📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The purpose of the association is to organise a yearly tiny music festival. In 2025, it will be the 30th edition! Organisers work on a voluntary basis and try to do it all by themselves. It is an alternative way to stay free from sponsors and economic rules that are usually in place for big festivals. In the end the festival looks like a nice handmade event where people can enjoy a wide variety of music styles and meet each other in a friendly atmosphere. As a volunteer you'll be involved in creating a unique non-profit, human-sized and eco-friendly event.
💼 What the programme involves
You'll work on 3 different tasks: building festival structures, decorating, and support in the kitchen to prepare the meals for all volunteers or do the dishes. Some tasks may be repetitive but the result will make you feel satisfied and you will work with differen organisers & local volunteers and will have the possibility to exchange. Each job is supervised by a skilled volunteer from the organisation. Most work will be outdoors, except for kitchen tasks. During the festival, you will have free time so you can appreciate the result of your work. Of course, any help during the festival is also appreciated. The week after the festival you will clean the material, and take it back to the storage. The tasks during the 2nd week can be repetitive as we need to clean and store everything.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep in a dormitory (in a sports hall) nearby the festival. All volunteers (SCI & local volunteers sleep at this place). The place is fitted with mattresses, group shower (that has cold/lukewarm water) and separated toilets. You need to bring your own warm sleeping bag (and pillow if wished). Be aware that it might get chilly sometimes in the evening. The accommodation is a 10-minute walk from the festival site. We cook and eat every meal together. There is no Wi-Fi on the field, but usually we share our internet connection from our phones.
⚠️ Requirements
Be aware that the amount of work varies over the days and can on some days exceed 6h (it might not always be clear, when exactly the working day ends – even though it normally ends around 7pm). So please expect long days, but there will be a longer lunch break.
The workcamp hosting partner expects autonomous volunteers; you are therefore encouraged to try things out and to be creative.
ℹ️ Additional information
On an evening of the 2nd week, you'll go to the nearby city of Neuchâtel to enjoy the lake and a street-music festival. Please be aware that there might be less free time activities than in other workcamps and that the location of the workcamp is a small town that doesn't offer much in the way of social or cultural activities – so be prepared to spend most of your time on the workcamp site with the other volunteers and bring along any games you like. You will always be around lots of engaged people and almost every day you will get to know a new face!
INCOMING/ADDITIONAL FEE for volunteers applying via Partner organisations & Contacts of SCI: https://scich.org/en/incoming-fee/
