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
- 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
+ 1 areas in the Traders subsection that do not currently have an open application form. Reload page with all areas showing
Workshops, 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
+ 4 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
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 drug and alcohol free. 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. It’s a value we actively want to promote.
This applies to the crew at least as much as ticket holders: crew (many of whom are on site for several weeks during set-up) strongly set the tone of the event.
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 drugs, though, please bear in mind that if you choose to work with us, then we expect this value to be respected.
This 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.