📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Sziget Zrt. is responsible for organizing the biggest festivals in Hungary. They work with more than 1500 volunteers per year in around 100 possible positions at all their festivals. Balaton Sound is one of the largest and most colorful open-air electronic beach festivals in Europe. The festival, which has been around since 2007, is known for hosting the greatest, artists and DJs in the pop and electronic world.
💼 What the programme involves
We are looking for enthusiastic new volunteers who would like to join an awesome team in an effort to help Balaton Sound Festival become a safer place! As a Safety First volunteer, you will be in direct contact with the safety and health services as well as the visitors. You can either help support the team at 0-24 Safety Points or as patrol personnel in the field. Proficiency in English is a must since it will be the main language of communication.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will have your own place at the staff camping but don’t forget to BRING YOUR OWN TENT! There is a shower in the camping. You will get one hot meal every day you work.
Meals: Please note that this camp will provide only one hot meal/day. You can choose from different kinds of meals, that you can indicate on the application form.
📍 About the location
The festival takes place in Zamardi, Hungary, right next to Hungary’s biggest lake, the Balaton. Your task is going to take place either in the Safety First point or as patrol personnel in the field inside the festival. Outside the 6 hours of work per day with your wristband, you can enter the festival as much as you want, dip in Lake Balaton or just enjoy each other's company.
ℹ️ Additional information
If you become a volunteer of ours you will have to register on our website (where you will get your contract) and take place in a group Skype call. Once you arrive to Budapest, you have to visit a doctor for a quick and free examination. Also, don’t forget to bring 26 000 HUF or 80 EUR deposit for the weekly ticket you’re going to get. This is a must, without the deposit you can not work with us. At the end of the festival, if you did not break the contract you are going to get your deposit back.