Thursday, July 14, 2022
It's what you've all been waiting for - Camp Bestival Dorset shift preference selection is now open!
When you login you'll find the shift patterns available at Camp Bestival Dorset, please make sure you indicate a preference for each shift as PAAM won't let you save your preferences until you have!
You have until midnight on Sunday 17th July to select your shift preferences, please make sure you have submitted your preferences before this date as after this, shifts will be allocated based on availability.
Following 17th July, it will take us several days to process shift preferences and allocate shift patterns for everyone joining us at Camp Bestival Dorset.
Once we have allocated your Camp Bestival Dorset shifts, we'll send another email letting you know it's time to login and find out your shift pattern and start planning your festival schedule!
To choose your Camp Bestival Dorset shift preferences you need to:
Once we've allocated shift patterns (we expect this to be around 20th July), your shift pattern will show as your Group at the top of your Camp Bestival Dorset Info page.
For further information about how shifts are allocated please read the information within the shift planner PDF.
If you're joining us at Camp Bestival Dorset with friends, please ensure their name and email address are listed in the Friends section of your profile so we can ensure you have the same shift pattern!
This your last chance to update the Friends section of your profile before Camp Bestival Dorset shifts are allocated!
You can now order your meal vouchers for Camp Bestival Dorset too! Camp Bestival Dorset's meal vouchers can be used at a selection of arena traders between Thursday 28th and Sunday 31st July and are offered at a greatly discounted price compared to normal food prices onsite.
Meal vouchers at Camp Bestival Dorset are not day or meal specific, which means you're able to order them before your shifts have been confirmed!
All Camp Bestival Dorset trader meal vouchers must be pre-ordered!
You can pre-order trader meal vouchers from Hotbox for £6.00 per voucher.
To order your Camp Bestival Dorset meal vouchers:
Please note the deadline for pre-ordering meal vouchers is midnight Sunday 17th July 2022.
There will also be the option to buy food from a small catering van in the crew area (next to our compound) offering meals throughout the day, we'll be able to confirm more details at the festival but here you will be able to walk up and buy food and drink on demand.
The Hotbox compound will house a large marquee with tables, chairs and kettles, providing 24-hour access to hot water, tea and coffee! We will be providing some tea, coffee, milk and sugar although PLEASE bring your own mug!
Also, if you tend to drink a lot of tea and coffee, please bring some extra supplies as ours won't last forever!
To find out more and apply choose the festival you're interested in, you'll then find all the info including when you'll need to arrive at the festival, how many shifts you'll do, how old you need to be to join us at festivals, the kind of things you'll get involved with and loads more!
As usual, you need to pay a refundable security deposit to join us this summer.
When joining Hotbox Events you only need to pay 1 deposit to join us at as many festivals as you like each summer!
Deposits are returned within 30 days of the last day of a festival, if you have joined us before your deposit is discounted by 35%. There are no admin fees charged on deposits, so you receive your entire deposit back as long as you complete all of your shifts at the festivals!
Of course, if for any reason a festival does not go ahead, your security deposit will be returned to you in full.
Please remember that we cannot confirm your place until you have paid your deposit!
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
We cannot wait to welcome you to the Hotbox Events team for an amazing festival filled summer 😊
