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The organisers of Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival are all volunteers and the festival itself could not operate without the wonderful people who give their time during the weekend of the festival each year. We also need dedicated team members who perform roles throughout the year, culminating in an amazing event each October.

 

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF VOLUNTEERING?

A minimum of 8 hours volunteer work across the Festival entitles you to:

• Free season pass

• Free camping at the showground 

• Volunteers drinks and party at the end of the Festival

You don't have to be a local so if you if you feel like a musical weekend away in the Australia's

most beautiful valley, then join our team!  

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We are looking for volunteers in the following areas:​

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THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

We have a new committee this year helping take the lead and there's some extra bits 'n pieces that would really help us bring the festival together. 

MERCH - Work with the committee throughout the year to design & organise merch for the festival. Manage the merch store during the festival (a number of volunteers help out so you shouldn’t be there the whole time). This role is taking over from the existing coordinator, so you would be learning the ropes this year for next year. 

RAFFLE - Confirm raffle prizes (generally other folk festival tickets) and the management of sales of the tickets at the festival (a number of volunteers help out so you shouldn’t be there the whole time). This is a new role where the committee will help with locating prizes, so mainly a festival job for this year but next year we would love help with securing prizes. 

ADMIN - Help with documentation & implementation of: Event applications, Compliance, Health & Safety, Accessibility, Sustainability and Post event review. This is a new role and a lot of this is already ready for this year's festival but there’s a few elements we could get you involved in now.

MARKETING - Help coordinate the following tasks while working with the Marketing Director for guidance. Tasks include: assisting with social media, preparing and sending comms throughout the year, some advertising; help prepare marketing collateral e.g. posters, wristbands, printing. Also a new role, but we can always use more help with these tasks. 

VOL COORDINATOR - Responsible for processing volunteer applications and allocating volunteers to teams (Gates, Bar, Merch, Store, Ticket office, Registrations, waste, MCs), resourcing the volunteers and assisting team leaders with volunteers during festival. If you apply for this role soon, you can work alongside the existing coordinators to learn the ropes! 

If you’ve already applied for other roles but these ones sound more up your alley, please re-submit your application noting the new role, you can reference your existing application for the other details that are not mandatory. 

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DURING THE FESTIVAL

• TICKET - Ticket office

• VP - Volunteer/performer registration desks

• GATE - Check wrist bands at the gates and assist with parking

• WASTE - Waste wise team, recycling & cleaning, rubbish removal

• BAR - Bar, RSA certificate required

• MCV - MC/venue manager

• MCS - MC/sound (La Petite Grande or Happy Nest - set up mics and operate simple 8 channel PA)

• CHD - helping run activities for children, Working with Children Check (WWCC) required

• SHOP - selling merchandise

• DECOR - put up and take down decorations before and after the festival

• ​SETUP - help in the days leading (Thursday/Friday) up to the festival with anything to do with site set-up

• SITE - general site helpers to be on call for issues throughout the festival

• ​PACKUP - help on the Sunday evening or Monday to help with anything to do with pack-down activities

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Please indicate your job preferences when applying.  Certain jobs are popular and the positions fill quickly, so we cannot guarantee that your preferred job will be available and we may offer you other tasks.  The sooner you get your application to volunteer to us the greater the chance of getting your preferred job and times.  Note that we give preference to applicants who are available for the whole festival.

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If you have experience with working with children, let us know in the message box as we may have special jobs associated with the children’s program. Also if you have any medical or other factor that may affect you doing particular jobs, please advise us in the message box.

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Volunteers Code of Conduct

As a volunteer at the Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival, we contribute to the success of the Festival by:

• Exhibiting at all times a positive and friendly approach with the purpose of ensuring Festival attendees and volunteers have an enjoyable and memorable experience.

• Promoting the Festival at all times as a fun, interesting and diverse event.

• Respecting and assisting each other to the best of our ability.

• Respecting all people we come in contact with regardless of their race, religion, gender, disability, colour or age.

• Treating all festival goers appropriately, refraining from any abusive, bullying or intimidating behaviour, sexual harassment including any unwanted or unwelcome behaviours

• Following OH&S practices and policies.

• Ensuring we are not under the effects of drugs or alcohol while volunteering.​

 

If you have any questions, please send us an email.

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