The Volunteer Team Behind Bluesfest
(and CityFolk)
Have a special skill? Private recruitment has begun!
https://volunteers.ottawabluesfest.ca/bluesfest-opportunities/We are as excited as you to start welcoming new volunteers for this year’s festival!
**Note: This is private/specialized recruitment; Public/General registration is currently open HERE🤘
Let the weather be the only surprise this season! ☀️💨🌦 Please carefully read each job description that fits your skillset to see the job expectations and requirements. Click the corresponding linked Google Form to submit your application.
production (15-17) (18+)
Are you interested in seeing the behind the scenes of a festival stage and how a show really works? Passionate about creating a comfortable environment and making sure things run smoothly? If so, join this team of professional individuals that serve backstage members and create the PERFECT good vibe hangout area.
Backstage Accreditation (18+)
Do you love working behind the scenes? If so, consider working with the Backstage Accreditation team where you’ll get to be a part of the backstage excitement.
Backstage Accreditation is responsible for verifying proper accreditation at backstage access
points. Volunteers in this area are expected to demonstrate exceptional professionalism, maturity and commitment.
Click HERE to read this Opportunity’s full job description
Click HERE to apply!
Stage Crew (15-17)(18+)
Are you interested in seeing the behind the scenes of a festival stage and how a show really
works? Then come on over to Stage Crew!
Stage Crew is a team of volunteers who support the effective movement and placement of stage
equipment on several festival stages as well as assisting artists unload, load, and set up their
gear.
Click HERE to read this Opportunity’s full job description
Click HERE to apply!
CUSTOMER CARE (15-17)(18+)
Are you a problem-solver who is amped to be on the frontlines at the festival? Are you all about making people’s experiences as smooth as possible? If so, join our Customer Care team and support festival-goers by assisting them with their questions and special requests, and providing them with the directions they need to fully enjoy the festival and all its amenities!
Box Office (15-17) (18+)
Are you someone that is able to keep cool as a cucumber and organized amidst chaos? If so, join
the Customer Care team, responsible for providing exceptional services to our patrons who wish to
purchase their ticket, have issues with tickets or pick up prepaid tickets.
Customer Care volunteers provide frontline customer service to our patrons wishing to purchase
a ticket, upgrade their tickets or pick up pre-paid tickets. If you want to be part of the excitement and ensure our patrons and guests get off to a great start, then this crew is for you!
Click HERE to read this Opportunity’s full job description
Click HERE to apply!
Volunteer Support (15-17)(18+)
If you’re a team-player, ready to create a welcoming and comfortable environment for other enthusiastic volunteers, and prepared to be the first-point of contact for hundreds of volunteers, check out our Volunteer Support department!
The goal of this department is to support the rest of our awesome volunteer teams and ensure they have all the tools and resources they need to succeed onsite, whatever their assigned tasks and responsibilities may be!
Volunteer Check-In (15-17) (18+)
Do you love being the first face someone sees, greeting and inviting your thing? If so, join our team in welcoming all the volunteers daily and being the first smile they see at the festival while hooking them up with everything they need!
The Volunteer Check-In, located in Volunteer Village, is the pre-shift check-in area for all
volunteers. Volunteers must check in before the start of each shift in order to receive their food voucher and daily accreditation that grants them access to the festival. T-shirts are issued to volunteers on their first shift and must be brought to each subsequent shift.
Click HERE to read this Opportunity’s full job description.
Click HERE to apply!
FESTIVAL OPERATIONS (15-17) (18+)
Seeing thousands of people a day means that RBC Ottawa Bluesfest is among Ottawa’s biggest and most anticipated music festivals! Because the festival is such a huge operation that requires a lot of collaboration and teamwork, our Festival Operations department is an essential team in keeping the festival running smoothly.
If you’re ready to be part of the festival’s backbone and do some heavy lifting, both literally and figuratively, come join the department that all other departments depend on: Festival Operations!
signage (15-17) (18+)
Do you like telling people where to go and how to get there? Is your favorite movie a Mel Gibson thriller involving aliens and strategically-placed glasses of water? If so, all signs are pointing to you feeling right at home on our Signage team!
The Signage team is a small but important group of volunteers that do mostly pre- and post-festival work installing and removing signage throughout the festival grounds.
Click HERE to read this Opportunity’s full job description.
Click HERE to apply!
The Volunteer Team Behind Bluesfest
- Keanna Louis-Charles (she/her) musician, educator, community advocate Volunteer Services Manager
- Jamine A (admin assistant), Jason G (IT assistant), Lysandra R (VS assistant), Hannah S (comms assistant) (VS Support Team)
- Holmer B., Debby D., Christina V. (Volunteer Advisory Team)