Festival 2020 — overview of volunteering and contribution areas
What are you up to next July? Do you want to be part of something rewarding and watch your efforts bloom into the enjoyment of thousands of people? Have you been to Buddhafield Festival before and want to get involved?
We are looking to put together a set of effective teams, working in a spirit of friendship to put in place everything necessary to make the Buddhafield Festival happen.
Updates
- 28th April 2020
- Buddhafield Festival 2020
- 9-13 September
- Holding to nothing whatever
Many of you have been waiting for an update on this year's Buddhafield festival. We appreciate your patience. Thank you for the messages of support and love that we have received. We’re ready to confirm what many of you have already guessed.
Buddhafield festival cannot go ahead in July this year. However, we all need something to look forward to and it would be good to gather on the land later in the year if, and when, it's safe to do so.
Our new plan is aimed at 9th-13th September. Our event will be on the same site, with the same numbers and the same awesome people coming together. We can't know for sure whether this will be possible - it’s all pending guidelines on mass gatherings.
We hold the aspiration and hope you're with us.
- March:
- Traders Applications opened on March 9th.
- February:
- More areas are open. There have been delays in setting up new system for the Traders Applications.
- January 2020:
- Some applications are open - other area applications will open soon
Listings below include only areas with Applications Open now...
You can also choose to show all areas, or only areas with Applications Not Open:
Traders
This page is for people who are proposing a trade of goods and services at the Festival. If you consider yourself a “not-for-profit” or “campaign” stall, and are not a shop selling items, please apply through Independent Spaces.
Traders and StallsWorkshops, Yoga, and Independent Spaces
Please use this page if you would like to apply to bring a new space to Buddhafield Festival.
Independent Spaces+ 2 areas in the Workshops, Yoga, and Independent Spaces subsection that do not currently have an open application form. Reload page with all areas showing
Site and Stewards, Health and Wellbeing
Site Crew Volunteering: 1st - 25th July 2020
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.
Site CrewAs part of the Art Décor team, we create the ambience for the festival with our creative and natural interventions based on the Buddhist theme and our imagination. Using as many natural materials found in the environment along with basic materials, wire, string, water-based glues, clay, wool, wood, paint etc.
This year we are looking for sculptors, craft workers, willow weavers, 3D or land artists to add to our creative team. Please indicate what skills you have in your application. There is limited space as it is such a desirable team to be on.
Art Décor+ 6 areas in the Site and Stewards, Health and Wellbeing subsection that do not currently have an open application form. Reload page with all areas showing
Crew Food, Cafe, and Pancakes
Come and help us feed everybody while we set the festival up and take it down again. You’ll be part of a team of 20 that has a lot of fun singing, chopping veg and making delicious food for up to 400 people at a time!
Crew Food (Before and After Festival)Have lots of fun and make new friends working in the fast paced crew kitchen, feeding up to 400 people per meal. You’ll work a 6 hour shift each day, leaving you plenty of time to enjoy the festival. It’s high energy, busy and like nothing else!
Crew Food (During Festival)+ 2 areas in the Crew Food, Cafe, and Pancakes subsection that do not currently have an open application form. Reload page with all areas showing
Entertainments
Are you a Poet, Storyteller, Comedian, Walkabout act, or Cabaret Artist? ...Word Up! is the Buddhafield venue that models authentic self-expression and honours Oral Traditions. We like to make people laugh, and model upbeat truth-telling with plenty of participation and meaningful underlying messages.
Spoken Word and Walkabout+ 5 areas in the Entertainments subsection that do not currently have an open application form. Reload page with all areas showing
Healers and Healing Garden
+ 1 areas in the Healers and Healing Garden subsection that do not currently have an open application form. Reload page with all areas showing
Land and Social Change, Green Crafts, and Campaign Stalls
+ 3 areas in the Land and Social Change, Green Crafts, and Campaign Stalls subsection that do not currently have an open application form. Reload page with all areas showing
Alcohol, Drugs and Festival Participation
All Buddhafield events are free from recreational drugs and alcohol. We believe this is one of the things that makes the atmosphere at our Festival special. A great many people come to Buddhafield because that’s our stated aim and a value we actively promote.
This applies to the crew as much as ticket holders. All crew (many of whom are on site for several weeks during set-up) are expected to strongly set the tone of the event. This policy applies to “legal highs” as well as illegal drugs and we reserve the right to ask you to leave if you can’t respect this.
People tell us that they didn't know they could enjoy a festival without their recreational drug of choice, so if this would be a new way of experiencing a festival, then why not give it a try! Whatever your views on recreational drugs, though, please bear in mind that if you choose to work with us, then we expect this value to be respected and adhered to.