Become a Volunteer - DIY Homesteader Festival

Festival-day Volunteers

You commit to spending two half-day shifts (roughly four hours each) on one of our crews over the fest weekend. At this time we are only accepting applicants who can attend both days. If you would like to volunteer and can only make it out one day, please let us know and we’ll add you to a wait-list. There are very limited pre-and-post-fest positions, which are full-day shifts as it opens up the volunteer to attend the entire fest weekend. All volunteers come to the farm a few weeks before the fest for a volunteer celebration and tour of the fest grounds. Volunteer positions are limited to about 50 big-hearted people, so apply early!

Our thanks:

Weekend Entry Ticket for two half-days or one full-day shift
Fest Bucks (wood token) redeemable for a drink or snack at Fest Food Lane each day
Pre-fest farm party & tour
$20 credit toward workshops
Complimentary campsite in the beautiful Crew Campground

You’ll find more detail on all of the positions below, and if you have any questions let us know and we’ll answer them.

FESTIVAL DAY VOLUNTEER POSITIONS

In your application, you will be given the option to select your first and second choice, as space is limited. Thank you for joining the team!

All of the tasks below are the business side of the mullet. The other side is the party side, which is all about creating an inviting, safe and fun space for all attendees, and helping them have the BEST fest experience possible.

Campground

You may be asked to help in one or more of the following areas:

Greet campers and help them find their campsites.
Answer questions and provide directions within the campground.
Maintain a clean campground.

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Demos

You may be asked to help in one or more of the following areas:

Communicate with demo teachers pre-fest.
Greet demo teachers on fest day and show them to their spaces.
Assist demo teachers as needed throughout your shift.

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Design

You may be asked to help in one or more of the following areas:

Set up displays, signage, etc.
Decorate fest grounds including stage backdrops, photo backdrops, and more.
Tear-down all of the above post-fest.

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Enviro

You may be asked to help in one or more of the following areas:

Manage compost & recycling – sorting, directing attendees how to use compost and recycling facilities.
Assist with our zero-waste initiatives (think stainless steel cups and cloth napkins).
Supervising for general respect of the environment on fest grounds.

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First Aid

Experience and training necessary. Conventional or alternative health care welcome – we desire a balance of the two. You may be asked to help in one or more of the following areas:

Set up of first aid station.
Staffing first aid station.
Walking fest grounds.
Assisting with first aid as needed.

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Hospitality

You may be asked to help in one or more of the following areas:

Greeting attendees.
Ticket booth.
Merch table.
Parking directions.
Site/venue directions.
Venue check-ins.
Teacher introductions.
Water station monitoring.

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Kids

Children in the Kids’ Area are the responsibility of their parents. This is not a child-minding area. That means as a volunteer, your job is to help with facilitation of kids’ area activities and workshops – and help our little homesteaders have a blast! You may be asked to help in one or more of the following areas:

Set up (day before or morning of).
Assisting kids with activities.
Greeting and assisting workshop leaders.
Directing attendees to washrooms, first aid and other venues.
Maintaining a clean and organized space.

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Market

You may be asked to help in one or more of the following areas:

Set up (day before or morning of).
Tear down (Sunday night).
Helping to greet market vendors and show them to their spaces, etc.
Vendor support.
Entry table.
Maintaining a clean and organized space.

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Music

You may be asked to help in one or more of the following areas:

Set up and tear down of stage, equipment.
Keeping music on schedule.
Musician support – greeting, assisting, etc.

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Site

You may be asked to help in one or more of the following areas:

Set up (week of).
Tear down (Sunday night).
Fest-day maintenance – tents, toilet paper refills, moving things as needed, etc.
PA and other tech needs.
Waste management – composting, recycling, garbage.
Maintaining clean fest ground.

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Workshops

You may be asked to help in one or more of the following areas:

Communicate with workshop leaders pre-fest.
Greet workshop leaders on fest day and show them to their venues.
Assist workshop leaders as needed throughout your shift.

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