Denmark: ESC: Music, events, community building & creativity at Gimle's cafe

About the local hosting organization

Gimle is Roskilde's regional music venue and youth culture house. Gimle offers Roskilde and the region's residents a wide range of cultural events with quality, content and diversity. At Gimle, the volunteers run the arrangements - both before, during and after the events. More than 300 annual cultural events are held both at Gimle and outside the house. The core is concert operation with annual presentation of more than 300 bands. In addition, Gimle has a café, The Raven, which is open 6 days a week. Gimle is run on the basis of more than 150 volunteers, 12 full time employees (office, kitchen and cleaning), and approx. 30 hourly employees (sound, cleaning and kitchen). Gimle is run by the Gimle Foundation, which takes care of the financial and operational framework, and the Gimle Association, which are responsible of the content of Gimle. The Gimle association consists of the active volunteers and employees at Gimle.

Presentation of the programme

Gimle is a regional music venue, student house and youth culture café. Gimle offers Roskilde and the region's residents a wide range of cultural events with quality, content and diversity. At Gimle, the volunteers run the arrangements - both before, during and after the events. The focal point of the project is to run Gimle's cultural café, The Raven, together with the other volunteers and staff - this includes bartending, event management and catering for bands, volunteers and customers. The café is open 5 days a week and is a popular gathering place for volunteers and the local community. In the café you can arrange everything from concerts to international evenings or a food event. There are opportunities to fill in with your own creative abilities and ideas, and thereby discover what you are really passionate about. The volunteers are encouraged to create a personal project in order to put a "foot print" at Gimle. This project can include cultural events, concerts, decorations etc

About the accomodation

Gimle have rented an apartment in the centre of Roskilde town for accommodation of the ESC, where you will live together with 3 other volunteers. Each ESC have their own room with a shared living rooms, kitchen, toilets and bathroom You will receive money for food alongside your pocket money, and have food when you are working at the Raven. The apartment is in walking distance from Gimle (10-15 min.) and you will also have communal bikes for local transportation.

About the leisure activities

During you stay you will receive different kinds of training: Bartending and cafe training will be side by side learning during your first 2 weeks of the project Training in event production and technical training in sound and light engineering will be in workshops before or during your first events or concerts Danish lessons will be either through the official OLS training or through in person classes (volunteers choice) You will also receive a mandatory online hygiene course that allows you to handle food for sale in Denmark

Requirements

The Participant profile: The person we are looking for - Drive and enthusiasm to start your own projects - Sense of responsibility - Can work well with others both as a teacher, a pupil and as an equal - Curiosity towards event production - A decent level of EnglishDeadline: 12/06/2026 16:00