Working Festival People
Festival People (London (Barking Park), London) takes a small army to build, run and strike. Crew are hired by the festival and by the contractors who supply the bars, stages, marquees, fencing, power and toilets - usually in the weeks before June. Pick the work you do:
Bar staffStewards & gatesBuild & break crewMarquee & bell-tent crewStagehandsLighting & AVCateringDrivers
Add your name to CrewPool, say you'll travel to London (Barking Park), and you go on the list companies search when they're staffing Festival People. Free, two minutes, and you keep every penny of your rate.
Hiring festival staff or event crew?
If you're organising an event or festival and landed here looking to hire festival staff rather than find work: CrewPool is the direct route to London event crew and UK festival staff, no agency markup. Search the live list free at joincrewpool.com/search, post your event free at joincrewpool.com/hire, or see the full guide to event crew hire. Festival staffing in London: hire festival crew in London.
For Festival People specifically at Barking Park: post your requirement free on CrewPool, filter by distance from Barking Park, E12, and we email available crew confirmed free for your build and event dates. No agency in the middle. Search festival crew near Barking Park free.
Common questions
How do I get a job at Festival People?
Festivals and the contractors who build them recruit crew ahead of the June dates - bar, stewarding, build and break, marquees, drivers. The fastest route is to be on a list they search: add your name to CrewPool free, set how far you'll travel to London (Barking Park), and tick what you can do. Companies staffing Festival People ring you direct.
What jobs are there at Festival People?
Bar staff, stewards and gate crew, general build and break (site crew), marquee and bell-tent crew, stagehands, lighting and AV, catering, and drivers. Festival People is a UK festival, so the crew list is long.
How much does festival work at Festival People pay?
Most festival day work pays £100–£300+, with specialist and supervisory roles (riggers, crew chiefs) reaching £300+. Agreed direct with the company - no agency takes a cut on CrewPool.
I'm staffing Festival People - how do I hire crew?
Search the CrewPool list free, filter by distance from London (Barking Park) and by your build dates, and see what each person has done before. Unlock the contacts you want and ring them direct. No agency markup.
Do I need experience?
No. You tick what you've done before AND what you'd happily try, so companies can take on willing, reliable hands for the simpler crew roles.
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