Volunteer

Welcome to the Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival Volunteer Experience!

It takes about few hundred people working behind the scenes to make our festival happen; very few people are paid; most are volunteers. The event management team hand picks Volunteers and creates teams to make it all happen on the day!
Volunteers do just about anything that needs to be done – they put up signs, check in performers, make sandwiches, look after people in queues, check wristbands, provide customer service on the street, organize ice and drinks, bump in and out infrastructure – Volunteers are the heart and soul of every festival.

Volunteers for The Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival 2010 are primarily focused on Public Service. YOU are the face of the Festival on the Street to give guidance, assistance, direction, information, a helping hand and a warm smile when needed.

Background

The Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival is a key cultural tool for the famous Caxton Street Entertainment precinct. It promotes a sense of community identity as well as economic diversification through a comprehensive range of activities aimed at all levels of the Caxton community. Over the last sixteen years the festival has showcased some of Australia’s feature contemporary musical acts and emerging artists of note.

Vision and Mission

The Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival is identified as an iconic and innovative event that creates focus on the culinary arts, music and community spirit of the famous Caxton Street Entertainment precinct. The Festival aims to bring together groups from all sections of the community including our youth, the arts, businesses, organizations and the general public to create a sense of community identity, facilitated by a celebration of life in the Sunshine State – great food, great music and good times spent in great company. The festival brings people together – gets them out into the beautiful Brisbane autumn sun!

Why Volunteer?

You get to be a part of something bigger than yourself. You are part of a community of dedicated workers that simply love to create fun healthy safe events. Some reasons to volunteer during the festival:
o It’s a great social event!
o Personal and professional development
o A Real Time introduction to the Music Industry
o A Real time introduction to the Event Industry
o Learn and develop new skills
o Feel enormous personal satisfaction in being a part of this iconic Queensland event
o Earn a free ticket for 8 hours of volunteering
o Gain recognition for your contribution
o Be awarded an Official Pushworth Volunteer Certificate of Service

Volunteer Benefits

Volunteers who complete 8 hours of volunteer work during the festival receive:
o Free ticket to the festival
o Free Festival T Shirt
o Free volunteer lunch, snacks and drinks in the Volunteer Control Center
o Attend the volunteer after party
o Event Training by real time Event Managers – this training is highly valuable and you get it for free!