📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Alive Festival is where excellent music meets locally produced beers and food in magnificent natural settings. The festival is a music festival set in a mix of urban and forest surroundings. The ambitious music line-up covers indie rock, pop, electro as well as world music with a strong focus on up-and-coming bands. The intimate settings guarantee a festival experience, unlike others. You will eat food locally produced in Thy and craft beers brewed at Thisteds brewery, Thisted Bryghus. Nature meets culture where Alive Festival each year is proud to announce new initiatives besides the festival. In previous years, guests and volunteers could enjoy Cold Hawaiis surf school, a hike in the national park, and visits to Thisted Bryghus. 2024 is the 16th time the Alive Festival will take place. Since 2009, the festival has developed from a small and locally known festival to an acclaimed festival welcoming 3000 guests and 500 volunteers.The website for the festival is www.alivefestival.dk (note that it is only in Danish)
💼 What the programme involves
We need your help to build the festival and take it down, therefore you will work before and after the festival. The festival takes place from 25th July to 27th July and you will have at least one day off to enjoy it. You will be part of a team of volunteers building the festival. It is manual work and it will be an advantage with knowledge of tools, but it is not required.Your tasks will change from day to day, where you might help set up a stage one day, build a bar the next, or carry fences. A team leader will instruct you on what to do.All volunteers on our production team meet every morning and work until the afternoon (with breaks in between). Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are provided on workdays. During the festival, you will be given three food vouchers each day, which you can use in a food stand to get a meal. Our production team is unlike any other team at the Alive Festival. Volunteers work together for a longer period and the spirit when building the festival is very cheery and exciting among the hard work. Many of our volunteers are returning each year to help set up the festival and they know everything there is to know about Thisted and Alive Festival.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Sleeping facilities:The volunteers have the opportunity to sleep in tents or sleep indoors in a cabin close to the festival site. If you choose to sleep in a tent, then you will have to bring it yourself. Volunteers bring their own sleeping mats and sleeping bags ( no matter if you decide to sleep in your tent or the cabin.Every morning you will meet with the other volunteers at Plantagehuset located right next to the festival site. Plantagehusets lower floor is used as a gathering point for all volunteers on the days before, during, and after the festival.Kitchen bathroom facilities: We have a common room in Plantagehuset where breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served during the days you are working. All the food we provide and serve will have a vegetarian option. In the evening, when all the work is done, you can stay in the common room in Plantagehuset if you want to play a board game or just relax for a bit.Our kitchen facilities will be preoccupied as soon as we start building the festival, so it will not be possible to cook for yourselves. During the festival, the food will not be served, though you will receive food vouchers you can use instead.There will be toilets installed at the camping area and bath facilities. There are also toilets in the scout cabin and Plantagehuset and it is possible to use the bath in a building known as URT.
📍 About the location
Alive Festival is located in Thisted, a small town in an area known for its national park essential for long walks and exploration. Thisted is a smaller city but still has a shopping area in the city center with everything you need. Not far from Thisted, you will find the west coast also known as Cold Hawaii, famous for its surfing facilities.The beach, wild nature, and charming surrounding towns are essential for summer vacations.
ℹ️ Additional information
We will advise you to bring warm clothes that are fit for outdoor work and might get dirty. Unfortunately, we cannot control the weather, so it is a good idea to bring rain clothes too.
