General Information For Stewards

Interested in Helping Us With Whitby Folk Week 2010?

Whitby Folk Week depends on a large number of volunteer stewards who give their time and energy without pay. We appreciate their efforts: indeed, the festival's success depends on them.

In return for four to five hours per day you will receive a season ticket, including camping if required.

Stewarding jobs include:

Campsite: Working on either of the festival campsites. Campsite stewards are mainly required to arrive on Friday before the festival.

Car Park: The festival has a small car park next to the festival office. Work here involves selling tickets and showing people where to park.

Childrens’ Events: We need stewards with up-to-date CRB clearance to help out with the children’s festival, checking and selling tickets, keeping registers of parents’ details and helping out wherever necessary.

Concerts: Taking and checking tickets on the doors of concerts, arranging rooms etc.

Street Collections: People to collect at dance spots and parades.

Workshops: Collecting and selling tickets at workshops (mainly in the mornings) and joining in!

Task Force: A small team to help out with the logistical side of the festival, this is physical work with a lot of lifting and carrying.

Spa (Pavilion): This is the Festival’s biggest venue, using the exhibition hall, main hall and theatre areas for concerts, ceilidhs and workshops. It requires a dedicated team (mainly working evenings) of stewards to sell and check tickets, arrange the rooms where necessary and staff the numerous entrances to the venue. This may involve working more than the usual five hours some days, but will hopefully get you a day off during the week.

We are always looking for people with First Aid Certificates to work on various events and venues.

Interested?

Please complete our online application form. If you haven't heard anything within a couple of weeks, please contact: