Workers/Volunteers @ Electric Picnic

jimi_t

Just wondering if any other boardsies are working/volunteering at the Picnic this year - just been accepted for (volunteer) stage crew in the body and soul area and hoping it will be a good weekend.

HouseHippo

How to you go about Volunteering

LadyMayBelle

I applied to volunteer with the myhab people but heard nothing back..how did you go about it

Potcher

Mad to see the pistols for free how'd you volunteer?

Toast

Pretty sure the date to apply is well gone.

jimi_t

Mr.S wrote: »

plus the fact you might acutally not see the bands you want, you do have to work;)

True that, but you only do about 5 hours a day and it seems flexible enough.

But yeah, all the volunteer applications need to have been done quite some time ago - www.bodyandsoul.ie

Mushy

I got offered a place, but in the end I just thought I'd actually like the weekend off work, actuallenjoy the whole thing rather than breaking up the day. May do it again sometime though once I've already been there as a paying customer!

Awayindahils

I got an email to volunteer as an attendent this week. I think the bobyandsoul volunteer places are full but there may be others, though probably way less glamourous.

00011000

i could volunteer but should i bother? is it an experience or is it just work?

i'm 24... too old for this kinda thing? hahha

Geometric_Jon

I got accepted last week too for B&S Stage work. Did you send off the postal order yet. I sent it monday, but haven't received any confirmation yet. Cant find a phone number for them anywhere. Have you heard anything at all from them since your application was accepted?

jimi_t

Geometric_Jon wrote: »

I got accepted last week too for B&S Stage work. Did you send off the postal order yet. I sent it monday, but haven't received any confirmation yet. Cant find a phone number for them anywhere. Have you heard anything at all from them since your application was accepted?

Nothing at all - they're probably rushed off their feet. I haven' actually sent mine off yet but I'm working quite close to where the postal address is so I'm going to pop in and suss it out.

Geometric_Jon

Cool. Let us know if you hear anything else. Ill do the same.

blackbagtrack

I volunteered for security last year with some friends and we had to work 12 hours from start to finish for 2 days, hard goin, but it was kinda fun at the same time. Great for pickin up the chinks ...whoops I mean chicks!!

Pris

I got a message this week, email, to say a place had been confirmed for me so I think they're finalising it at the moment. Have you checked the B&S website? You might have a private message there if you log in.

jimi_t

Pris wrote: »

I got a message this week, email, to say a place had been confirmed for me so I think they're finalising it at the moment. Have you checked the B&S website? You might have a private message there if you log in.

Yeah, saw that. At this stage I'm just going to bring my postal order up to the box office on the day. Good to see a couple of boardsies are about.

(by the by, buy a pair of steel toed boots if you don't already wear them. A static 50kg at foot height will break a couple of small but inconvieniently painful bones if you walk into it :P )

afatbollix

your paying them to be local stage crew????

if its stage work... it will be start at 9 in the morning finishing at 2-3 am.. working stright... youll be working all that and wont get to see bands out front... ( it sounds pritty crap back stage)

ussally its a 15 euro a hour job so its pritty crap if your doing it for free... also on the last day its a all nighter after working all day to get out before the lock down..... at 6am

chillywilly

anto-t wrote: »

your paying them to be local stage crew????

if its stage work... it will be start at 9 in the morning finishing at 2-3 am.. working stright... youll be working all that and wont get to see bands out front... ( it sounds pritty crap back stage)

ussally its a 15 euro a hour job so its pritty crap if your doing it for free... also on the last day its a all nighter after working all day to get out before the lock down..... at 6am

i believe you have to work three 8 hour shifts over the weekend, as soon as i heard paying them a 240 bond i decided not to apply to volunteer

jimi_t

anto-t wrote: »

your paying them to be local stage crew????

if its stage work... it will be start at 9 in the morning finishing at 2-3 am.. working stright... youll be working all that and wont get to see bands out front... ( it sounds pritty crap back stage)...usually its a 15 euro a hour job so its pritty crap if your doing it for free...

Not in the slightest - Aiken are in from tomorrow AFAIK. I dunno about other volunteers but doing B&S stagecrew work you're doing 3 5-6 hour shifts in exchange for a ticket + camping.

The 240 deposit is just so you don't apply as a volunteer, get your wristband and then feck off as soon as you get in - they don't apply it if you've worked there at any stage previously.

melekalikimaka

dear lord, scam artists in the extreme, i'm working there and getting paid hansomely

melekalikimaka

melekalikimaka wrote: »

dear lord, scam artists in the extreme, i'm working there and getting paid hansomely

Me too:D

jimi_t

melekalikimaka wrote: »

dear lord, scam artists in the extreme, i'm working there and getting paid hansomely

I'm delighted for you - some of us don't have that option though, so cut the gloating.

DadaKopf

I'll be volunteering with a charity. Ahhh... it's the way to travel. Trader wristbands, trader campsite 5 minutes walk from the main stage, access to the night time arena early in the morning just after the toilets have been cleaned, early access to food stalls for brunch... oh, yes.

melekalikimaka

jimi_t wrote: »

I'm delighted for you - some of us don't have that option though, so cut the gloating.

waves fingers in insulting jesture

jill_valentine

The Myhab people are still looking for volunteers, I think...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055359679

I'm volunteering with 'em. Spur of the moment. Boardsbuddies, anybody?

g5fd6ow0hseima

Yup, I sorted it all out, looks like im in!

jill_valentine

Seeya there then.

Our myhabs will, obviously, kick everybody else's myhab's asses.

g5fd6ow0hseima

ah sure, they all seem the same, it should be good auld craic putting them up, im sure the hours wouldnt be too lenghtly either.......

jill_valentine

Aw, dude, where's your competitive spirit?

jill_valentine

Getting to Stradbally for Tuesday morning is going to be tricky. Any Myhab volunteers from Dublin or Midlands care to carpool...?

Paul-M

Yea, I went for this too, seems like a pretty good deal. Getting there will be pain alright, I'd be up for a carpool situation, if anyone is driving.

g5fd6ow0hseima

jill_valentine wrote: »

Getting to Stradbally for Tuesday morning is going to be tricky. Any Myhab volunteers from Dublin or Midlands care to carpool...?

coming from roscommon im no use,

jimmay

I'm workin EP in the bar. Was just wondering I've never been to a festival...what are the shower facilities like does anyone know? And I've no tent was thinkin of just kipping it in my wheels...would that be ok?

g5fd6ow0hseima

if you like thew thought of sleepin in a car for 3 nights, why not, but you might like a tent where you can stretch out, but alas, only you can know what you want...

jill_valentine

Right, so I'm guessing all my fellow myhab'ers got the email from Kev today (cheers!)

There's a couple of early buses leaving for Portlaoise from Dublin early Tuesday:


So if we get ourselves organised now to meet up and get the same bus, we can share a taxi. So... say so.

jimmay

Corinne Thoughtless Gunpoint wrote: »

if you like thew thought of sleepin in a car for 3 nights, why not, but you might like a tent where you can stretch out, but alas, only you can know what you want...

Eh even I don't know what I want! I couldn't be arsed buying 1 I might try and befriend some generous fellow festivaler and chance my luck. I heard you could buy them down there anyway if ur stuck? What sort of shower facilities are there does anyone know? Im kinda gettin bit nervous to be honest ha don't know what to expect!!

g5fd6ow0hseima

jill_valentine wrote: »

Right, so I'm guessing all my fellow myhab'ers got the email from Kev today (cheers!)

There's a couple of early buses leaving for Portlaoise from Dublin early Tuesday:


So if we get ourselves organised now to meet up and get the same bus, we can share a taxi. So... say so.

Ill meet ye on site.......

The Gnome

Just saw this now, I'll be working with MyHab too. Probably gonna get the 7.30 from Dublin to Port Laoise. If anyone else is around just PM me and we'll arrange something!

Any one not going from Dublin I'll see ye there!

jill_valentine

Seeye at Busaras at 7.30 so.

Jesus Christ, seven thirty... I daresay the MyHab folk will have the damn place to ourselves....

sweettooth

My friend and I were all excited, we got jobs at EP, getting paid and enjoying a bit of the festival who could complain.

Today my friend rang up the organisers to find out what time the bus leaves on friday to find out she doesn't actually have the job. What happended was that my friend worked there last year and was told over the phone that because of this she has it this year. She then got an e-mail and was told to fill out the attached form, which wasn't attached. So she got the e-mail again with the form this time, had to fill it and send back within 10 days, this was on the 19th.

She posted the form yesteday. When she said this to the organisers today they said it was ment to be in before the weekend. Is there anything she could do? We're both pretty annoyed at what happened, I would have gone for the job if it hadn't been for my friend.

Thanks for any help.

cudsy1

hi, i got accepted by body n soul as a volunteer but am unsure whether ill accept. it says i have to be there on the thursday:

Be available to arrive at the Festival site by 12.00 noon on Thursday 30th August 2012.

http://electricpicnic.ie/volunteers

and that id be workin monday too, until what time on monday i wonder..

does anyone have any experience of volunteering at EP?

bodhrandude

So how do you get into this line of work and get paid for it, I have been volunteering at festivals for two years now. I would like to be paid to do this work and enjoy the festival too, And why do some people get freebie tickets and yet do sweet fcuk all to get them.

ghostdancer

bodhrandude wrote: »

And why do some people get freebie tickets and yet do sweet fcuk all to get them.

knowing people who work for POD/sponsors/PR companies who are involved with EP, or be involved in media/music scenes in general.

i know someone who works for Bacardi and got 6 free tickets last year. i know a few who work for a PR company, and a radio station, and they got free tickets for themselves and a +1 and could get more if they asked.

LeftBlank

I applied for stewarding through the main EP site and never heard anything back, despite numerous emails. Very disappointing.