How to stay strong in festival season

How much do you love summer? Enough to hand in your notice and head off for a season working in some of the many events and festivals happening around the country?

Just think about that for a minute: you could go to some of the hottest gigs in the UK, hear headline acts and soak up the festival atmosphere without having to pay for a ticket.

It sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Well it’s not.

But before you go all gig giddy just remember the staff are there to work too. Staying in work mode while everyone around you is having fun is tougher than it sounds, so here’s our guide to making it through festival season.

Stamina

You’ll be serving thousands of people who are there to hear the music, and don’t want to miss their favourite band because you’re slow pulling their pint, handing out their hot dog or checking their ticket.

Comfy Shoes

Working at a festival often means a long day on your feet. Get your footwear right and you are halfway there. Wellies with foam insoles?

Preparation

It’s worth packing sun cream, shorts and waterproofs too. Prepare for all kinds of weather because that’s what you’ll probably get.

Sandwiches

Festival catering divides into two categories: the good and expensive and the woeful and expensive. Don’t be out of pocket or risk salmonella. Pack yourself a healthy lunch and you won’t be tempted by that dodgy hog roast.

Patience

The queues in and out of festival sites are a notorious blackspot for tailbacks and breakdowns. If it’s hot, you’ll stew in the car. If it’s wet, you could find yourself bogged down in the mud. Either way the only answer is to keep your cool until things get sorted out.

Focus

You aren’t here for the music or the atmosphere – though you do get to enjoy both – your main job is to help customers. Forget this and your festival stint could be short lived. Stay focused on the job in hand and you could put yourself centre stage and in the spotlight.

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Posted on May 21, 2019