Festival Site Crew

Buddhafield Festival 2013 | Wednesday 17 — Sunday 21 July
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Erecting fencing in the car park | Image © Satyadarshin 2011

On this page you can find aout about what the Buddhafield Festival Site Crew does, what we need you to be able to commit to and how to volunteer.

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Work Details and Dates

We are looking for people to work with us from Sunday 7 to Saturday 27 July, with the Festival running on the 17 to 21 July 2013.

Building benches

Site crew building benches | Image © Satyadarshin 2011

Before the festival site work will include:

  • Bringing kit onto site
  • Putting up tents
  • Laying track
  • Installing plumbing and lighting
  • Assembling compost toilets
  • Establishing recycling and waste systems etc.

After the event we will take it all down, load it into vans and clean up the site.

Obviously the site crew’s main duties will be before and after the festival, but we always need some people to be on standby and help out during the event — and we will organise this as the set up progresses.

In exchange for a ticket to the festival and food whilst on site we will be expecting people to work roughly six hour days plus team meetings. We are also hoping to organise (optional) daily meditation slots and dharma discussion groups etc during the set up.

A Word about Alcohol and Drugs

Please have a think about our view on drink and drugs.

We don’t wish to judge people’s views on this — and hope it won’t put you off applying! And if this would be a new way of experiencing a festival for you then why not give it a try?! However please bear in mind that if you choose to work with us, then we’d like this policy to be respected.

Join a Team: Site Crew Recruiting Now

If you think you’d like to do this, then please fill in the form below! Don’t worry, there are no trick questions and no ‘right’ answers... we’d just like to know a little about you before we agree to take you on.

Please answer as many questions as possible. Short answers are best (less than 10–20 words per question), but say a little more if you need to.

Fields marked * are the crucial ones.

Note that site work is very physical and you will need to enjoy being outdoors. Please ensure you bring suitable clothing for both very wet and very dry weather.


Tuesday 2 July
A later date Please say more in the “any questions” box, below.


Saturday 27 July
An earlier date Please say more in the “any questions” box, below.



Things worth mentioning include expereince of plumbing, carpentry, 12v electrics or vehicle mechanics.; fire or first aid certificates; general experience of festival life, outdoor activities or working with volunteers.


Any information submitted will be treated as confidential to the Buddhafield Festival Site Crew. Your contact information will not be shared with anyone else unless you ask for details of other Buddhafield events. In this case only your address(es) will be added to the Buddhafield mailing list, which we’ll use to update you about other Buddhafield activities.

Please tick the box if you would like to go onto our address / email lists.
    (Your details will not be passed on to anyone else.)

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For an overview of Festival volunteering visit the main volunteering page.