Please select your 1st and 2nd choice below:

IMPORTANT:

Volunteers may arrive on Wednesday from noon to 9pm.

Any volunteer that is not scheduled to work Pre fest will be asked to leave. No exceptions

Rules and Requirements 

1. Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age by festival time. Youth Volunteers 15-17 must be onsite with a legal guardian.
2. Volunteers may arrive on Wednesday from 12 to 9pm at the camping gate. Thursday and Friday check in will be located at the Kimbal Pavillion. 
3. Work schedules vary. Festival Volunteers are required to work approximately 4 hours per day for a minimum of three days depending on the crew. Many crews have 4 day schedules, read the crew descriptions. 
4. Pre-Festival Volunteers – Site Crew and Prefest Camping Crew work from Saturday-Thursday the week before the festival. Usually 8 hour days – minimum 24 hours. They do not work during the festival. Post-Festival Volunteers work Monday-Wednesday after the festival and receive a stipend. 
5. Volunteers must be available for all three days of the festival (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). Some crews begin prior to Friday, Tickets and camping, some work on Monday (see Crew Descriptions). Please DO NOT APPLY if you cannot volunteer all three days. 
6. Consumption of Alcohol or drugs: Volunteers must be 100% sober while working. Reporting to work inebriated or drinking on the job will result in loss of volunteer status, festival privileges and ability to volunteer at festival in the future.
7. Volunteers are assigned to crews by our Volunteer Coordinator. Shifts and specific duties are assigned by your Crew Chief. Choose your top two crew choices keeping in mind that it is not always possible to have your choice. New Volunteers are encouraged to sign up for and most likely placed on Traffic and Safety, Recycling, and Roots Cafe
8. Many volunteers at Rhythm & Roots return each year. As this is very helpful to the festival, priority is given to experienced volunteers–followed by new volunteers on a first come, first served basis. Be advised that there may not be openings on certain crews.
9. While we would love to accommodate everyone’s schedules, unfortunately with 450 volunteers, custom schedules are not possible. When you sign up to volunteer, you are agreeing to work whichever shifts you are scheduled for during each day of the festival. We do our best to make things fair and to distribute shifts evenly, so most departments operate on a system where volunteers work a morning shift, an afternoon shift  and an evening shift. However, it is possible that you will be scheduled for three evening shifts, particularly if working in a department that has greater evening responsibilities, such as Stage Crew. Since our needs often change last minute, schedules cannot be finalized until just before the festival. For this reason, we cannot provide you with your schedule until you arrive on site at the festival and meet your Crew Chief.