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Filling out an application for volunteering at Folkfest... Anyone have recommendations for a crew to ask to be on? Darby? Of note: weekend passes and camping passes are sold in bundles this year, so don't forget to buy/wait too long/lose your ticket this time!
I'll just expand a little on the crews here:
Campground traffic involves ALOT of sitting and potential walking. It's probably the easiest of all the crews I worked on, you just need to know how to entertain yourself while stuck in a field somewhere by yourself. Free everything.
Campground security, although I've never worked it, can also be a super easy gig, but it's totally dependent on who you're partnered up with. I've seen some miserable people because they were partyer's and their partner wasn't, or the person was not a partyer and their partner was (totally goes either way). Free everything
Backstage security (is it still called that? I think it's called festival security now...). Anyways, that was my first gig. I Loved it, but again, that crew's a little dependent on who your crew supervisor is. Mine was a good friend of mine, so he set me up with the best locations, listening to the best shows. If you want to catch lots of daytime shows, this is a good crew to be on. Pay for camping (about $25 Kara tells me)
I have a friend who's been working the tavern for probably close to 15 years straight now, and he swears by it. You get to pour drinks for happy folks and meet/talk with all kinds of people from all over the world. I've never worked the crew myself though, so can't tell you anything about it. Pay for Camping
I've only worked one shift for Folk Exchange so far, but I might be telling you it's the best crew to work for. It's hard to get a spot in this crew though, being you do all your time before the festival, and you do it doing fun things (listening to folk artists in Winter, how sweet is that?!!. For a starting out volunteerer though, I'd totally recommend doing it at the festival for your first couple years. Kick ass way to meet some great people.
Best of luck friend
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