📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Travel back in time to the Middle Ages and help transform a village into a medieval festival! Each year, this festival, founded by the organization “Souvigny Grand Site” attracts over 30.000 visitors over 9 days! You will cooperate with the team of local volunteers to do all that necessary to manage the festival including building its facilities, supporting its organisation, and cooking.
💼 What the programme involves
The work you will be doing is both technical and physical. You'll have to : set up stands, stages (in wood) and tents, create signs, organize the visit route, guide guests, support the organisation of the festival (cook and serve food, tidy up, etc.), and manage stands such as the refreshment bar, the pancake stand, etc.
With this project, you will be actively working for the Sustainable Development Goal n°15 from the United Nations: Life on Land.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Your communal dormitory will be located in a municipal building. Food will be provided and meals will be prepared by the volunteers in turn by organised kitchen teams. You'll have lunch with the other local festival volunteers.
📍 About the location
Location : For 22 years, Souvigny has hosted international workcamps to work with local volunteers on the overall organization of the festival and share the traditions of French medieval culture. For nine days, amateur and professional troupes perform in open stages, turning into « troubadours » and « saltimbanques ». You will discover music, theater, juggling, fire artists, tightrope walkers, raptors and horses, craftsmen at work, forge, food, tents, etc. Welcome to the Souvigny of yesteryear!
Leisure activities : Your free time will be dedicated to activities that you'll organise collectively with the whole group. During the project's second week of and over the weekends you will be very occupied with your work, but, you'll be able to enjoy the concerts, workshops, exhibitions and other activities put on during the festival ! You'll have time to discover the region together during the last week.