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European Music Festivals To Volunteer With This Summer
Festival season is gearing up. We have already mentioned volunteering is a great way to get behind the scenes and earn yourself a free festival ticket and camping pitch in the UK, but can we do this somewhere where it doesn’t rain quite so much, please!
The European festivals below mention they are open to the idea. We also found some in Ireland, where it definitely does rain, and elsewhere in Europe, plus plenty in the USA! USA! USA! that we added to the March edition of The Working Traveller bit of our newsletter. Sign up below to find our more.
Meadows in the Mountains
Bulgaria. June 1-5
According to The Guardian, this festival is “Set in the lush environment of the Rhodope Mountains, mornings are blessed each day with a mist that glides over the landscape. The discerning line-up will pique the interest of anyone with an eye on the underground scene.” Doors are always open to like minded people who wish to experience the festival as a volunteer. They’ll cough up a festival ticket and three meals a day per working shift. Positions include build and decor crew, artist liaisons, runners, production office attendants, info point crew and gate stewards. Accommodation is free to campers or help is arranged to stay in a house in the village.
Roskilde Festival
Denmark. June 24-July 1
Northern Europe’s largest culture and music festival has been around since 1971 and is run by a non profit organisation with the assistance of around 30,000 volunteers. Most volunteers work for societies and organisations that recruit their own volunteers, but around 7,500 work directly for Roskilde Festival. Foreign residents in Denmark, regardless of their employment status, can volunteer with the festival.
CoffeeCow is one organisation that takes on international volunteers (see picture above) in exchange for a ticket and unlimited coffee.
Oya Festival
Oslo, Norway. August 8-12
As I know one (swear) word in Norwegian it was a little difficult to summarize the requirements for volunteers here until recently. We thought distribution, pizza and burgers played a part somewhere, but now they have an English version of their site we can see what they really want in their volunteers. Cooking for artists and other volunteers do play a part but they want good organic food, not the junk we assumed. Popcorn sales, security, bar tending and furniture assembly are other needs. Wizkid, Blur, FKA Twigs, and The Soundtrack of our Lives are playing this year.
Image courtesy _CitizenKane_
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