Tight on cash but still want to come to R&S? Want to get involved in the behind the scenes of a music festival? Become a volunteer!
Volunteers attend the festival for the price of a membership and working hours on one of our volunteer crews.
Buy a membership and you’ll then get a link to our volunteer site where you can join one of our crews and sign up for shifts.
Help get Fishers’ festival-ready by prepping new campsites, clearing trails and doing all the little things that go into getting our venue ready.
From postering to general office work, Office Crew members take care of everything in Sudbury before the festival.
Come to Fishers’ early and help us set up before the Festival starts! You’ll help set up tents, stack wood, set up signage and help with anything that is needed to get the venue all set up.
If you love mama earth and want to ensure that we take care of it during the festival, sign up to be an Ecowarrior! You will be responsible for keeping the venue clean throughout the festival and ensuring we return Fisher’s Paradise to its pristine pre-festival condition.
We need friendly faces to welcome our festival-goers to the venue, help them sign in, and guide them to the load-in area where they are further directed. If you love helping people and want to help our guests have a smooth start to their festival experience, we want you on our team!
The Hospitality Crew provides a welcoming and nourishing environment for artists. Ensuring that the artists’ needs are met is key to maintaining a great vibe at R&S. There will be a lot of behind-the-scenes work delivering meals and cleaning up afterwards. You will be appreciated and loved by some great people!
The Hospitality Crew provides a welcoming environment for artists. Ensuring that the artists’ needs are met is key to maintaining a great vibe at R&S. There will be a lot of behind-the-scenes work delivering meals and cleaning up.
This crew oversees the checking in/out of artist instruments and tech equipment. They are responsible for cataloguing checked items, labelling them appropriately, storing them safely and maintaining their security throughout the festival.
Loaders are our heavy lifters. As an arrival’s second point of contact, Loaders are there to ease the load in process, guiding arrivals to where they need to go and assisting them as necessary. Parking Attendants are our TETRIS masters, directing cars to parking spaces while monitoring the parking lot for safety.
Festival runners are the Superheros of the festival – swooping in to help us solve problems as they pop up. You might be asked to fill in when circumstances leave us short handed on certain crews or asked to help when unprecedented tasks arise.
The Peer Support area is a safe and welcoming space for festival goers in distress. This may refer to someone under the influence of substances, in a state of panic/anxiety or simply needing a quiet space to calm themselves. Keeping in mind the importance of dignity, respect, and social inclusion, Peer Supporters are there to provide emotional, social or practical help to folks in need during the later hours of the night.
Stick around after the festival and help us restore Fisher’s Paradise to its pristine pre-festival condition. FUN FACT: Help out with tear down and receive a full festival pass to R&S 2024!
Purchase a R&S membership! You’ll then receive a link to our volunteer website where you’ll have access to all the info you need.
A crew is a team! They group specific tasks into different volunteer roles that you can hold throughout the festival. For example, Merch Crew, Gate Crew and Hospitality Crew!
Depends on your crew!
Yep! Volunteers can sign up for shifts on a first come first serve basis. Make sure you apply to the same crew and same shifts as soon as the sign up information is sent to you to increase chances of working on the same crew the same time.
Yes! By fulfilling your volunteer requirements, you’ll get access to the whole weekend of music, camping and good times.
Yes! You are able to volunteer before, during or after the festival. And were going to need LOTSS of help before the festival to get the venue ready this year.
Volunteers that help our with Tear Down will not only receive access to this year’s festival but will also receive a Full Festival Pass to next year’s fest!
If you are on our Set Up Crew or any crew that volunteers during the festival (Artist Hospitality, Merch, Runner, Peer Support, Ecowarriors, Instrument Lock up, Gate, Parking/Loading, Runner)
Pre festival Venue Crew volunteers will be fed while out working at Fisher’s before the fest!
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