📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Originally, the festival AGAINST THE WIND was born from a private initiative of rock passionate people. The association GannatFest’, which vocation is to encourage the development of cultural, musical and artistic activities in the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region, started the creation of this ambitious project. Seeing the lack of national/international level musical events in the region, Against The Wind answers a strong local demand, wishing for it to become a must-see and a hub dedicated to culture and tourism.
For 2017, the association has a pre-festival day, open to everyone on 29th June. The festival, in itself, will take place from 30th June to 2nd July. Its main goal is to attract nationwide/worldwide known artists, as well as new groups in order to gather thousands of festival-goers. The program includes 21 groups, among them: Zucchero, Mass Hysteria, Kenny Neal… The festival will take place at the Champ de Foire of Gannat; a shady location which will offer all the necessary comfort to festival-goers, partners and you!
💼 What the programme involves
You will participate in different activities together with a group of other festival volunteers. You will help with the logistics before and after the event: setting up and dismantling the stages. You will make the decoration of the festival. You can raise awareness of sustainable development. You will also welcome the artists as well as the visitors during the festival and be in charge of the car park, catering of the artists, the stands for the public and organize the animations of the “off” festival in the city. You will be accompanied by two camp leaders throughout your stay.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep in two places tents, at the local camping with access to a fully equipped kitchen (fridge, electric camping stove, dishes ...). Each meal will be prepared by the volunteers in teams of mixed international and local volunteers.
📍 About the location
Gannat, small town of 6 000 inhabitants, is a former antic city which kept, in many spots, remains of its medieval past. Gannat has a very rich associative life and of many cultural, educational, commercial, sportive or leisure structures for a large public. True entrance door to Auvergne, the city enjoys a central position, halfway between the Clermont agglomeration and the Bourbon doors. The town is also internationally known for its « Cultures and Dances of the World » music and dance festival as well as its « Paléopolis » paleontologist park.
ℹ️ Additional information
Bring working clothes, walking boots and a backpack. Nights can be chilly, so bring warm clothes and a good sleeping bag. You can also bring recipes from your home country, musical instruments and games. You will get around Gannat village on foot. Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
More infos at: http://www.againsthewind.fr/.