2024 New World Festival - Available Volunteer Positions

Brief Description - 2024 New World Festival Volunteer Positions

Set-Up:  Be there at 8AM on Sunday to help move and set-up tables, chairs, signs, trash receptacles, and assist vendors move in. Stamina necessary. Please do not request this assignment if you are unable to lift and carry continuously through the shift.

We are looking for an experienced volunteer to be the point person for others during this shift!

Set up/Break down Signs: On Saturday (Maybe Sunday morning), the day before the festival, place festival signs in various locations (such as by exit 5), and take down the signs on Monday. This job would involve a brief orientation before the festival from one of the site managers, and volunteers would need a pickup or a van to transport signs.

Recycling/Trash: Help save the environment! We are a green event and we need your help to separate recycling and remove trash, and do a sweep of the festival grounds to pick up remaining litter. This will be done during the festival and Monday AM.

Ticket Sales:  Sell festival and food tickets. Place admission bracelets. Must be able to efficiently operate an ipad. We are allowing un-braceleted to purchase food tickets but they must be informed that food tickets cannot be used to purchase alcoholic beverages and they may not enter the dance tent to eat.

Bethany entryway:  Make sure EVERYONE has an admission bracelet. Audience numbers at Bethany will be restricted so entry persons here may need to make sure no one enters once capacity is reached and will need to communicate with those inside regarding whether any seats are available to new enters.

Family Tent:  Assist in children's activities.

Chandler Main Stage entrance:  Make sure EVERYONE is braceleted. No food or drink (except bottled water) permitted in Hall. Make sure doors are closed after people enter. Watch the stairs to the balcony to make sure people entering there are braceleted.  Last shift tips up seats and clears trash from the hall.

Festival Store:  Assist in sales of CDs and other paraphernalia.

Main Tent Security: Make sure no Alcohol leaves the tent (It is the LAW). Make sure no alcohol enters the tent. Help watch for inappropriate sharing of alcohol with underage or over imbibed. 

Main Tent Tables: Watch for underage drinking and report to the bartender.  Keep tables cleared and orderly.  Help patrons deposit trash into appropriate recycle containers.

Refreshments: Sell water and food tickets.

Upper Gallery entrance:  Check for bracelets, make sure no alcohol leaves area if beer/wine being served, keep entrance quiet during performance

Cleanup:  Enjoy nearly the whole day's activities then starting at 9-10pm help stack tables, chairs, remove signs, take down mini tents, put away leftovers, pick up trash on ground, etc.  Some stamina required.

Traffic Control: Direct/control traffic on either end of the festival’s street closure. Must be able to stand for a three hour shift. 

Parking: Responsible for directing parking in the Bowling alley parking lot on Prince Street. Some experience is appreciated.

Instruments:  Make sure only musicians have access to instruments stored in the room beyond the kitchen upstairs at Chandler.

Miscellaneous:  There are a few miscellaneous jobs such as volunteer check in, musician check in, etc.  Emcees are generally by special invitation but let me know if you have a commanding presence and would like this job.

If you love the festival , would like to help ensure that it continues  going strong and are interested in helping make decisions about future festivals, we are also looking for committed volunteers to join the Festival Committee!