Interested in volunteering at Folk on the Rocks? Here are the crews that are available for you to volunteer with:
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Crew |
Description |
Available/Full |
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Beer Garden |
People: 40 volunteers + 2 team captains Responsibilities: To legally and efficiently run a profitable beer garden during the festival, and ensure that all tasks in the beer gardens are taken care of properly and professionally. Read More |
Available |
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Children-s Area |
People: 6 volunteers, 1-2 Team Captains Responsibilities: To organize craft centres and encourage kids to participate in the performances going on at the Kids’ Stage. Some emceeing may be required, but it won’t be too excessive. Read More |
Available |
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Concession in Beer Garden |
People: 6-8 volunteers and 1-2 Team Captains Responsiblities: To cook and serve food and beverages to Beer Garden occupants |
Available |
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Cultural Area |
People: 12-15 volunteers & 1 Team Captain Responsibilities: To organize and run the Cultural Area for the festival weekend, including food, crafts and any other activities that will be taking place. Read More |
Available |
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Environment |
People: 12-15 volunteers, 1 team captain Responsibilities: To ensure that the festival site is kept clean and that garbage and recyclables are placed in proper receptacles. In addition, the team is responsible for making sure that the festival site is clean after the festival. Read More |
Available |
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Finance |
People: 10 Volunteers and 1 Team Captain Responsibilities: To collect monies from the Beer Gardens, Merchandise Booth and Ticket Sales during the festival and arrange for their secure and accurate accounting. |
Available |
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Ground Travel |
People: 18-20 volunteers, 1-2 Team Captains Responsibilities: To provide on-time and efficient transportation to performers from their accommodations to the festival site and back over the festival weekend, to various events before the festival weekend, and to and from the airport when they arrive in, and depart from, Yellowknife. Read More |
Available |
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Hospitality |
People: 25 volunteers & 1-2 Team Captains (3 or 4 key volunteers) Read More |
Available |
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Merchandise |
Merchandise sell FOTR amd performer products during the festival. must be age 16+, responsible, good with money and personable. |
Available |
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Office |
General office work, errand running, other duties throughout the year as needed. |
Available |
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Parade Float |
People: 6 Volunteers Read More |
Available |
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Postering |
People: 6 volunteers & 1 Team Captain Responsibilities: Ensure that posters and tent cards are well distributed around Yellowknife, meeting promotion deadlines set by marketing. Read More |
Available |
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Rock the Folks |
Rock the Folks is the youth Battle of the Bands that takes place at the Folk on the Rocks site on the Thursday before the festival. Volunteers will be responsible for security at the event. Read More |
Available |
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Rovers & PLU |
People: 24 volunteers & 1-2 Team Captains Responsibilities: Ensure that all performer equipment is stored accurately, and that equipment is delivered to stages on time for all performances. Read More |
Available |
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Security |
People: 30 volunteers, 1-2 team captains Responsibilities: To ensure that the festival site is safe and secure, that all festival rules are being followed, that all patrons at the festival have appropriate wristbands, and that any confrontations on site are dealt with quickly and efficiently. Also, to make sure that vehicles in the parking lot are parking safely and without blocking anyone in. Read More |
Available |
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Site Crew |
The Site Crew is responsible for maintaining and repairing anything on the Folk on the Rocks site, as well as doing all of the on-site preparatory work that must be done before every festival. This job, by nature, changes every year, as new projects are begun and old ones completed. The Site Manager will be responsible for identifying which projects need to be done, and the Assistant Site Manager will be in charge of organizing volunteer work crews and leading the projects which cannot be completed by one person. Read More |
Available |
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Stage Management |
People: 11 Volunteers Responsibilities: Ensure that the stages are all running on time according to the program, communicate with Rovers and Ground Travel to ensure that all performers and equipment is taken to the right stage at the right time Read More |
Available |
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TBD |
Available |
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Ticket Sales |
People: 14 Volunteers & 1 Team Captain Responsibilities: Ensure that everyone who enters the festival site is sold a ticket and given the correct wristband. Read More |
Available |
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Volunteer Headquarters |
Volunteer Headquarters is the first point of contact with volunteers on the weekend of the festival. Volunteers stop in VHQ to sign in and pick up their t-shirts and wristbands, and this is also where they can pick up cell phones and radios, leave anything they need to leave, and find any information about the festival that they may need. Volunteers will need to be on duty from about 10am until 10pm to allow people to sign in. Read More |
Available |
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Warm the Rocks |
People: 6 volunteers (2 per venue) and 1 Team Captain Responsibilities: To collect cover charge from all patrons entering the Warm the Rocks venues, and to assist any patrons with questions about the festival in general. Read More |
Available |
Once you’re ready to proceed, head over to the Volunteer Registration Page.
