Thursday, March 27, 2025
The sun is out which must mean festival season is just around the corner!
The last few weeks have seen some mega line up additions to this summer's festivals, making some line ups too good to miss out on! Let's recap the line ups and new additions below.
Forbidden Forest - 28th May to 2nd June 2025
Line up: Hybrid Minds, Camelphat, FISHER, Wilkinson, Chris Stussy, Skepta, Sub Focus, Bru-C, Patrick Topping, Bou, Paige Tomlinson, Hedex PLUS Andy C, Marco Carola, Charlie Sparks, Sota, and more!
Download Festival - 11th to 16th June 2025
Line up: Green Day, Sleep Token, Korn, Weezer, Bullet For My Valentine, Don Broco, Jimmy Eat World, Spiritbox, Sex Pistols, McFly, The Darkness PLUS Rise Against, Palaye Royale, Shinedown, Opeth, Myles Kennedy and more!
Latitude Festival - 23rd to 28th July 2025
Line up: Sting, Snow Patrol, Fatboy Slim, Kaiser Chiefs, Elbow, Sigrid, Clean Bandit, Maribou State, Scouting for Girls, Greg Davies PLUS MIKA, Doves, Billy Bragg and more!
Camp Bestival Dorset - 30th July to 4th August 2025
Line up: Tom Jones, Sugababes, Basement Jaxx, Annie Mac, Lightning Seeds, Goldie, The Zutons and more!
Reading Festival - 20th to 25th August 2025
Line up: Bring Me The Horizon, Chappell Roan, Hozier, Travis Scott, Becky Hill, Enter Shikari, Bloc Party, The Kooks, AJ Tracey, Trippie Redd, PLUS Limp Bizkit, D-Block Europe, Bakar, Nell Mescal, Example and more!
Leeds Festival - 20th to 25th August 2025
Line up: Bring Me The Horizon, Chappell Roan, Hozier, Travis Scott, Becky Hill, Enter Shikari, Bloc Party, The Kooks, AJ Tracey, Trippie Redd, PLUS Limp Bizkit, D-Block Europe, Bakar, Nell Mescal, Example and more!
Volunteer places at Forbidden Forest, Latitude Festival and Camp Bestival are about to fill, so if you've been thinking about joining us there, this is the time to apply to not miss out!
Volunteer places at Download Festival are also not far behind so get your skates on and apply now!
There's been no increase to festival deposits since last year, so you can volunteer at a whole summer of events with a fully refundable deposit of £95 if it's your first time joining us, or £45 if you've joined us at a festival before! We charge no admin fees, which means you get 100% of your deposit back after the festival!
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
On Facebook 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
