Tuesday, July 18, 2023
If you're joining us at Camp Bestival Dorset 2023 your shifts have now been assigned, meal voucher ordering is open, and your Camp Bestival Dorset Info Pack is ready!
You can find out which shift pattern you're on by logging into your Hotbox Events PAAM account, your shift is shown on your Camp Bestival Dorset 2023 Info page.
Please note, if you've only had your Camp Bestival Dorset position confirmed in the last week, your shift may still be pending. We're assigning new shifts every few days so please check back for an update!
You can now login to order your meal vouchers!
Camp Bestival Dorset's meal vouchers can be used at a selection of arena traders between Thursday 27th and Sunday 30th 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 for those who are just joining us 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 11am Thursday 20th July 2023.
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 note we will not be providing disposable cups this year to reduce our environmental impact at the festival. You can purchase a reusable insulated keep cup from the Hotbox office in the staff campsite or you're welcome to bring your own to the festival.
Also, if you tend to drink a lot of tea and coffee, please bring some extra supplies as ours won't last forever!
Please login and read your Camp Bestival Dorset Info Pack and Docs!
There is a wealth of info in the Hotbox Events PAAM Portal, including the Info Packs with pre-event and onsite contact details, travel and arrival info, where and when you need to check-in at Camp Bestival Dorset, information about festival passes, how volunteer shifts are organised, Camp Bestival Dorset catering, your briefings and training sessions, emergency procedures, staff and volunteer roles and responsibilities at the festival, festival security procedures, festival CCTV, Health and Safety, festival communications and more!
The information within the info pack is very important so please make sure you login and read it before you arrive at Camp Bestival Dorset!
To read your Info Pack, you need to:
We're receiving a lot of questions about joining us at Camp Bestival Dorset; most of the answers can now be found in the Info Pack or in the FAQs on our website so please make sure you read yours before the festival!
And finally, please make sure you have your proof of right to work in the UK sorted! It's better to avoid a last-minute panic by checking you know where your passport/birth certificate and NI document are now than 5 minutes before you're due to leave for the festival!
We're required to see the original documents at the festival site, we cannot accept photocopies.
If you're using a Home Office Share Code as proof of your right to work in the UK, please ensure this has been emailed to us along with your date of birth before the festival.
Please note - a driving licence is NOT proof of your right to work in the UK!
We can't wait to welcome you to Camp Bestival Dorset next week!
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
