ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The DUMBO Arts Festival attracts 200,000 visitors over 3 days with the participation of over 500 artists from a variety of disciplines, 100 studios, 50 galleries and stages and 100 programming partners. This year, the Festival will take place on Friday, September 27th, Saturday, September 28th and Sunday, September 29th. The official Festival hours are Friday 6pm to 9pm, Saturday 12pm to 9pm, Sunday 12pm to 6pm and sundown to midnight all three nights for all outdoor projections.

DUMBO Arts Festival needs volunteers to help run this exciting weekend celebration of art – join us in the revelry and sign up now!

TIME COMMITMENT

Shifts are generally 5 hours long, depending on which area of responsibility you are allocated. Volunteers are recommended to sign up for at least 2 shifts.

 

If applicable, school credit/volunteer hours are available.

 

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please visit http://dumboartsfestival.com/volunteer to sign up. Responsibilities will be assigned according to your availability and previous experience. Please read below for an idea of the volunteer positions available.

If there are any questions, you can call the DUMBO Arts Festival office at 718-488-8588

VOLUNTEER AREAS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Production

§                     Load-in (Monday September 23rd  – Thursday September 26th)

§                     Strike/Load-out (Monday, September 30th)

 

Programming

§                     Various on-site support

§                     Running Festival Public/VIP Lounge

§                     Office Support

 

Promotion and Community Engagement

§                     Street marketing (material distribution)

§                     Interaction with patrons attending the festivals