📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Couvre Feu is an active and socially involved association, it wishes to develop and promote culture in rural areas by organizing concerts and festivals around contemporary music. Each year it organizes the Couvre Feu festival. The 15th edition will have a new shape, called ) la Caravane Couvre Feu i. from 12th to 21st August 2016, it will be an itinerant festival of 10 days in 6 different locations. With more than 40 shows. Organizing such an event takes time and people available, and from the start, many volunteers got involved in organizing the festival to host almost 30 000 attendees. www.couvrefeu.com/
💼 What the programme involves
Led by the set directors of the association organising the festival, you will participate in setting up and setting donw the festival. This includes the installation of circus tents (where concerts take place), close the site with barriers, arrangement of parking lots, dressing rooms, refreshment stands and restaurants ...Planning of the Caravane de Couvre Feu : Monday 8th August arrival of the volunteers, Tuesday 9th August is rest ; on the 10th, 11th and 12th August will be the installation of the festival in St Brevin, bringing up of the big tents for the shows (marquees) ; on the 13th, 14th and 15th August work in the festival on various spots (hosting of visitors, etc.) ; on the 16th, 17th and 18th August bringing down of the installation in St Brevin and installation of the festival in Frossay, on the 19th, 20th and 21th August work in the festival on various spots (hosting of visitors, etc.) ; bringing down of the installation in Frossay on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th August, departure of the volunteers on 25th August.Note: tasks a little repetitive but essential festival organizers are counting on your motivation to help before, during and after the festival but also, work schedules will VARY A LOT according to needs; little time for leisure but the atmosphere is very festive. Volunteers from this site must be especially dynamic and enthusiastic. And of course must be a fan of music
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will stay as all the other volunteers and organisers at the camping site in St Brevin from 8th to 10th August, and then in Frossay from the 10th of August. Toilets and showers on site. The association provides tents, but you will need to bring a warm sleeping bag and confortable mattress (it can be a karimat or inflatable mattress). Throughout the duration of work, preparing meals will be provided by volunteers from the association. NB : it can be cold in the evening and humid, it is advisable to bring warm clothes.
📍 About the location
Pays de Retz: At the heart of unspoiled landscapes and varied hyphen between Brittany and the Vendee, west of Nantes and bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Loire. Enjoying the beach and water sports, beach resorts, charming as Pornic and Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, large sandy beaches dotted with fishing. Walks along the coastal footpath in Bourgneuf Bay, along the Loire estuary, or in swamps and thickets of the hinterland.
⚠️ Requirements
2 / - Remember to bring a warm sleeping bag, warm clothing (a sweater and a raincoat), a bathing suit see above for other recommedations. For work, pack old clothes and sturdy and closed footwear (sandals not valid for work). Extra fee to pay on arrival at the camp : 50euro.
ℹ️ Additional information
frais supplementaires de 50 euro a ajouter au frais d inscription.