CrewPool / Crew availability
2,467 crew on the CrewPool list can be reached by email. 1,121 of them confirmed their availability in the last 30 days. The table below breaks both numbers down by broad skill group and UK region. It was updated on and refreshes every hour.
CrewPool is a list of event, festival and bar crew in the UK. Crew join free. Companies post a job free, see who is available near them, and hire and pay those people directly. CrewPool takes nothing from crew pay. The hirer agrees the rate with the crew member and pays them directly.
Choose the role and the area. The job form opens with both filled in. Jobs are confirmed by email, and crew are emailed once the job is confirmed.
| Region | All crew | Tents, marquees and structures | Staging, lighting and power | Bar and hospitality | Catering and kitchen | Stewarding, safety and site management | General labour, site crew and driving | Markets, grottos and performers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East | 23 (14) | 5 (under 5) | under 5 | 14 (10) | 10 (7) | 7 (5) | 11 (8) | 6 (5) |
| North West | 287 (143) | 73 (36) | 44 (22) | 201 (112) | 128 (64) | 126 (66) | 153 (92) | 76 (59) |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 200 (94) | 61 (25) | 38 (21) | 132 (69) | 84 (40) | 74 (37) | 108 (54) | 50 (39) |
| East Midlands | 117 (50) | 28 (14) | 13 (6) | 65 (25) | 43 (19) | 40 (17) | 52 (25) | 22 (17) |
| West Midlands | 95 (35) | 31 (12) | 15 (5) | 64 (29) | 40 (20) | 34 (16) | 52 (27) | 16 (15) |
| East of England | 60 (25) | 17 (6) | 6 (under 5) | 37 (14) | 16 (6) | 26 (11) | 28 (15) | 8 (5) |
| London | 264 (139) | 89 (60) | 52 (36) | 146 (84) | 84 (53) | 124 (81) | 142 (91) | 65 (54) |
| South East | 224 (107) | 75 (36) | 36 (19) | 151 (77) | 94 (54) | 100 (57) | 128 (74) | 45 (38) |
| South West | 302 (144) | 91 (39) | 63 (28) | 218 (105) | 128 (71) | 137 (69) | 170 (86) | 68 (50) |
| Wales | 90 (44) | 26 (8) | 13 (under 5) | 58 (30) | 35 (16) | 32 (13) | 50 (22) | 20 (20) |
| Scotland | 165 (96) | 40 (22) | 30 (22) | 107 (67) | 59 (40) | 69 (45) | 95 (60) | 41 (38) |
| Northern Ireland | 160 (37) | 21 (6) | 12 (under 5) | 101 (30) | 43 (14) | 39 (18) | 48 (18) | 16 (10) |
| United Kingdom | 2,467 (1,121) | 713 (330) | 400 (203) | 1,624 (792) | 947 (481) | 1,033 (544) | 1,294 (692) | 514 (413) |
How to read it: "46 (21)" means 46 crew in the pool and 21 of them confirmed availability in the last 30 days. A person is counted in every skill group they have done work in, so the group columns add up to more than the All crew column. 1,987 of 2,467 crew have a UK postcode on file; the rest appear in the United Kingdom row only. Regions come from the home postcode.
Putting up and striking bell tents, tipis, stretch tents and marquees, fencing and trackway, and dressing the inside. CrewPool shows day rates of about £100 to £160 for bell tent crew and £120 to £200 for marquee crew. 713 crew have done this kind of work and 330 confirmed availability in the last 30 days.
Post a tents, marquees and structures job
Stage and deck builds, lighting and AV, festoon, rigging, and generators and cabling. CrewPool shows day rates of about £120 to £180 for stagehands and £130 to £220 for lighting and AV crew. 400 crew have done this kind of work and 203 confirmed availability in the last 30 days.
Post a staging, lighting and power job
Bar staff, cocktail bartenders, baristas, waiting staff, hosts and cloakroom staff, and personal licence holders. Venue shifts are usually paid by the hour, around £13 to £16 an hour; event bars often pay a day rate. 1,624 crew have done this kind of work and 792 confirmed availability in the last 30 days.
Post a bar and hospitality job
Food truck and event catering crew, chefs and cooks, and kitchen assistants and porters. CrewPool shows day rates of about £100 to £150 for catering crew. 947 crew have done this kind of work and 481 confirmed availability in the last 30 days.
Post a catering and kitchen job
Gate, car park and arena stewards, event safety officers, crew chiefs and site or production managers. CrewPool shows day rates of about £90 to £120 for stewards and £150 to £250 for crew chiefs. 1,033 crew have done this kind of work and 544 confirmed availability in the last 30 days.
Post a stewarding, safety and site management job
General build and strike labour, campsite and site crew, litter and recycling crew, event drivers, and forklift or telehandler operators. CrewPool shows day rates of about £100 to £150 for general festival crew and £90 to £130 for litter and recycling crew. 1,294 crew have done this kind of work and 692 confirmed availability in the last 30 days.
Post a general labour, site crew and driving job
Christmas market stall and chalet staff, grotto assistants and hosts, and character performers. Seasonal work, mostly paid by the hour at or above the National Living Wage. 514 crew have done this kind of work and 413 confirmed availability in the last 30 days.
Post a markets, grottos and performers job
Nothing at present. Posting a job is free, browsing the list is free and seeing a crew member's contact details is free, limited to 10 reveals a day and 40 in any 30 days per hirer. CrewPool takes nothing from crew pay: you agree the rate with the crew member and pay them directly. For comparison, a staffing agency typically adds 20 to 50 percent on top of the wage.
As soon as the job is confirmed. A job is confirmed by email: a browser that has confirmed your address before posts straight away, and a new browser gets one confirmation email first. Crew answer yes or no with one tap, and invitations expire after 24 hours, so the people who say yes have answered recently.
Crew sign up themselves, so every profile is self-reported. A crew member can name a previous employer as a reference, and CrewPool asks that employer to confirm with one tap; a confirmed reference is a vouch, not an identity, qualification or right-to-work check. Tickets such as forklift or IPAF are self-declared and the hiring company should check the card on site. You can ask for reference-confirmed crew only when you post.
The job is saved. If your browser has not confirmed your address before, CrewPool emails you a confirmation link and nothing is sent to crew until you click it; otherwise it goes out straight away. After that the matching available crew (by skill, distance and dates) are emailed, they reply yes or no, and your job page shows who said yes. You then contact the people you choose directly.
A crew member counts as confirmed if they signed up, updated their profile or answered a job email, yes or no, in the last 30 days. It means they were active recently. It does not mean they are free on a particular date; the job email asks about your dates.
No. CrewPool is an introduction service, not a staffing agency. It does not employ, supply or pay crew, and takes no percentage of their pay or tips.