Presentation of the association:
Dour Festival is a four-day music festival. Two hundred artists perform on four stages. More than anything, it is a unique concept and a wonderful atmosphere.
More than 1,000 journalists came to the festival. These professionals are generally from Europe. Last year we noted the presence of journalists from Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Spain, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Reunion Island and the USA.
The line-up is more international than ever. However we dedicate a large part of our program to homegrown Belgian artists.
The Project:
Dates: From the 12th until the 16th of July 2017
Type: Music Festival
Max volunteers: about 10 volunteers.
Volunteers will be part of the Croix Verte (the green cross). Your job is to keep the area clean and tidy it up. The team will collect and recycle the waste to provide the festival-goers with a nice and safe ground.
Volunteers will also have to do physical work. Do not imagine you will simply enjoy the festival; there will be hard work too!
Your job will be the same throughout the whole festival. It could be heavy and repetitive. You will have to work during 5 days (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday). The festival dates will be in-between. Volunteers will have to work around 6 hours a day, probably early in the morning. During their free time, you will be free to go to the festival and enjoy the concerts (concerts start at noon and end at 5.00 a.m.).
Food:
The organization will give volunteers sandwiches, drink and food tickets during the festival. There are lots of shops, small snacks (pizza, fries, sandwich, Chinese...) and bars in Dour. If possible, you need to bring kitchen materials like a camping stove, plates, cutlery… to cook for yourself in the camping.
You also need to have a small budget for other meals (about 10€/day).
Accommodation:
A camping site is reserved for the volunteers. It is well located. There is also a bar.
There are showers and toilets in the camping. You need a flashlight, toilet paper, bath towel, basic pharmacy, earplugs… You can expect not to have hot water to shower. You need to bring all the things that will be useful to their stay because you will not be able to buy anything during your stay over there!
You need a tent and a sleeping bag (+ camping mattress, pillow…) and all you think you need to go camping (there is no kitchen). You need to bring their own material to fix their tent if you need to do so! There will not be any building where you can sleep. If you do not bring your own tent and camping material, you will have to sleep in the mud!