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Oh that Freya link! I couldn’t go that year but helped loads get them

I did some work with Festaff last year and actually had a choice for this year’s Glasto of Oxfam or staying with the Festaff crew. The festivals we worked last summer were in that wristbanding role, you’ve possibly got 10 grands worth of cloth on you to look after if you’re on the gate. It’s a bloody key role at any festival and I felt privileged to be doing that tbh. We also did a paid role for the BBC at the Festival of Remembrance at the RAH in November, again, a huge privilege. I’ve got to know the owner pretty well, and a lot of the supervisors over the last year. The whole team is a tight knit bunch, supportive of each other, and help ensure that the paying punters have a good time, whilst being safe (we also do campsite patrols at some). As a footnote, the owner is far from rich. He sends a lump of cash to charity every year as well and is effectively a one man band, taking a salary. He’s suffered massively for the last two years as his income, like many in the sector, dried up. He actually worked for the NHS last year to pay the bills! Don’t fool yourselves if you think the big charities are altruists btw, they’re huge global corporations these days, with high salaries, execs, property and other assets. Festaff wouldn’t supply volunteers for all the gigs it does if it’s work wasn’t valued, simple as.

I had that in 17. Got no confirmation screen or email but wouldn’t let me resubmit, it said reg numbers had been used. I assumed good news and got an email an hour later.

Bloody brilliant 🤩

There were a few Festaff crew that got marched off site at a festival last summer for not playing by the rules, and this was only a little one.

There’s 400 of us for Festaff need somewhere to Kip as well!

2017 we were in the queue for C at 5am, somewhere back in the CV fields…got through the gate at 10 but still got a good spot in Cockmill

I’m crewing for Festaff guys so please take me off the list

Myself and the other half are confirmed for Festaff. They’re not as yet opening to new applicants (three quarts of places were carried over from 2020 and the others have been as invitation only for those who did festivals in 21). we also both had priority for Oxfam but won’t be using that obvs

Not done a gig yet but have worked two festivals for Festaff in recent weeks. Not exactly our sort of thing but well worth doing, CarFest and Rewind. Had a bloody good laugh at both and met some great folk. The common denominator seems to be that we’re all doing it to get to Glasto so it can’t be a bad thing! The first band I saw back there was the Fratellis, good job I had sunglasses on cos I was in floods of tears 🥴 and even more so when the band gave their own take on it being their first gig back as well. Nearly every artist that first weekend said the same thing, was a really emotional thing to be involved with

Ta! I’ll try that

Evening All Jackie, Rick's wife, has been in touch and I thought that I'd pass on what she said as I know a few of you knew him. She says that her and the family are doing ok and coming to terms with things slowly. She's used some of his favourite Glasto t-shirts to make cushions out of, which I thought was lovely. Now comes the fun bit, it seems as though, before Rick passed, that Jackie agreed with him that she would go to the festival. 22 will be a challenge with most of the tickets having gone, but I'll have a go anyway for her as I'm working there already. 23 could certainly be on. Who's up for Operation 'Get Jackie Leach to Glastonbury'?

Does anyone have it please? Suspect it's info@ or something? Ta