen kommer , or "the moose is coming" is the annual partys slogan becouse our logo looks like a moose. The moose works as a metaphor for the annual party.

Work at Årsfesten? Work as an orange guard and help our safety crew or join the stage crew as a stagehand. Both jobs is during Årsfesten and will be payed Work as an Orange guard Each year we need people to help as orange guards from the festival site opens around 4:00pm untill it closes, usually around 2:00am. The amount of hours you work depends on which task or area you get during the festival. WHAT DO I DO AS AN ORANGE GUARD? Our orange guards is responsible for various tasks during the evening. As an orange guard your tasks could be: Gate supervision Be the safety personels eyes and ears Manage our wardrobe To check tickets at the entrance Manage our Return booths And more... During the festival you'll also function as a living information pillar and answer questions from our festival guests. You will always work together with at least one other orange guard and have the opportunity to wish to be assigned the same spot as your friend. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that this is possible but promise to try our best to make it happen. WHO ARE YOU? You are maybe - maybe not - a student at Roskilde University. The most important thing for us is that you want to make sure our festival guests get an amazing and safe experience at Årsfesten. You are pro-active, positive and you meet our guests with a smile. OUR EXPECTATIONS We expect you to be sober and that you want to make Årsfesten a safe and fun experience for all our guests. We also expect you to attend an info meeting. Here, we'll give you a tour of the festival site, a review of the different tasks and prepare you for the roll as an orange guard. This meeting is obligatory to attend. HOW DO I APPLY? To apply, send an e-mail to orangevagt@elgenkommer.dk and include the following information: Name Age Previous experience Wishes regarding tasks, areas, the length of your shift and/or buddy Food considerations or allergies Phone number Not convinced - become a Stagehand Are you interested in sound equipment, and do you like working with big projects? Then maybe you are the person we are looking for. The Annual Party is looking for stagehands to assist with changeovers between the concerts at our two main stages. As stagehand, it is important that you are available via phone during the entire evening, be ready for swift changes (e.g. in case of changes in the program), and prepared for physical labour. You are required to be sober as a stagehand. As a stagehand, you will be treated with a meal during the evening, the best concert spots at Årsfesten as well as access to the legendary ‘Sjatfest’ two weeks after Årsfesten, which is a party arranged exclusively for all the nice people who help create Årsfesten. HOW DO I APPLY? Write your application to musik@elgenkommer.dk. Describe why you want to join and include any previous experience.

Better together We want the Annual Party to be a safe space for everyone. This means, amongst other things, that all attendants must follow the Code of Conduct presented below Code of Conduct Devised by the The Annual Party Commitee, Kamarillaen Access to the Annual Party You are only allowed to access the festival area if you have the following access giving elements or by other means can legitimize your stay: Valid ticket and identification (for students at RUC: student ID) Illegal objects, body search etc. The following objects is examples of objects that is not allowed on the premises of The Annual Party: Weapons or weapon-like objects Beverages except water Illegal drugs Objects that can pose a fire hazard (fireworks, laser pens, grill or similar) Dogs or other animals (this does not apply to service animals) *The list is not exhaustive The Annual Party’s safety personnel have the right to check guests to see if they pose a safety hazard and have the right to deny access to The Annual Party. Smoking It is not allowed to smoke in the tents or the indoor buildings. Behaviour We strive to make sure that there is a place for everyone at The Annual Party. To make this possible the following behaviours are not tolerated: Racism, sexism, homophobia and other oppressive behavior Public urination Behavior that annoy or harm other guests Careless behavior Wearing marks or symbols of discriminating nature Discriminating utterances or behavior Unsuitable behavior in crowds (Crowd surfing, moshing, stagediving etc.) *The list is not exhaustive. VIOLATION OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT CAN ENTAIL SUSPENSION FROM THE EVENT AREA AND A POLICE REPORT

Map of Årsfesten 2024 Take a look at the map to make sure you get to see the whole festival site

Tickets at Årsfesten At this page you'll find information about tickets at Årsfesten If you're a student at RUC Tickets are free for students at RUC, but you still need one to get acces to the festival You'll be able to get a ticket via your ruc-mail a few weeks before Årsfesten 2024 If you're not a student at RUC If you just finished your education at RUC you can still join Årsfesten by joining RUC Alumne. Find more information here If you're studying at Absalon you'll get a link from your institution to buy a ticket in august OR ask your best-RUC-friend to buy a ticket for you Guest tickets Purchase guest tickets for your friends when you order your own ticket Guest tickets in 2024 cost: 185 DKK OBS: you DO NOT need to arrive with your friends this year

How do I get to Årsfest? Årsfesten is located at Roskilde University Campus, Universitetsvej 1, 4000 Roskilde. Going to Årsfesten you can either use public transportation, bike or drive depending on where you travel from Transportation 1 Travel by car You can drive to Årsfesten by car and park at the parking lots in front of campus marked with red on the map below. Now, you have to follow the blue route through campus to get to the entrance of the festival site. 2 Public transport Extra trains to and from Copenhagen will be inserted in the train schedule at the day of the festival. Furthermore, t rains to and from Copenhagen runs all night. At the map below you can see how to get from Trekroner station to the University (the green route). When arriving at Roskilde University, follow the blue route on the other map to the festival entrance 3 Travel by bike Biking to Årsfesten is always an option. We recommend that you park your bike in front of the University if you arrive in rush hour, because we expect the route from Kvadratroden to the festival entrance to be crowded. If you leave your bike in front of the University - follow the blue route on the map on foot From Trekroner station to Roskilde University by foot or bike From Roskilde University to the festival entrance

Volunteering Find your perfect fit below and use the contact details to become a magic moose Hand Hands are volunteers who help Kamarillaen during the week prior to Årsfesten. As Hand, you help build and decorate the festival site. We want to make sure that you as a student at RUC get the chance to influence Årsfesten 2024. Therefore, we need students who want to use their creativity to create and decorate as well as build stages, put up fences, interactive installments etc. Why become a Hand? You'll meet a lot of new people working together on creative projects You'll earn drink vouchers depending on how many hours you spend volunteering, which can be used in the bars during Årsfesten You get to decide how the decorations at Årsfesten are made, and what they will look like Every night our Hands are invited to join us for dinner at RUC after a day of volunteering You will recieve an invitation to Sjatfest if you become a "super"Hand. A lot of students become Hands because of the social component but it also helps if you don't want to worry about money while having the Årsfest of your life! How do I become a Hand? From September 16 till September 19 at least one member of Kamarillaen will be present in RUCbar in Hand Command. Here, we will have an overview of which tasks you can choose between. All you need to do is: Come by Hand Command (before or after classes?) Grab some snacks and choose a task Return to Hand Command when you finish, so we know how many drink vouchers you've earned. Drink vouchers will be available for pick up at the VIP entrance at the festival during the entire festival If you have any questions don't hesitate to get in touch at hand@elgenkommer.dk or join our noncommitting Facebook group for Hands Photographer Would you like to spend a couple of hours taking cool pictures at Årsfesten in exchange for free drinks during the festival? The work will be a couple of hours during the evening at one or more of the following locations: Sponsor wall Your focus will be on the sponsor wall at the entrance. This is the post that will ultimately get the most attention through Facebook after the end of Årsfesten Mood pictures around Campus Your focus will be on doing mood shots of the audience and the events around campus Concert Your focus will be on the concerts, the artist and the audience Why become a photographer at Årsfesten? By being a photographer at Årsfesten you get: The chance to make sure noone forgets Årsfesten 2024 while practising your photography skills A free-bar-bracelet after your shift has ended An invite to Sjatfest - only the greatest party for volunteers at RUC A possibility to meet other students at RUC with an interest in photography How do I become a photographer at Årsfesten? We expect you to have previous experience with photography but does not expect you to be a proffesional. To apply, write an email to pr@elgenkommer.dk. Tell us about yourself, your previous experience and why you want to be a photographer at Årsfesten på RUC! Bartender As a bartender you get to have loads of fun experiences in return for your work effort! Prior to Årsfesten you will be invited to "Bartender dag". On B artender dag every bartender is provided practical information about their shift as well as information on, what will be sold in the bars. Bartenders finish their shifts approximately 2-3 hours after the bar closes, when the clean up is done (the bars close no later than 2 am). Bartender dag is also an opportunity to meet the other bartenders and will also contain fun activities and a common dinner. Why bartend during Årsfesten? During your shift we provide you with snacks, food and you'll drink for free You will get the ideal possibility to expand your social network on RUC If friends sign up together, they can be placed on the same bar team. You will receive an invite for the extraordinary "Sjatfest" as a thank you. Here, you can party and drink for free with all the other volunteers, who has put in a massive effort as well . Note that being invited to Sjatfest requires that you stay to help clean up after your bar shift. And don't worry - within your bar team, you're allowed to plan your breaks yourselves so that you still get the opportunity to listen to some music acts during the night. How do I become a bartender? If you either want to bartend at Årsfesten or have questions, feel free to contact bar@elgenkommer.dk and we'll get back to you asap. Stagehand Each year Kamarillaen needs help building Årsfestens biggest stage: Thorsens Arena. In the days before Årsfesten, we need 4-6 stagehands to assist our experienced stage crew. Previous experience being a stage hands is a plus but not a must. As long as you are p repared for physical labour and that you can help out at least for a few hours. We will of course provide safety shoes, equipment and both food, drinks and snacks during your shift. As a stagehand, you will also get access to the legendary Sjatfest - A party exclusively for all the nice people who helps create Årsfesten. Note that you are required to be sober as a stagehand. How do I become a Stage Hand? Write your application to musik@elgenkommer.dk , and tell us why you want to join and possibly about previous experience. You can also come by Hand Command in RUCbar the week before Årsfesten and ask if there's still an open spot.