Yes the majority of festival volunteering positions are for those aged 18 or over – usually due to insurance restrictions. I know that some litter companies and catering companies recruit volunteers aged 16 plus so those could be worth looking into. Your best bet is to contact the festivals direct and ask them who they use to supply these volunteers and then seeing if you can apply to volunteer for the contractors.

Best of luck!

All the best,
Kamila

When companies are looking for promotional staff for festivals and events they often source via promotional staff agencies – the type that supply for events, shops, exhibitions, trade shows and so on. If you search for ‘promotional staff events’ or ‘promo staff events’ you’ll find lots of agencies – most have online application systems so you can keep up to date and apply for jobs.

As far as which jobs are best for not missing any music, a tricky one as this is basically a ‘perfect world’ event job! The only positions that come to mind are the EHO (Environmental Health Officer) volunteers – I believe they usually only work during the day but you’d need to check. Not all festivals have them but you can apply online for an EHO position at the Latitude or Leeds Festival at the mo.

Oh perhaps also the Green Messengers / Green Police – the volunteers who promote green thinking e.g. recycling. I’ve only ever seen these guys working during the day but again please make sure you check the deal before applying.

Best of luck!

I have worked for Hotbox at Latitude for two years now and its wonderful but I also wanted to look at other options. Do you know where I could find all the promotional work that seems to be going on each year such as the people handing out percy pigs for M and S etc? And also which jobs would ensure I didn’t miss any evening music? Thank you.

All the best,

Angus

There are strict rules about working and volunteering in the UK but as you’re an EU citizen (and as long as you have an EU passport) you should be fine.

For full details you can check this handy FAQ on the Hotbox Events website:

Borders and Immigration – proving your right to work and volunteer in the UK

Best of luck!

I have a quick question concerning volunteering, and have been searching the net for 2 hours now without success: I was lucky to get a litter-picking volunteer placement for Glastonbury. However, I am now supposed to send in my National Insurance number, which I do not have, as I am an Austrian citizen, living in Austria. Due to European Union agreements, it feels like it should be easy to get the volunteering spot anyway, even without the number, but i cannot find any information on this. Do you have any idea what rules and regulations apply to citizens of the EU? Thanks in advance and all the best from Austria!

Many of the event companies listed in the post above offer paid festival work. Some of the festival jobs you’ll need experience and/or qualifications for but many you don’t! Have a read through the post for full details but a few suggestions to get you started:

DC Site Services

Hotbox Events

Seed Staff

Peppermint Bars and Events

CTM Traffic and Parking

Hope you have a great summer working at some festivals!

At Glastonbury Oxfam provides many of the volunteer stewards including on the gates – about 1,300 volunteers in total!

If you’re looking for paid work DC Site Services provides about 550 paid staff to Glastonbury Festival including pedestrian and vehicle gate clickers (they count the number of people coming into and out of the festival site), caravan traffic marshals, fire tower staff and pedestrian zone marshals.

Hope you get a spot!

Myself and my Boyfriend have volunteered with Festival Republic for a few years now, we’re part of the wristbanding team. This year we would like to fit more into the Summer. Do you know a way of applying for wristbanding positions at other festivals? Such as Glastonbury?

Many thanks!