Monday 01 March 2010
Brighton's Biggest & Best Music Festival Offer Locals Chance To Work In The Music Industry
The team behind Europe's most anticipated new music festival and industry conference event, The Great Escape, is offering over 150 volunteers the chance to gain first-hand experience of life working in the music industry in a variety of key areas over the course of this year"s festival.
With more than 350 bands set to tear it up across more than 30 Brighton venues, this May, the prestigious annual festival will take place at a panoply of the best venues that the city has to offer throughout the weekend of 13th – 15th May.
The festival is now widely recognised within the UK music industry as the European equivalent of legendary Texan music expo SXSW.
The organisers have announced that they will be hosting a special volunteer drop-in day at the Queens Hotel on Brighton Seafront between the hours of 4:00-7:00pm, on Wednesday 17th March.
Students and music enthusiasts alike are invited to sign-up to help out at The Great Escape – over 150 volunteers are required to make the weekend run smoothly – although organisers stress that this drop-in day is open to anybody wanting to really get involved with the festival and who is keen to both contribute and learn at the same time.
The organising team will be in attendance at the drop in day in order to answer any questions from prospective volunteers and are looking to recruit especially in the following key areas;
* Branding and Sponsorship
* Convention Production and Hosts
* General Festival Runners
* Delegate and Artist Registration
* Technical Production Support
* Venue Staff – Production and Front of House
* Wristband Exchange
For further specific info on this volunteer drop in day, please contact info@escapegreat.com
by: Mike Cobley
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