Working Leeds Festival
Leeds Festival (Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire) 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 August. Pick the work you do:
Add your name to CrewPool, say you'll travel to Bramham Park, Leeds, and you go on the list companies search when they're staffing Leeds Festival. Free, two minutes, and you keep every penny of your rate.
Hiring crew for Leeds Festival?
If you're a contractor or organiser staffing Leeds Festival, CrewPool is a live list of event crew you can filter by distance from Bramham Park, Leeds and by availability for your exact build dates. Search the list free, then unlock the people you want and ring them direct - no agency in the middle.
Jobs at Leeds Festival
Jobs at Leeds Festival run across three phases at the Bramham Park site near Wetherby. Build phase jobs at Leeds Festival (fencing, stages, marquees, power - typically 2-4 weeks before the August dates) are arranged through the production contractors who build the site. On-event jobs at Leeds Festival (bar staff, stewards, catering crew, litter and recycling pickers - the long weekend itself) are booked by the bar operators and event management companies who run the public-facing operations. Strike jobs at Leeds Festival (breaking down and removing all structures) run 1-2 weeks after the final day. At 75,000 capacity, Leeds Festival is one of the largest outdoor events in the UK and takes hundreds of paid crew across all three phases.
The fastest route to jobs at Leeds Festival is to add your name to the CrewPool list free, set your travel range to cover Bramham Park near Wetherby, and tick the roles you can cover. The production contractors and bar operators who staff Leeds Festival search the list in the weeks before August and contact crew directly - no job board applications, no agency fees. Jobs at Leeds Festival for the build phase typically come up from mid-June; on-event jobs at Leeds Festival follow in late July as headcounts firm up. Add your name now and the companies with jobs at Leeds Festival 2026 will find you.
Leeds festival jobs - what's on offer
Leeds festival jobs - commonly searched as 'Leeds fest jobs' - cover a wide range of roles across skills and experience levels. No prior experience is required for many Leeds festival jobs - build crew, litter and recycling pickers and general site crew are taken on by willingness and reliability rather than a CV. Leeds festival jobs that need some experience: bar staff (personal licence is a plus), event stewards (SIA is a plus for some roles), stagehands (previous event or stage experience), specialist crew (lighting, rigging, AV). Leeds festival jobs for crew chiefs and supervisors require proven festival experience and pay accordingly.
Leeds festival jobs are arranged through the contractors who build and operate the site, not through the festival organisation directly. Contractors search CrewPool for available crew near Leeds in the weeks before August - the list shows who is free on which dates and what they have done before. Most Leeds festival jobs for the 2026 event are being arranged now for the build phase, with on-event Leeds festival jobs confirmed in late July. Add your name to CrewPool free and set your travel range to cover Bramham Park - the companies with Leeds festival jobs to fill will find you on the list.