Tips For Our Amazing Festival Volunteers
Your Volunteer Job Assignment
You will receive a confirmation email from Red Vincent, our Volunteer Chairperson, before the Festival to let you know about your job at the festival and the shift you will be working.
What should you bring?
Make sure to wear sun block and perhaps a hat and/or sunglasses to protect yourself from the sun. If it is rainy, please wear layers and bring raingear as we will proceed in the rain. Bring a water bottle as we will have a water truck where you can get free water.
Volunteer Check In
Please arrive a minimum of 15 minutes before your shift begins. This may mean that you need to arrive 30 minutes early to allow for walking from your parking spot.
Even if you know your assignment, please go immediately to the 
VOLUNTEER/INFORMATION Tent located in the center of Waterfront Park and north of the big Main Stage Tent. Give your name to the Volunteer coordinator. You will receive your volunteer shirt. Please wear this shirt during your shift so you can be recognized as a volunteer. The shirt is yours to keep as our way of thanking you
Please remain at your post until the next volunteer relieves you. Please let Staff know if your replacement has not arrived.
If You Become Ill or Unavoidably Late
It is essential that you contact the Volunteer Coordinator at ph. 802-343-3589 as soon as you realize that you have an issue. We will have to try to get someone to handle your job.
Volunteer Parking
Parking is at a premium on Festival Day. From 7:30am on, most waterfront parking spots are filled. We have contracted with Burlington College for additional parking for our volunteers, but this parking lot gets filled up at times as well. If Security has not shut down Lake Street, you can proceed on Lake Street until right before the Skateboard Park. Then proceed back up the hill to the Burlington College parking lot. If there is a space, please park and proceed by foot back down to Volunteer/Information Tent. If it is full, please make sure you are well versed in the many parking lots available in the City of Burlington.