Festival crew work in Newcastle
Festival crew means setting up and breaking down festival sites - humping kit, building, fetching, striking. Around Newcastle that means working This Is Tomorrow and North East events - paid day work, agreed direct with the company, £100–£150 a day.
Anyone fit and reliable who fancies a summer of festivals. You set how far you'll travel - local only, your region, or anywhere in the UK - and the work comes to you.
Festivals near Newcastle that hire festival crew
The big events around Newcastle - Accelerate (September), BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend (May), Northern Kin (August) and Bellingham All Acoustic (September) and plenty more - all run on crew, and festival crew get booked for the build, the show and the strike. Get on the list and you're in front of the companies staffing them.
Crew for festivals in Newcastle
The North East festival calendar gives crew for festivals a solid run of work from late spring through to September. This Is Tomorrow at Exhibition Park in Newcastle is the headline event - 30,000 capacity, multi-day dance and music in August, needing experienced crew for festivals on the build and the break as well as across bar, stewarding and catering during the show. Stockton Calling in Stockton-on-Tees is a one-day event with the same need for crew for festivals across bar, stewards, site and catering. Northern Kin Festival runs in the Tyne Valley each August and pulls in crew for festivals from across the region. Accelerate in Sunderland is the North East city-centre festival, Summer Tyne in Hexham is a community event that books local crew for festivals every year, and BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend - when it comes to the region - is one of the largest single crew for festivals mobilisations in the UK. Roles across these events include build and break crew, bar staff, stewards, catering and general site crew.
Crew for festivals in Newcastle and the North East typically book 2-6 weeks ahead through production contractors and event staffing companies. The same companies sourcing crew for festivals at This Is Tomorrow, Accelerate and Northern Kin also staff arena shows at Utilita Arena and events at Sage Gateshead - so getting on their list means work throughout the year. Pay rates for crew for festivals work in the North East are agreed direct with no agency cut: site build crew £100-£150 a day, bar staff £100-£140 a day, stewards £100-£140 a day. Add your name to CrewPool free and companies looking for crew for festivals and events near Newcastle can reach you directly.
Hiring crew for festivals in the North East?
If you need to hire crew for festivals or events near Newcastle rather than find work: CrewPool is the direct alternative to a festival staffing agency. Post your job free and available crew near your site get texted - no agency markup on wages. How crew for festivals hire works →