23rd Illawarra Folk Festival 17-20 January 2008
Volunteer Application & Registration

 

Please read through the information on this website and then proceed to fill in the on-line form below. If you have difficulty in filling in the form then call Bob Williams and he will do an over the telephone registration

 

Applications close 10 November 2007 - we need time to organise to prepare the rosters and then to communicate to everyone

Further enquiries with Volunteer Coordinator Bob Williams - bob@illawarrafolkclub.org.au tel: 0412 320 413

If you would like to be more involved than just during the Festival then join the Organising Committee by contacting Festival Director: David De Santi Illawarra Folk Club, PO Box 5289, Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia. desanti@illawarrafolkclub.org.au

For Illawarra Folk Club concerts, generally held 1st Friday and 3rd Saturday of each month, contact Russell Hannah, tel: 02 4297 1777, email: russell@illawarrafolkclub.org.au

About the Festival

The 23rd Illawarra Folk Festival will be the third held at the Bulli Showground, 15km north of Wollongong and 70km south of Sydney. The festival was formerly held in Jamberoo.

The Festival is organised by an organising committee of volunteers from the Illawarra Folk Club Inc. They work for around 8 months of the year preparing the festival. The members of the committee are folk musicians, dancers, poets, storytellers and anyone interested in presenting a unique cultural and fun event!

The Festival aims to present Australian and world folk music, song, dance, poetry and yarnspinning. There is a large emphasis on participatory events such as sessions, workshops and theme concerts. Generally there are around 150 events in 12 venues over 4 days.

We need around 120 volunteers in 16 roles to help set-up, run and pack-down the festival.

Click here to see the job descriptions.

Full Volunteer Benefits

To become a full volunteer and receive all the benefits you will need to provide 12 hours or more at the festival. The benefits to becoming a full volunteer are:

  • Be a part of a great team of people
  • Meet lots of like minded people
  • Get a Season Ticket to the Festival and free camping site (saving of $115)
  • Get to go to the Festival Thank You function on Sunday evening of the festival
  • Help support the furtherment of Folk Music in Australia and the Illawarra
  • Support a great community event
Enquiries to VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
Bob Williams, bob@illawarrafolkclub.org.au
tel: 0412 320 413

or Festival Director: David De Santi, PO BOX 5289, Wollongong, NSW, 2500: desanti@illawarrafolkclub.org.au

General enquiries to: tel/fax: 1300 887 034
Internet Web Site: www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au

Illawarra Folk Festival Volunteer Code of Conduct

As a volunteer at the Illawarra Folk Festival, we contribute to the success of the Festival by:

On-Line Form Instructions

This is an electronic form. Please fill in each appropriate section then click the Register button.

It is important to provide as much of the information requested as you can as it assists our Volunteers in assessing the application and communicating with you.

We've provided instructions for each question, so please read them.  When you click the Register button, our website will check the form, then send it to us.

If you supply an email address, then we'll send you a confirmation of your registration.  Please check that you've given us your correct email address.

You can register as both a performer and a volunteer; if you would like to do this, please register as a performer first, then return to this form to register as a volunteer.

Type of volunteer:
Tell us what type of tasks you're good at. Just click on the box you would like to select. You can select more than one job!		 HOURS AVAILABLE TO VOLUNTEER

I would like to contribute 12 hours and be a Full Festival Volunteer

I would like to contribute more than 12 hours

I would be happy to provide 2 or more hours from my contribution as part of the Waste Bin Monitoring Team to help in the festival's recycling initiative.

I would like to contribute less than 12 hours, please indicate how many (2, 4, 6, 8 or 10 hours):

I would like to be part of the Site Management Team during the Festival. This involves more responsibility, team leadership skills and a work ethic!

JOBS AT THE FESTIVAL

Please number preferences for all the tasks you would be willing to do. (i.e. 1,2,3,4, etc.)  You can number as many tasks as you like.

Set-up the Festival (starts on Tuesday and continues till Friday).

Pack-down the Festival (Sunday evening and all day Monday).

Be an MC at events

Be a Venue Manager

Festival Office selling tickets, providing information.

Merchandise Shop selling performers CDs, books.

Manage the performers registration.

Be a gopher - do odd jobs or anything!

Manage the camping area.

Artistic decoration (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday).

Help with transport and I have a drivers license.

Manage Volunteer Induction and Registration.

Help with the Festival Raffle, sell tickets.

Join the Waste Busters Team with garbage collection and recycling

Help with the cleaning of facilities, venues, toilets

Examples: sound engineer, crowd control, gopher, parking attendant

JOIN THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE?

I would like to be more involved in the overall organisation of the festival during the year. General Committee Meetings are held monthly.
Name:
(Please provide your name.)		  

Example: "Mary Sommerville"
Address:
(Please provide your postal address.)		 Line 1: No & Street or PO Box
Line 2: City / Town
Line 3: State
Postal or Zip Code:
Contact:
(Please provide your contact phone number(s).)		 Home:
Work:
Mobile:
Email Address:
(Please provide your email address.)
Example: myname@myisp.com.au
Are you also a performer?
(If you're also a performer, please tell us which registered performers are with.  If you're a solo performer, tell us the name under which you've registered.  If you're not a performer, please skip this question.)

Examples: "John's Flying Flea Spectacular, Mary Sommerville (solo)"
Availability:
The Festival starts Thursday evening with a dance and Tripe Eaters Concert. The festival starts in earnest from Friday morning and finishes Sunday evening.   Please specify when you are available each day.

Tuesday and Thursday are set-up days and Monday is pack-up day.

Please select a choice from the drop down menu and/or provide detailed information in the box next to it. Examples: "All day", "After 9pm", "Between 12noon and 3pm"
If not available for that day type 'NA'.
If available select 'ALL DAY'

 Tuesday 15 January 2008 - Set-up Day 1, starts at 9am, finishes by 5pm
Available: Additional information
Wednesday 16 January 2008 - Set-Up Day 2, starts at 9am, finishes by 5pm
Available: Additional information
Thursday 17 January 2008 - Set-Up Day 3 / Festival starts from 2pm / Festival Office opens at 11am
Available: Additional information
Friday 18 January 2008 - Festival day / Festival Office opens at 8am
Available: Additional information
Saturday 19 January 2008 - Festival day/ Festival Office opens at 8am
Available: Additional information
Sunday 20 January 2008 - Festival Day/ Festival Office opens at 8am
Available: Additional information
Monday 21 January 2008 - Pack up Day, starts at 9am, finishes by 6pm
Available: Additional information
Please confirm the following: I acknowledge by submitting this volunteer application I am agreeing to comply with the Illawarra Folk Festival Code of Conduct (at the start of this webpage) and Terms of Agreement.below.
  • I agree to abide by the Code of Conduct
  • I agree to carry out my volunteer tasks according to the rostered hours
  • I agree to contact the Volunteer Co-ordinator as early as possible if circumstances prevent my commencing a shift
  • If I breach the Code of Conduct, I acknowledge I may be relieved of my duties and escorted from the site. Such conduct may also result in denial of future volunteer applications
I am over 18 years of age.
If under 18, please state age and indicate if you have permission from your parents to be involved. Age: Permission:
Name of parent providing permission