Festival 2022 — overview of volunteering and contribution areas

The Buddhafield site crew gather together in July to put up tents, plumb the site, meditate together, set up the off grid power supply, play games, maintain the site, live side by side and begin to create the atmosphere that Buddhafield is known and loved for.

There is a fair amount of physical labour and there is also some gentler work, space to learn new skills, fire side sitting and singing, group check ins and daily meditations. We come together as a team, not only to raise the infrastructure of a festival, but to build a community.

The Toilet Wizards are part of the Buddhafield site crew and tend the compost toilets before, during and after the festival.

As part of the Art Décor team, we create the visual ambience for the festival with our creative offerings and natural interventions based on the theme.  This year the theme is “Seeds of the Heart”. We will explore this using natural materials found in the environment along with basic materials such as wire, string, water-based glues, clay, wool, wood, paint etc.

Each year we assemble a team of people, who come together for to participate in an enhanced Buddhafield experience with a focus on community, team cooperation and recycling.

The crew food team for during the festival feeds all the volunteers onsite - up to 400 people per meal!

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The Buddhafield Cafe runs at various festivals in the South West, serving organic vegan food on proper plates, and drinks in proper mugs.

At the Buddhafield Festival the Cafe and the Crew Food run side by side, but they are quite different. This page is for the Buddhafield Cafe team at the Buddhafield Festival.

Want to work in a music venue making pancakes? Padma Pancakes needs you! Work in a small team, creating wonderful vegan and gluten free pancakes, with amazing fillings, all the while listening to gypsy beats, slam poetry and general joyous-ness! Shifts are 5 1/2 hours long, either morning, or alternating afternoon and evening.

Stewards help to look after everyone at the festival. Key roles include: welcoming and processing new arrivals at the gate; directing people so as to ensure safety in the campsites and other areas; and helping marshal any on-site traffic.

Hello! Great that you found your way here and that you’re interested in joining the Peacekeeper team.

The Peacekeepers help to look after and support everyone at the festival

The team gathers together a couple of days before the festival starts, to get to know each other, train together, meet other teams we’ll be working with and generally settle in and build a sense of community.

During the festival the Peacekeeper team members bring their life skills and experience to try to resolve tense or difficult situations through peaceful communication.

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The ticket office is open from 10th July so there are two crews:

• The set-up crew work from 10th July until 13th July (arriving on the 9th),
• and the festival crew work from 13th July to 16th July (arriving on the 12th)

You can apply to one or both of these crews through this page.

We at Buddhafield have a legal obligation to prove that the festival is run in a safely in accordance with government guidelines. This is the role of the compliance to check, structures, traders and food vendors to see if they comply with our onsite policies.

This form is for prospective workshop leaders of any discipline, new and old, wanting to offer workshops or talks in the main workshop spaces at the Buddhafield Festival 2022.

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Are you a Poet, Storyteller, Walkabout act or Cabaret Artist? ...Word Up! is the Buddhafield venue that models authentic self-expression and honours Oral Traditions.

Crafts at Buddhafield Festival are found in the Village Green, and scattered through Land and Social Change. We are looking for expert craftspeople offering opportunities for hands-on learning, skills demonstration, and friendly conversation.

Our time on this earth is both fleeting and precious; How can we use this time to deepen our relationships with ourselves, each other and the natural world and ensure that our actions honour future generations?

Our time on this earth is both fleeting and precious; How can we use this time to deepen our relationships with ourselves, each other and the natural world and ensure that our actions honour future generations?