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Welcome to the 2009 Illawarra Folk Festival Volunteer site!!
If you are a first time volunteer, you are about to discover a wonderful, rewarding experience! By volunteering, you will make new friends and obtain great satisfaction from ensuring everyone has an enjoyable and memorable time at the Festival.
On top of all this, we will also give you a free Season ticket if you volunteer more than 12 hours!
But wait, there’s more…….
- Free camping
- Light refreshments from the Volunteer Kitchen
- Attendance at the Festival Thank You function (Sunday of the Festival) and pre & post festival concerts
- Learn new skills
- References available
- Meet like minded people
- Support a great and unique community event
- Purchase Festival products - CDs & T-Shirts at 50% off
Become a Recycling Team Member and get a special Reg Mombassa Mambo T-shirt!
 
Festival Volunteer > Applications Close 10 November 2008
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Click here to go to the 2009 Volunteer registration form
THIS FORM IS YET TO BE ACTIVATED. PLEASE REGISTER MID-SEPTEMBER
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VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION:
Applications close 10 November 2008
Click here to go to the registration form
click here for
Job Descriptions
GENERAL ENQUIRIES
Helen Wilson
heleniwilson@bigpond.com tel: 02 4283 3033
Recycling & Clean Team
Robynne Murphy
tel: 0416 186 464
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If you have volunteered previously, welcome back!! We look forward to seeing old friends again and many thanks for your assistance in the past.
2009 is our fourth year at Bulli and this time around we have more time available to keep in touch with our volunteers. Rostering will also be advised well beforehand. The key is to register as early as possible and before the 10th November 2008.
Festival Jobs, What to do and when
Here is a basic run-down of what we need to do and when:
Tuesday 13 January - Set-up from 9am to 5pm of the site including stages, artistic items, venue set-up, camp set-up, office set-up, electrical power to stages and stalls. Unpacking of the Festival container which has stages, artistic items etc.
Wednesday 14 January - Set-up continues from 9am. It's Greyhound Race Day as well in the evening.
Thursday 15 January - Continuation of setup from 9am, door control for events in afternoon/evening, office operations, performer registration, performer transport, raffle.
Friday 16, Saturday 17, Sunday 18 January - The Festival is in full swing with bars, offices, venue management, camping management, waste management, performer transport and assistance. Around 30 roles to fill from early till late.
Sunday 18 January - Volunteers party in the evening! Free food and a drink or two!
Monday 19 January - Packing down of the site from 9am. Pack the container and the site storage locations. Have another drink celebratory drink at the end of the day and the end of another great festival.
More Information
To learn more about the many interesting jobs available, go to Job Descriptions
Volunteer Manual TO BE UPLOADED
To learn about our code and terms to volunteer, go to Code of Conduct & Volunteer Agreement
To look up our current roster, go to Volunteer Roster Will be uploaded December
To read our latest update to our volunteers, go to Volunteer Newsletters
To see what’s happening next, go to Volunteer Calendar, see below
And most importantly, to apply go to Volunteer Application
To be more involved in the leadup and planning of the festival, go to Festival Organising Committee
Looking forward to your joining our big, happy team!!
David & Helen
Festival Director / Volunteer Coordinator
Coming up
NEXT BULLI SHOWGROUND SITE VISIT: to be advised
VOLUNTEER TRAINING DAYS - to be advised
Part of the terrific team from the 2006 Festival.
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The 2004 Volunteer Party
The 2002 big picture!
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About the Festival
The 24th Illawarra Folk Festival will be held at the Bulli Showground, 15km north of Wollongong and 70km south of Sydney. The festival was formerly held in Jamberoo. This will be the second festival at Bulli.
The Festival is organised by volunteers from the Illawarra Folk Club Inc. The Festival aims to present Australian and world folk music, song, dance, poetry and yarnspinning. There is a large emphasis on participatory events such as sessions, workshops and theme concerts. Generally there are around 200 events in 12 venues over 4 days.
Festival Jobs to do
We're looking for venue managers, office workers, shop managers, sound operators, waste managers, carpenters, electricians, camp wardens, door controllers, storepersons, drivers and generally lots of hands.
Get Really Involved and Join the Organising Committee!
If you really want to be a big contributor then why not join the organising committee? There are about 40 segments of work to be done prior to the work. You need to be an enthusiastic organiser and slightly mad, like the existing committee!
We have 1 or 2 meetings a month in the evenings and the odd social function for team building!
It is a great sense of achievement to be part of the organising committee. No experience is really required, just enthusiasm and being able to work with like-minded people. Contact the Director, David De Santi, if you feel you can do this, details below.
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Calendar
10 November 2009 - Volunteer registration closing date. Don't panic if you haven't registered by then though. There may still be some jobs to fill.
Friday 5 December 2008, 7.30pm - Folk Festival Preview Concert, 10 acts, City Diggers Wollongong, free entry for volunteers
Sunday 18 January 2009 - 7pm, Volunteer Thank You dinner, drinks and Photograph at Festival
Friday 6 February 2009 - 7.30pm, Volunteer Thank You Concert, City Diggers Wollongong, lots of performers
Page created by David De Santi 31 August 2008, desanti@illawarrafolkclub.org.au
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