2023 Festival Volunteer and Paid Steward Job applications are now open!

2023 Festival Volunteer and Paid Steward Job applications are now open!

Friday, January 27, 2023

3, 2, 1, GO! Get your summer plans started and apply now to secure your place at some of the best music festivals in the UK this year! 🚀

Festivals you can join us at this year

Download Festival – Tuesday 6th – Monday 12th June 2023

Line up: Metallica, Bring Me The Horizon, Slipknot, Parkway Drive, Pendulum

Latitude Festival – Wednesday 19th – Monday 24th July 2023

Line up: Pulp, Paolo Nutini, George Ezra, The Kooks, Metronomy

Camp Bestival Dorset – Wednesday 26th July – Monday 31st July 2023

Line up: Grace Jones, Craig David, Sam Ryder, The Kooks, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Scouting For Girls

Camp Bestival Shropshire – Wednesday 16th August – Monday 21st August 2023

Line up: Primal Scream, Rudimental, The Human League, Groove Armada, Sam Ryder, Melanie C

Reading Festival – Wednesday 23rd August – Monday 28th August 2023

Line up: Billie Eilish, Sam Fender, The Killers, Foals, Lewis Capaldi, Imagine Dragons

Leeds Festival – Wednesday 23rd August – Monday 28th August 2023

Line up: Billie Eilish, Sam Fender, The Killers, Foals, Lewis Capaldi, Imagine Dragons

We have a limited number of paid steward jobs available at Latitude Festival, Camp Bestival Dorset and Camp Bestival Shropshire and we expect these to fill very quickly! Paid steward jobs at Latitude Festival filled in just a few days last year so if you're thinking of joining us apply ASAP!

As shift preferences are allocated first come first served based on deposit payment date, the sooner your sign up and pay your deposit, the better chance you have of getting your preferred shift pattern! So don't hang around, apply now and get your 2023 festival place confirmed today!

We can't wait to welcome you to a festival field this summer! ☀️

What's it like to join us?

If you haven't joined us before and are wondering what it's like, check out our staff and volunteer interviews!

You can also join our Facebook group to chat with thousands of our previous staff and volunteers and make friends before the festival!

Messenger

If there is anything you would like to ask or you would just like to chat with us about, the easiest way is to...

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Socials

You can connect with us @hotboxevents on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn

Connecting

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!

Videos

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!

Photos

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!

Going Solo

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!

Questions

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.

Newsletter

We usually send an email newsletter about once a month, if you would like to keep up to date you can subscribe!

Email

If you would like to drop us an email it's info@hotboxevents.com

Phone

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

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