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WAFEST–FESTIVAL OF ELEMENTS

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About the project

WAFEST–FESTIVAL OF ELEMENTS

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

WAFEst is a Water-Air-Fire-Earth-Festival, which will take place from 1st to 5th of August 2018 at the Gorky Reservoir in the Nizhny Novgorod region. For seven years, this festival unites all those who are inspired by the ideas of active life and creativity, who find themselves in modern art and sports, in the diversity of youth positive subcultures and the values of a healthy lifestyle. Main theme of the event this year is “Inspiration”. The element of Water will bring classes in Windsurfing and kite surfing, romantic boat trips and extreme fly-surf. Thanks to the element of Air guests and participants will enjoy music, rhythms, sounds of nature which intertwine in the breath of the forest: open-air concerts, jam-sessions and live shows with folk and ethnic music, reggae, funk and boogie-woogie. Fire will show its beauty in the hands of true professionals as the festival brings together the best artists of the fire-show from different parts of Russia and the CIS countries. The element of Earth stands for more than 20 creative spaces, each with its own unique atmosphere: open workshops, yoga classes, theater, children playgrounds and many others. This year, WAFEst will also host a large interregional hand-made fair, interesting cafes, restaurants, tea and coffee houses which will serve unusual author’s food and delightful beverages. WAFEst 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTtKuwmlKWo

💼 What the programme involves

International volunteers will work together with local volunteers and can choose preferable activities. Eco-volunteering: preparation of the festival area for guests, cleaning food courts, cleaning the territory during and after the festival. Designing of the festival space: painting and decoration of stationary objects in the camp, creating and constructing of art-objects, etc. All necessary tools will be provided.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Camping site, tents will be provided by the host (recommended to take your own sleeping bag and mat, though if necessary they can be provided as well). Volunteers can use common summer showers, Russian sauna – “banya”. Three meals, only VEGETARIAN menu.

📍 About the location

Nizhny Novgorod region, territory of the surf-camp “FreeDom” at the Gorky Reservoir. Volunteers can participate in all activities, workshops and shows offered by the festival during their free time. Trips to the museums of nearby cities (Gorodets and Nizhny Novgorod) and windsurfing trainings can be organized. For those who will arrive in Moscow earlier, we can organise a pre-camp day with a city- tour and nice welcome evening. Please, notify us in advance if you are interested.

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📅 Available sessions

PZ 05

25/07/2018 → 07/08/2018

Closed
Volunteers registered 2 / 6
♂ 0/3 ♀ 2/2

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

Russian Federation

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Russia Ruble (RUB / ₽)

Exchange rate

1 RUB = 0.010802 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Moscow Standard Time

Local time: 22:01 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Russian