Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Volunteering at a festival can be pretty daunting if you've never done it before, especially if you're going solo! Knowing what to expect when you're on and off-shift will help you feel more prepared and hopefully reduce some anxiety about joining us, letting you focus on getting the maximum enjoyment out of your festival experience! ✨
Let us introduce you to Nik, one of our Download Festival volunteers. Nik joined us as a solo volunteer for the first time in 2018 and has come back to join us every year since. Nik has been on all sorts of adventures with us, including being interviewed about volunteering at festivals live on BBC Radio 1 at Reading Festival in 2021! 🎙️
You can watch Nik show you what a day in the life of a Hotbox volunteer is like here! 🎥
If you've never joined us before, Nik will give you a little insight into the festival volunteering experience 👀 Or if, like Nik, you're a seasoned Hotbox volunteer, we hope this will boost your excitement levels about getting back together on a festival site this summer! ☀️
If you haven't already got your place with us confirmed for this summer and after watching Nik's film you'd like to join us, you can sign up here!
We have very, very low availability remaining for volunteering spots at some of this summer's festivals, so don't miss your chance to get your place and apply ASAP! 🚨
If there is anything you would like to ask or you would just like to chat with us about, the easiest way is to...
You can connect with us @hotboxevents on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn
If you would like to chat with others who have joined us before head to our Facebook Group and Forum
On Facebook and in our Forum you will find new and returning staff and volunteers chatting about what it is like to join us at festivals, arranging to share lifts, asking and answering questions about working at festivals and making new friends!
If you have not joined us at a festival before and are wondering what it is like, check out some of our staff and volunteer interviews!
In the interviews you will get to hear from those who have joined us talking about how they found their shifts, how they felt they were looked after by the Hotbox team, what it was like working solo for the first time, taking on more responsibility year on year, and even how the experience and confidence gained has helped with career progression away from festivals!
Another way to see what joining us is like is to check out some of our festival photos!
In our festival photo galleries, you will find thousands of photos covering our festival history over the past twenty years!
It's totally normal to be anxious before coming to a festival, particularly if you're coming solo! We get hundreds of messages every year from people wanting to join us but nervous about doing it, so we promise you're not alone! We're a very friendly bunch so if there's anything we can do to reduce your anxiety please get in touch! Try joining our Facebook Group to make friends with others before the festival - there are even a few WhatsApp groups that have been set up too!
If you have specific questions about joining us at festivals try our festival FAQs!
Our festival FAQs are regularly updated and packed full of answers to the questions we are usually asked, plus lots of handy hints and tips about working at festivals.
We usually send an email newsletter about once a month, if you would like to keep up to date you can subscribe!
If you would like to drop us an email it's info@hotboxevents.com
You can reach our office by phone on the numbers below...
Tel: 01252849600 (UK) select option 2 for Hotbox Events
Tel: +441252849600 (International) select option 2 for Hotbox Events
