Festaff
Festivals Glastonbury Roles FAQ
30+ UK festivals · Est. 15 years

Volunteer at the UK's biggest music festivals

Work a handful of shifts, get a full ticket, camping, and a crew you'll come back for. From Glastonbury to Boomtown — this is how you do festivals properly. Every festival gets its own page, so you know exactly what you're signing up for before you apply.

30+Festivals
15Years running
1000sVolunteers a year
£10-15Only admin fee
Where you could be this summer

Every card below is a real, active listing — no dead ends, no guessing what's actually open.

Three steps, not a form that vanishes into nowhere
01

Pick a festival, apply

Browse what's open, choose a role, apply in a couple of minutes — no account needed until you're accepted.

02

Get accepted, get set up

A real person reviews it, usually within a day. You're in the app from there — shifts, crew, your ticket.

03

Turn up and work your shifts

Book your 3-hour shifts (two minimum a day), then the rest of the festival is yours.

What you'd actually be doing
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Gate steward

Wristbands, tickets, keeping the queue moving at the gates.

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Bar runner

Serving, restocking, keeping a bar running through a shift.

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Steward

Crowd safety and directions around stages and the wider site.

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Litter picking

Keeping the site clean between and during sets — more sociable than it sounds.

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Toilets

Cleanliness and supplies at facilities — genuinely appreciated work.

Campsite

Helping campers in and settled, checking on the campsite through the weekend.

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Info point

Answering questions, pointing people the right way, first stop for anything lost.

Before you ask

Is it actually free?

You cover a small admin fee, not the full ticket price — camping and a crew ticket are part of the deal for your shifts.

How many hours will I work?

Shifts are 3 hours each, at least two a day (6 hours) — the rest of the festival is yours.

Do I need experience?

Most roles don't. A few — bar work, welfare — ask for something relevant.

How do I apply?

Pick a festival above and apply — a real person reviews it, usually within a day.

This is what you actually get
01

Skip the ticket cost

Work a few shifts, cover just a small admin fee — no full ticket price.

02

Crew campsite

Quieter, closer, better facilities than general camping.

03

Free time to enjoy it

Shifts are structured so you've got plenty of time left for the actual festival.

04

Real experience

See how a festival actually runs backstage — genuinely good on a CV.

"Fifteen years of volunteers who keep coming back. That's not an accident — that's the whole point of how we run this."

— Festaff crew, various festivals