Festival Work
Harnessed Up @ T4 On The Beach, Weston Super Mare, England
My first experience of a Music Festival was at the Age of 17, traveling down the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia to experience The Falls Music & Arts Festival. I have since worked, attended, volunteered and stumbled upon festivals around the world. My work on festivals is varied, but there is always something about working with a crew of people to achieve the seemingly impossible that keeps me coming back for more.
“I saw-in my fifth decade in a field with 150,000 chemically sandblasted, euphorically Botoxed, giroscopically unstable weekend hippies. It was a great big joyous cosmic bendy neon rainbow fruit-gum chum with medieval plumbing.”
Sunday Times Critic, AA Gill talking about turning 50 @ Glastonbury.
The following is a list of roles I have undertaken at various festivals throughout the years.
Site Assistant – Future Music Festival, Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia – March 2012
Site Manager – Moonee Valley Festival, Queens Park, Moonee Ponds, Australia – February 2012
Site Coordinator – Rainbow Serpent Music Festival, Beaufort, Victoria, Australia – January 2012
Site Assistant – Summadayze (Future Entertainment), Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia – January 2012
Art Crew – Harvest presents The Gathering, Werribee Mansion, Australia – November 2011
Site Crew – Parklife, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia – September 2011
Build Crew & Telescopic Forklift Driver – Bestival, Cowes, Isle of Wight – September 2011
PooNarnia DJ & Sanitation Manager – Standon Calling, Standon, England – August 2011
Build Crew & Runner – Camp Bestival for Peppermint Bars, Lulworth, England – July 2011
Campsite Manager – Secret Garden Party, Huntingdon, England – July 2011
Site Crew – T4 On The Beach Festival, Weston Super Mare, England – July 2011
Success after putting up the giant Dry Zone Banner @ St Kilda Fest 2011
Assistant to the Site Manager – Shangri-La, Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, England – June 2011
Build Crew & Runner – London Electronic Dance Festival, Peppermint Bars, London – June 2011
Site Crew – Sunrise Celebration, near Bruton, Somerset, England – June 2011
Production Assistant – Groovin The Moo, Canberra, Australia – May 2011
Site Crew – Groovin The Moo, Bendigo, Australia – April 2011
Site Crew – Creamfields, Melbourne Showgrounds, Australia – April 2011
Lighting Designer & Site Crew – The Hills Are Alive, Gippsland, Australia – March 2011
Site Logistics Crew – St Kilda Festival, St Kilda, Victoria – February 2011
Site Crew & Telescopic Forklift Driver – Rainbow Serpent Music Festival, Lexton, Victoria - January 2011
Production Assistant – Falls Festival, for Ash Lorien Management, Marion Bay, Tasmainia - December 2010
Production Assistant – No Sleep Till, for Totem Events, Melbourne Showgrounds - December 2010
Site Crew – Stereosonic 2010, for Totem Events, Melbourne Showgrounds - December 2010
Driver – Australasian World Music Expo, for AWME Ltd, Melbourne - November 2010
Driver – 7 Songs To Leave Behind, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne - October 2010
Event Marshall – Pop Up Project, Melbourne International Arts Festival, CBD, Melbourne - October 2010
Stage Crew – K@osmos, by Grupo Puja!, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Alexandra Gardens, Melbourne - October 2010
Operations Manager – Sanitation Solutions Company @ Glastonbury Festival, Sunrise Festival, Camp Bestival, Kendal Calling, & Bestival, United Kingdom - June 2010 – September 2010
To talk to me about working, managing or collaborating on your festival or event, visit www.geordiebarker.com/contact
Fork-lifting A Rocket @ Glastonbury Shangri La
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