Festival Stewarding - SV650.org

Binky · 21-07-10, 11:55 AM

Got an opportunity to steward at V Festival next month, for which i have a little interview tomorrow.

I get paid to steward, whatever it involves, then can watch the music in the rest of my time.

Anyone have any experience of stewarding these sort of events? Any tips or interesting stories of crowd heroics...?

Tom_the_great · 21-07-10, 11:58 AM

How did you manage to land that ? i wouldnt mind free festival's

JamesMio · 21-07-10, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom_the_great

How did you manage to land that ? i wouldnt mind free festival's

See here!

www.festaff.co.uk

anna · 21-07-10, 12:03 PM

Its an easy gig, generally wandering around with a radio, making sure site bins have bin bags, that toilets have toilet rolls in them. It can be long days but generally it isnt doing a whole lot of anything, just making sure that no trouble happens, if it does then normally you dont get involved you call site security.

You are normally given a patch of the site to be your area, and you just make sure that the site doesnt become to messy, that the traders have everything they need etc etc.

They normally give training of how to use radios, and a bit of first aid too if you dont already have it. Also there will be site security procedures that they will go through with you.

Mr Speirs · 21-07-10, 02:20 PM

I worked both V Festivals last year, not as a steward but can honestly say that when you are working/sober a festival is a god awful place to be and wouldn't wish it upon anybody.
I had to leave the backstage bit of one stage and head to the backstage bit of another but through the crowd. It felt like I have just walked into and crowd of zombie/post apocolyptic people....who were trying to to their girlfriends dignity with a small T-Shirt as she took a dump next to a fence in the middle of the day on a main walkway.

Mr Speirs · 21-07-10, 02:22 PM

Oh and if you are a steward, if there are more of them than you...do not intervene. Seen some daft stuff.

21-07-10, 08:01 PM

Not stewarding but I have my rest day tmorrow cancelled to work at this:

http://www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk/index.htm

21-07-10, 08:09 PM

Did it once at brands for superbike race weekend, got to watch the race, entry to the pitlane, was when foggy was racing seen him, and his mrs

and got paid, was brill weekend.

21-07-10, 11:55 AM	#1
Binky Emily Howard rides an SV Mega Poster Join Date: May 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 2,681	Festival Stewarding Got an opportunity to steward at V Festival next month, for which i have a little interview tomorrow. I get paid to steward, whatever it involves, then can watch the music in the rest of my time. Anyone have any experience of stewarding these sort of events? Any tips or interesting stories of crowd heroics...? __________________ Wowee Zowee

21-07-10, 11:58 AM	#2
Tom_the_great Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 286	Re: Festival Stewarding How did you manage to land that ? i wouldnt mind free festival's __________________ Tom! Cleaned more then ridden ! SV650S 10 Plate Pointy!!, Black Tinted Screen!, Evotech Tail Tidy!, OEM Rear Hugger!, R&G Crash Bungs!, Delkevic Exhuast! Current Mileage = 3000 (Ish)

21-07-10, 12:03 PM	#4
anna Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tower Hamlets but with Shutters on the windows Posts: 1,522	Re: Festival Stewarding Its an easy gig, generally wandering around with a radio, making sure site bins have bin bags, that toilets have toilet rolls in them. It can be long days but generally it isnt doing a whole lot of anything, just making sure that no trouble happens, if it does then normally you dont get involved you call site security. You are normally given a patch of the site to be your area, and you just make sure that the site doesnt become to messy, that the traders have everything they need etc etc. They normally give training of how to use radios, and a bit of first aid too if you dont already have it. Also there will be site security procedures that they will go through with you.

21-07-10, 02:20 PM	#5
Mr Speirs Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 2,218	Re: Festival Stewarding I worked both V Festivals last year, not as a steward but can honestly say that when you are working/sober a festival is a god awful place to be and wouldn't wish it upon anybody. I had to leave the backstage bit of one stage and head to the backstage bit of another but through the crowd. It felt like I have just walked into and crowd of zombie/post apocolyptic people....who were trying to to their girlfriends dignity with a small T-Shirt as she took a dump next to a fence in the middle of the day on a main walkway. __________________ Smokey Black Burnty 02 - Racetech Smoulderlators + .90kg BBQ Springs, zx10r shockingly toasted, Conti Road Attacks heat up very nicely, R&G Crash Bungs but what f**king use are they, No Colour Matched Hugger, Flame Extenda, Beowulf Titainium Oval Flame Thrower.

21-07-10, 02:22 PM	#6
Mr Speirs Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 2,218	Re: Festival Stewarding Oh and if you are a steward, if there are more of them than you...do not intervene. Seen some daft stuff. __________________ Smokey Black Burnty 02 - Racetech Smoulderlators + .90kg BBQ Springs, zx10r shockingly toasted, Conti Road Attacks heat up very nicely, R&G Crash Bungs but what f**king use are they, No Colour Matched Hugger, Flame Extenda, Beowulf Titainium Oval Flame Thrower.

21-07-10, 08:01 PM	#7
Milky Bar Kid Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Festival Stewarding Not stewarding but I have my rest day tmorrow cancelled to work at this: http://www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk/index.htm

21-07-10, 08:09 PM	#8
Bluefish Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Festival Stewarding Did it once at brands for superbike race weekend, got to watch the race, entry to the pitlane, was when foggy was racing seen him, and his mrs and got paid, was brill weekend.

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