Welcome to the Hotbox Events staff and volunteer community!
We hope you enjoy watching our festival staff and volunteer interviews, having a browse of our photo galleries, chatting in our Facebook Group and Forum, connecting and sharing on our social channels, and please don't forget to keep up to date by joining our newsletter!
Head to our Facebook Group to chat with Hotbox staff and volunteers about this summer's festivals, get advice about what to pack, offer and find lifts to the festivals, share photos and videos...
Making sure that every volunteer and member of staff who joins us has the best possible experience is of upmost importance to everyone involved with Hotbox Events.
If you've not volunteered or worked as part of a staff team at a festival before and you're wondering what it's like; have a watch of some of our festival staff and volunteer interviews!
You’ll get to hear from volunteers who have joined us at festivals such as Download, Latitude, Reading and Leeds, talking about how they found their shifts, how they were looked after by the Hotbox team, what it was like volunteering for the first time on their own, taking on more responsibility year on year and progressing from a volunteer to staff role, and even how the experience and confidence gained has helped with their career progression away from festivals!
Hotbox Events began its life recruiting and managing volunteers for the 2003 Leeds Festival, since then our volunteers have managed to escape to the Reading Festival in 2006, then Latitude Festival in 2008, and V Festival in 2016!
With so little control there really is no telling what you may find in the galleries!
I volunteered at Reading this year and was amazed by the experience! Having never volunteered at a festival before I was expecting it to be a lot more work, and expected to miss a few bands that I wanted to see.. but no, the work was so simple and enjoyable, I almost looked forward to my next shift throughout the week! Patrolling the campsites also meant talking to people and still being able to enjoy the festival atmosphere. All the staff for Hotbox were so lovely, also down to have a laugh with us, and I got to see all the bands that I wanted to see, it felt like a win-win situation.
I also met some lovely people, and can't wait until next year to see them again!
We will also be volunteering at Download and Latitude with you next year! As we feel it's the perfect way to enjoy a festival or even experience a new festival, without spending so much money on it. As especially at my age (18), getting that kind of money together to pay for full entrance plus drink and everything, is quite a struggle. And as I said, working there almost gives you a reason to meet new people, so even an introvert like me managed to make new friends, all thanks to Hotbox.
So thank you for the opportunity to have done this, I can't think of a better way to have spent a week off work, I had an amazing time!
