VOLUNTEER CREWS
Artist Transportation Crew:
This crew assists with artist and instrument transport around the festival, between the different stages and to and from the artist parking area. Prior festival volunteering is preferred, along with safe driving skills, timeliness and good people skills. Some lifting required. Shifts Thursday thru Sunday.
Concession Crew:
Festival Food Concession. Food preparation, cooking, grilling, clean-up, restocking, order taking, and cashier work. Crew is subdivided into the (a) Breakfast Crew, and (b) Lunch/Dinner Crew, and (early) set up. This crew also runs the Grey Fox Lemonade stand. Minimum age is 18 for Concession Crew.
Emergency Services:
This crew provides first aid care at a basic life support level. The first aid station treats minor illnesses and injuries on-site and interfaces with local EMS agencies for advanced care and transport. This crew also refers patients to more definitive off-site care at local medical facilities when ambulance transport is not warranted. Crew members must have a medical background and be willing to help people in need. New York State licensed health care practitioners are preferred (EMT, CFR, Paramedic, Nurse and physician). Similar training will be reviewed for consideration by the crew chief with all non-NYS certified personnel who will work in a support capacity. (ex. National Ski Patrol, Outdoor Emergency Care Technicians and those with other or out-of-state credentials will be considered to provide support assistance.)
Family Stage & Teen Crew:
Assist program coordinator with kids' activities. Prepare craft materials. Volunteers must enjoy working with young people. Teaching, supervisory, or recreational experience with children is a plus. Adults should expect some evening hours. Family Stage activities begin Thursday morning festival week and run through Sunday.
Front Gate Crew:
Handles ticket sales and ticket/wristband exchange at festival entrance. Requires working with money; attention to detail; greeting the public, and providing helpful information. Retail experience is a plus. Front gate shifts begin Wed festival week, at 8 am.
Hospitality Crew:
Prepares and serves food to volunteers, staff, and festival guests. Crews include: breakfast, lunch, and dinner with limited opportunity for pre-festival crew (Mon-Thurs, available for returning crew members only). Hospitable and relaxed attitude required, as is capacity for hard work in hot conditions. Shifts begin Wednesday at noon.
Information Booth:
Prior volunteer service is required. Info Booth volunteers answer questions, provide information about the site and surrounding community, and oversee the Lost & Found. Info Booth is also called upon to facilitate other services to the festival, as well as gathering customer suggestions and concerns. You must be resourceful, patient, friendly, and a good communicator. Crew duties begin Wednesday morning festival week. Shifts run from early morning until one hour past the end of the last performance of the day.
Massage Crew:
Massage team serves staff and volunteers. Credentials are screened exclusively by LMT crew chiefs. Shifts are scheduled from Thur-Sun.
Media Crew:
This crew captures all aspects of the festival (both day and night) in digital photography and video. Crew members provide a broad range of images and/or videos from every day of the festival, Thursday through Sunday. Media Crew volunteers will submit "best-of" sets of photos and videos, according to Grey Fox guidelines, for use in print and on the web site. All images are expected to be in digital format. Volunteers should be familiar with resizing, renaming and adding meta descriptions to their images to comply with a set of guidelines for the Media Crew. Crew members will be given assignments, in addition to general shooting on site. Videographers may be asked to interview people at the festival. Images and videos must be submitted within 60 days of the festival. We get a lot of interest for this crew, so if you cannot comply, please don't apply.
Merchandise Crew:
Sells artist merchandise (CDs, videos, etc.) in the Grey Fox merchandise area. Cashiering skills a must including the ability to make accurate change. Excellent people skills and organizational skills needed. All crew members are on their feet the entire time on duty. Shifts are scheduled one hour before the music until one hour after the music Thursday-Sunday.
Shower Crew:
Monitors and maintains showers and shower area. Cashiering skills a must including the ability to make change. Excellent people skills needed. Light cleaning duties in the shower house, which requires going up steps.
Traffic & Safety Crew:
Maintains safe traffic flow, parks cars, and ensures general safety throughout the festival campgrounds. Serve as eyes and ears for Festival Security. Most of the crew works on foot, but there is also a small Mountain Bike Patrol. T&S operates 24-hours, so a night schedule is available. T&S begins Wednesday festival week, at 8 am. Volunteers should arrive by Tuesday for check-in and assignment. Minimum age is 18 for this crew.
Trash/Recycling Crew:
Collects trash and recycling all over the festival -- in twice-a-day campground pickups or four-hour shifts in the concert and concession areas. Heavy lifting required. Bring work gloves, work shoes, rain gear, sunscreen -- and a great sense of humor, because trash is fun! This crew gets free hot showers! One Sunday shift required for all crew members. Check in with crew chief for shift sign-ups once you're on-site.
VIP Check In Crew:
Checks in volunteers, artists, festival guests and press at entrance. Very limited openings each year. Prior volunteer service is required . Must have excellent communication and organizational skills; substantial knowledge of the event; and the ability to make artists and guests feel welcome. Shifts begin noon on Tuesday and run through 2:00 pm Sunday.
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