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Leeds festival jobs & event staff in Leeds

Event staff jobs and festival work across Leeds and Yorkshire - Leeds Festival, Tramlines, Y Not, Harewood House events and the full Yorkshire circuit. Add your name once and get rung direct when crew is needed near you.

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Event staff jobs in Leeds

CrewPool is a free list of event crew for Leeds and West Yorkshire. Companies hiring for Leeds Festival, arena events at Utilita Arena (First Direct Arena), corporate shows at Royal Armouries and Corn Exchange, and weddings right across Yorkshire search it and contact crew direct - no agency, no cut. Pick the work you do:

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Leeds Festival jobs

Leeds Festival - the West Yorkshire leg of Reading & Leeds, held at Bramham Park near Wetherby each August - is one of the biggest paid crew opportunities in the north. Commonly searched as Leeds festival jobs, Leeds fest jobs or Leeds Festival crew, it draws hundreds of paid crew across build, on-event and strike phases. Roles across the build and the weekend include build and break crew, bar staff, stewards, litter and recycling pickers, catering crew, stagehands and site managers. Most crew are booked weeks in advance through the contractors and promoters who run the site. Getting on the CrewPool list early means those contractors can find you when they are building their teams. Start with the dedicated Reading & Leeds festival jobs page or the jobs at Leeds Festival page for this year's roles.

Year-round event jobs in Leeds

Event jobs in Leeds cover a broader season than festival season alone. Leeds is one of the UK's largest event cities - beyond Leeds Festival (Reading & Leeds at Bramham Park in August), the year-round event jobs calendar includes arena crew at Utilita Arena, event staff for shows at Harewood House and Temple Newsam, exhibition crew for business events and event staff for the city's corporate and hospitality circuit. Most event jobs in Leeds are arranged through production companies who search CrewPool for available crew. Event staff rates run from £100-£300+ a day depending on the role.

Event staff jobs in Leeds - the main markets

Event staff jobs in Leeds split into several overlapping markets. Festival event staff jobs are the biggest single source: the contractors running Reading and Leeds Festival at Bramham Park each August take on hundreds of event staff across the build, the weekend and the break. Event staff jobs at Utilita Arena (formerly First Direct Arena) run year-round for gigs, boxing nights and sporting events - stewards, bar staff and production runners. Corporate event staff jobs fill the Corn Exchange, Cloth Hall Court, Royal Armouries and Leeds Dock circuit all year round, peaking in May-June and again in October-December.

Venue and arena event staff jobs in Leeds run year-round alongside the festival circuit. First Direct Arena (Utilita Arena, 13,000 capacity) hosts touring concerts from March to June and September to November when no major outdoor shows are running. Headingley Stadium takes on event staff for Yorkshire Cricket fixtures, rugby and summer concerts. O2 Academy Leeds and Hyde Park Book Club - a 1,000-capacity outdoor summer concert venue in the Hyde Park area - both recruit event staff through their production contractors. Leeds Town Hall and Civic Hall handle corporate events and classical concerts; the Royal Armouries Museum and Leeds Dock and Clarence Dock venues run weddings and corporate evenings year-round. Bar staff working venue event staff jobs in Leeds earn £90-£130 per day depending on licence conditions; event stewards and car park marshals earn £90-£110; build crew for stage and production setups earn £110-£150; catering assistants for corporate event catering earn £100-£130. These are the event staff jobs in Leeds that fill the calendar between the summer festival peaks.

Event staff jobs in Leeds pay £100-£300+ a day for day-rate crew and £13-£16 an hour for hourly venue shifts. Event staff who hold a personal licence, hold a CSCS card or have worked festival event staff jobs before get picked first through CrewPool. Add your name once - production companies and event contractors near Leeds search the list and ring you directly when they need event staff. Event staff jobs in Leeds are available right now: the summer season runs through August and September, and the autumn corporate circuit starts from mid-September.

Events jobs in Leeds (sometimes searched as "events jobs Leeds" or "events work Leeds") cover the same broad market - the event industry in Leeds uses the terms interchangeably depending on whether the role is crew-based or staff-based. Whether you are after events jobs doing build and break, bar work at events, stewarding gates or running exhibition stands, the process is the same: add your name to CrewPool free, tick what you can do, and the companies with events jobs near Leeds find you directly.

Event build crew jobs in Leeds

Event build crew jobs in Leeds cover the staging and infrastructure work that happens 2-4 weeks before every outdoor event in the region, not just at Leeds Festival. Roundhay Park hosts outdoor concerts as part of the Leeds International Festival and the summer event programme, requiring full stage and barrier build crews each time. Harewood House runs estate outdoor events from late May to September, with marquee, fencing and staging build crew contracted per event. Kirkstall Abbey hosts summer outdoor events including the Kirkstall Festival, requiring build and break crew for temporary staging and barriers. RHS Harlow Carr near Harrogate runs member events and outdoor shows through the summer. Bramham Park, Harewood House and Temple Newsam together form the main outdoor event build crew circuit in West Yorkshire alongside the festival programme.

Event build crew jobs in Leeds typically start 2-4 weeks before each event - erecting stages, barriers, crowd control fencing, marquees, power infrastructure and temporary structures, then breaking everything down in the days after the final day. General event build crew rates in Leeds run £110-£150 per day, rising to £150-£280+ for specialist staging, rigging and structural roles. Add your name to CrewPool free - contractors sourcing event build crew near Leeds find you directly when they are building their teams.

Festivals near Leeds

Leeds and West Yorkshire run a busy event calendar - Reading & Leeds (August), Parklife (June), Tramlines (July) and Y Not Festival (July) and more, all hiring crew through the season. Find work at any of them:

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Festival jobs across Yorkshire

Yorkshire is one of the UK's busiest festival regions, running a circuit from late June through to early September. Leeds Festival - Reading & Leeds at Bramham Park near Wetherby - is the headline event each August, but it sits alongside a full calendar of paid crew opportunities across the region. Tramlines in Sheffield (July) is the UK's largest inner-city festival; Y Not Festival runs in Derbyshire each July; Bluedot takes place at Jodrell Bank in Macclesfield (July); Deer Shed Festival runs in North Yorkshire each July; Bingley Music Live comes to Bradford in August; and the estate events at Harewood House and Newby Hall fill the gaps across the summer season.

Festival jobs across Yorkshire cover the full range of crew roles: build crew, bar staff, event stewards, catering crew, litter and recycling pickers and crew chiefs. Most festivals hire through production contractors who search for available crew in the weeks before each event. Adding your name to the CrewPool list once means contractors running any of the Yorkshire festival circuit can find you directly when they are building their teams.

Event staff jobs in Leeds - September and autumn 2026

The Utilita Arena (formerly First Direct Arena, 13,000 capacity) opens its main autumn gig season from September, with touring shows running through October and into November before the December break. Arena event staff jobs in Leeds for September onwards include bar staff, stewards, production runners and car park marshals - these are arranged by the arena's bar contractors and production partners, who search CrewPool for available crew confirmed free on specific show dates. Headingley Stadium picks up event staff for autumn rugby league fixtures (Yorkshire Carnegie) and any late cricket (Yorkshire Cricket home games run to September). O2 Academy Leeds on Cookridge Street starts its autumn circuit from late September.

September marks the return of students to Leeds - one of the UK's largest student cities, with the University of Leeds, Leeds Beckett University and Leeds Arts University all starting term in late September. Event staff jobs in Leeds in September include bar and stewarding roles at freshers' events across the city: Leeds University Students' Union (LUU) at Lifton Place is one of the UK's largest student union venues and runs a dense freshers events programme from late September, hiring event staff through its bar contractors. Leeds Beckett SU and the Hyde Park Book Club (outdoor concert venue, last shows of the season in September) also recruit event staff through the month.

The Corn Exchange, Cloth Hall Court, Royal Armouries Museum and Leeds Dock corporate events circuit runs its busiest months from October through to December. Event staff jobs in Leeds for the corporate circuit typically start landing from mid-September as companies plan their end-of-year events. Corporate event staff roles in Leeds cover bar staff, event stewards, welcome desk staff and catering assistants - most arranged through event management companies who search CrewPool for available crew near the LS1 and LS10 postcodes. Add your name to CrewPool free now and event companies booking autumn and Christmas season event staff in Leeds find you directly when their briefs land.

Event staff jobs in Leeds - October to December

October to December is the busiest quarter for event staff jobs in Leeds city centre. The Corn Exchange Christmas market and corporate events circuit at Cloth Hall Court, Royal Armouries Museum and Leeds Dock all peak from October, recruiting bar staff, event stewards and catering crew through event management companies who search CrewPool. October also brings the return of Leeds Comedy Festival (various city venues, bar staff and front-of-house crew) and the bonfire circuit at Roundhay Park and Temple Newsam. Event staff jobs in Leeds in October typically pay £100-£130/day.

December is the peak month for event staff jobs in Leeds. Leeds Christmas Market at Millennium Square and the Trinity Kitchen circuit run from late November, creating bar staff and ground crew event work for 4-6 weeks. The Utilita Arena Christmas concert run (December gigs before the venue break) adds further bar staff and steward event staff jobs. First Direct Arena (Utilita Arena) plus Royal Armouries plus the city's hotel circuit together create hundreds of event staff jobs in Leeds in December. Add your name to CrewPool free - event companies recruiting event staff jobs in Leeds for the Christmas circuit find you directly, not the other way around. See also Christmas temp jobs and Christmas market jobs in Leeds.

Bar work in Leeds

Between events, the same crew picks up casual and weekend bar work in Leeds - £13–£16 an hour plus tips, agreed direct with the venue. Hiring instead? Hire bar staff in Leeds.

Festival jobs in Yorkshire

Festival jobs in Yorkshire cover one of the UK's most active regional circuits. Leeds Festival - the West Yorkshire leg of Reading and Leeds, held at Bramham Park near Wetherby each August at around 90,000 capacity - is the headline festival jobs opportunity in Yorkshire each summer, taking on build crew, bar staff, stewards, catering crew, litter pickers and site crew in the weeks before and across the event weekend. Tramlines at Hillsborough Park in Sheffield (July, around 60,000 capacity) is the UK's largest inner-city festival and a major source of festival jobs in Yorkshire for Greater Manchester and Leeds-based crew. Y Not Festival runs in the Derbyshire Peak District each July; Deer Shed Festival takes place at Baldersby Park in North Yorkshire each July; Bingley Music Live returns to Myrtle Park in Bradford each August.

Festival jobs in Yorkshire split into two distinct phases. Build and break festival jobs in Yorkshire are contracted 2-4 weeks before each event - setting up stages, barriers, marquees, fencing and power infrastructure. On-event festival jobs in Yorkshire work across the festival itself: bar staff running licensed festival bars, stewards managing gates and crowd flow, catering crew running food and beverage areas, and litter and recycling pickers keeping the site clean. Most festival jobs in Yorkshire are arranged through the production contractors and promoters who supply the events - they search CrewPool for available crew in the weeks before each festival. Getting on the list means contractors running any Yorkshire festival can find you directly when they need crew.

Festival jobs in Yorkshire pay in line with national UK event rates: £100-£150 per day for general build crew and bar festival staff, £100-£140 per day for stewards, £110-£160 per day for stagehands, £150-£280+ per day for specialist roles (lighting, rigging, staging). Crew chiefs and site managers working festival jobs in Yorkshire earn £180-£300+ per day. All rates are agreed direct between crew and the company - no agency takes a cut on CrewPool. Festival jobs in Yorkshire start arriving on the CrewPool list from late May as contractors begin building their teams for the summer circuit.

Jobs at Leeds Festival

Jobs at Leeds Festival - the West Yorkshire leg of Reading and Leeds, held at Bramham Park near Wetherby each August - are some of the most-searched crew opportunities in the North. At around 90,000 capacity, Leeds Festival is one of the largest outdoor events in the UK and takes hundreds of paid crew to build, run and strike. Jobs at Leeds Festival split across the build (2-4 weeks before gates open), the event weekend itself and the strike (1-2 weeks after). Build jobs at Leeds Festival include erecting stages, barriers, crowd control fencing, marquees and infrastructure; on-event jobs at Leeds Festival cover bar staff, stewards, catering crew, litter and recycling pickers and site crew; strike jobs at Leeds Festival cover breaking down and removing all structures after the final day.

Jobs at Leeds Festival are arranged through the production contractors and subcontractors who build and supply the event - these companies search CrewPool for available, experienced crew in the weeks before the August dates. The fastest route to jobs at Leeds Festival is to add your name to the CrewPool list free, tick the roles you can cover (build crew, bar staff, stewards, catering crew, litter crew) and set your travel range to cover Bramham Park near Wetherby. When contractors are building their Leeds Festival crew lists, they find you directly. Leeds Festival 2026 at Bramham Park wrapped at the end of August. The 2027 festival returns to the same site for another late August weekend. Production contractors who staffed Leeds 2026 begin building their 2027 crew lists from September,the crews who made 2026 work are the first people contacted when 2027 calls go out. Adding your name to CrewPool free now means you are on the list when 2027 Leeds Festival crew recruitment opens from spring 2027. See also the dedicated Reading and Leeds festival jobs page and the Leeds Festival crew page for more detail.

Leeds fest jobs 2027 - sign up now

Leeds Festival 2026 is done,Leeds fest jobs for 2027 start here. The crew who sign up in September and keep their availability current through to August are the ones the production contractors ring when they start building their 2027 Leeds Festival teams from spring onwards. The process for Leeds fest jobs works the same way every year: contractors search CrewPool for available, experienced crew in the weeks before Bramham Park opens for the build phase,typically from late July, with on-event roles from early August. Leeds fest jobs cover build and break crew (staging, barriers, marquees and infrastructure), bar staff (festival bars across the site), event stewards (gates, campsite management, crowd flow), catering crew, litter and recycling pickers and site crew. Build crew for Leeds fest earn £110-£150/day; bar staff £100-£130/day; stewards £100-£120/day; crew chiefs and site managers £150-£280/day. Getting on the list now is free and takes under two minutes,add your name, tick what you can do and set your travel range to cover Bramham Park near Wetherby, West Yorkshire.

Hiring festival staff in Leeds?

Reading and Leeds Festival at Bramham Park is the biggest annual hire in West Yorkshire - 50,000-capacity weekend in August, plus a build phase starting 2-4 weeks before gates open. Alongside it: Slam Dunk at Temple Newsam, Tramlines in Sheffield (40 minutes from Leeds city centre, around 60,000 capacity), Leeds Pride and city events at First Direct Arena and Headingley. Post your brief free on CrewPool and crews in a 30-mile radius see it within minutes.

No agency 25-40% markup. Day rates agreed direct: stewards and build crew £100-130, bar staff £90-120, site management £130-180. Browse available festival crew in Leeds

Festival staff hire in Leeds works differently on CrewPool: instead of going through a staffing agency (which adds 25-40% on top of day rates), you post your event brief and available crew in a 30-mile radius see it within minutes. Festival staff hire for the Yorkshire circuit runs direct - stewards £100-£130/day, bar staff £90-£120/day, build crew £110-£150/day, site managers £130-£180/day, all agreed without an agency in between. Festival staff hire in Leeds via CrewPool.

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What event staff jobs are there in Leeds in October and November?
Event staff jobs in Leeds in October and November cover: the Utilita Arena touring peak (bar staff and stewards for 50+ shows October-November, arranged by arena contractors through CrewPool), corporate events at the Corn Exchange, Royal Armouries and Leeds Dock ramping up from October, Leeds bonfire events at Roundhay Park and Temple Newsam (stewards and ground crew, late October), and the Leeds Christmas Market build crew at Millennium Square from early November. Event staff jobs in Leeds in October-November pay £100-£130/day for bar and stewarding roles. Add your name to CrewPool free and event companies search you directly.
What event staff jobs are in Leeds at Christmas?
Event staff jobs in Leeds at Christmas include: Leeds Christmas Market at Millennium Square (late November through December, bar staff and ground crew for 4-6 weeks, £100-£130/day), Utilita Arena December concert run (bar staff and stewards per show), Royal Armouries and city-centre hotel Christmas party circuit (November-January, event staff for corporate dinners and private parties), and Trinity Kitchen/Victoria Gate shopping events. Event staff jobs in Leeds at Christmas are typically arranged through event management companies who search CrewPool for available crew near the LS1-LS10 postcode area. Add your name to CrewPool free now and the Christmas event staff jobs in Leeds find you.

Common questions

What event staff jobs are there in Leeds?
Event staff jobs in Leeds cover the full range of event crew roles: bar staff for arena gigs and festival bars, build and break crew for marquees and staging, event stewards for gates and campsites, catering crew and litter and recycling pickers. The biggest sources of event staff jobs in Leeds are the contractors running Reading and Leeds Festival at Bramham Park (August), arena events at Utilita Arena year-round, corporate events at the Corn Exchange and Royal Armouries, and outdoor events at Harewood House and Temple Newsam. Event staff jobs in Leeds pay £100-£300+ a day for day-rate roles, agreed direct with no agency cut.
What kinds of events jobs are there in Leeds?
Events jobs in Leeds run year-round: festival crew for Leeds Festival and the Yorkshire summer circuit (June-September), arena crew at Utilita Arena for gigs and boxing events, event staff for concerts and corporate shows at Harewood House, Royal Armouries and Temple Newsam, exhibition crew for trade shows, and Christmas and party-season events from October to January. Events jobs pay £100-£300+ a day depending on the role, agreed direct. Add your name to CrewPool free and the companies with events jobs near Leeds find you directly when they are building their crew.
What festival jobs are there in Yorkshire?
Yorkshire has one of the UK's busiest festival circuits - Leeds Festival (Reading & Leeds at Bramham Park, August), Tramlines (Sheffield, July), Y Not Festival (July), Bluedot (July), Deer Shed (North Yorkshire, July) and Bingley Music Live (Bradford, August) all hire paid crew. Roles include build and break crew, bar staff, event stewards, catering crew, litter and recycling pickers and crew chiefs. Most festival jobs across Yorkshire pay £100-£300+ a day and are booked direct through the contractors who run the events.
What event staff jobs are there in Leeds right now?
Event staff jobs in Leeds include bar staff, event stewards, build and break crew, catering crew, marquee crew and litter pickers. The Leeds event calendar runs year-round but peaks June to September. The biggest employers are the contractors running Leeds Festival (Reading & Leeds at Bramham Park), arena events at First Direct Arena and corporate events across the city. Event staff in Leeds earn £100-£300+ a day, agreed direct.
What event jobs are there in Leeds?
Event jobs in Leeds cover the full year-round event circuit - festival crew for Leeds Festival and summer events, arena crew at First Direct Arena, event staff for shows at Harewood House and Temple Newsam, exhibition crew for business events and event staff for corporate and hospitality events across the city. Most event jobs pay £100-£300+ a day and are agreed direct with the company, with no agency cut.
What event staff work is available in Leeds?
Event staff work in Leeds includes bar staff, stewards, build and break crew, catering crew, marquee crew, litter pickers and drivers. The Leeds event calendar runs year-round but peaks June to September. Event staff are hired by the companies and contractors who run the events - getting on the CrewPool list means they can find you directly when they need event staff near Leeds.
What festival jobs are there in Leeds?
Everything from bar staff and stewards to marquee crew, stagehands, lighting techs and drivers - across West Yorkshire, working Leeds Festival (Reading & Leeds) and events right across Yorkshire.
What jobs are there at Leeds Festival?
Leeds Festival - the West Yorkshire leg of Reading & Leeds, held at Bramham Park near Wetherby each August - takes on build crew, stage crew, bar staff, stewards, litter and recycling pickers, catering crew and site managers. Most roles are arranged weeks before the event through the production contractors who run the site. Getting on the CrewPool list early puts you in front of those contractors when they are building their teams.
Are there festival jobs near Leeds?
Yes - Leeds is one of the busiest event hubs in the UK. As well as Leeds Festival (Reading & Leeds at Bramham Park), there are events at Harewood House, Millennium Square, Temple Newsam and venues across West Yorkshire year-round. Add your name once and companies running events near Leeds will find you directly.
How much does event work pay in Leeds?
Most day work pays £100–£300+, with specialist and crew-chief roles to £300+. Agreed direct, no agency cut.
How do I start?
Add your name to the list free, set your travel range, tick what you can do. Companies search and ring you direct.
When do Leeds Festival 2027 crew jobs open?
Leeds Festival 2027 crew jobs follow the same annual timeline: production contractors start building their crew lists from spring 2027, with build crew for the pre-event site setup contracted from late July and on-event crew (bar staff, stewards, catering, litter crew) from early to mid-August. The fastest route is to add your name to CrewPool free now,contractors working Leeds Festival search the list when they are building their teams and contact you directly, rather than the other way around.
What are Leeds fest jobs and how do I get one?
Leeds fest jobs are the paid crew roles at Leeds Festival,the West Yorkshire leg of Reading and Leeds, held at Bramham Park near Wetherby each late August. Roles include build crew (erecting stages and infrastructure 2-4 weeks before), bar staff (running festival bars across the bank holiday weekend), stewards (managing gates, campsites and crowd flow), catering crew, litter and recycling pickers and site managers. Most Leeds fest jobs are filled through production contractors who search CrewPool for available crew,add your name free, tick what you can cover and keep your availability current, and the contractors building Leeds Festival ring you directly when they are staffing up.
What event staff jobs are there in Leeds in September and autumn 2026?
Leeds event staff jobs in September span three markets: the Utilita Arena gig season (bar staff, stewards, show crew from September through to November), the student events circuit at Leeds Uni SU and Beckett SU during freshers (late September, multiple evenings of bar and stewarding roles), and the corporate events circuit at the Corn Exchange, Royal Armouries and Leeds Dock which ramps up from October. Add your name to CrewPool free and event companies booking event staff across Leeds contact you directly.
What is festival staff hire and how does it work in Leeds?
Festival staff hire in Leeds is booking crew for festivals and events in West Yorkshire - bar staff, stewards, build crew, catering and site managers. Festival staff hire through CrewPool works direct: post your event brief free, crew within 30 miles see it within minutes, and rates are agreed without an agency in between. Festival staff hire for Leeds Festival at Bramham Park typically opens in June for build crew and July for on-event roles. Stewards £100-£130/day, bar staff £90-£120/day, build crew £110-£150/day, site managers £130-£180/day.
What event staff jobs are there in Leeds right now?
Event staff jobs in Leeds in September 2026 span three markets: the Utilita Arena autumn gig season (bar staff, stewards, show crew September to November), the freshers events circuit at Leeds University SU and Beckett SU in late September (bar and stewarding roles, 7-10 days), and the corporate events circuit at the Corn Exchange, Royal Armouries and Leeds Dock which ramps up from October. Add your name to CrewPool free and event companies contact you directly.