Working Solas Festival
Solas Festival (Scotland, Scotland) 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/July. Pick the work you do:
Bar staffStewards & gatesBuild & break crewMarquee & bell-tent crewStagehandsLighting & AVCateringDrivers
Add your name to CrewPool, say you'll travel to Scotland, and you go on the list companies search when they're staffing Solas Festival. Free, two minutes, and you keep every penny of your rate.
Hiring crew for Solas Festival?
If you're a contractor or organiser staffing Solas Festival, CrewPool is a live list of event crew you can filter by distance from Scotland 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.
Common questions
How do I get a job at Solas Festival?
Festivals and the contractors who build them recruit crew ahead of the June/July 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 Scotland, and tick what you can do. Companies staffing Solas Festival ring you direct.
What jobs are there at Solas Festival?
Bar staff, stewards and gate crew, general build and break (site crew), marquee and bell-tent crew, stagehands, lighting and AV, catering, and drivers. Solas Festival is a UK festival, so the crew list is long.
How much does festival work at Solas Festival 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 Solas Festival - how do I hire crew?
Search the CrewPool list free, filter by distance from Scotland 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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