![Bar staff blagging: The most common route for festival blaggers. A few shifts of pouring watered down pints and you can spend the rest of the weekend enjoying the festival, plus you might be able to see the bands in the distance while you work too. Check out Barcode Recruitment for more details.]()
Bar staff blagging: The most common route for festival blaggers. A few shifts of pouring watered down pints and you can spend the rest of the weekend enjoying the festival, plus you might be able to see the bands in the distance while you work too. Check out Barcode Recruitment for more details.
![Flyer blagging: You don't even have to do the job at the festival itself. All it takes is a couple hours handing people flyers at local gigs or before the festival gates open and you can find yourself with a ticket in the palm of your hands. Keep an eye for record labels and festival promoters like Live Nation looking for street teams to get in on this.]()
Flyer blagging: You don't even have to do the job at the festival itself. All it takes is a couple hours handing people flyers at local gigs or before the festival gates open and you can find yourself with a ticket in the palm of your hands. Keep an eye for record labels and festival promoters like Live Nation looking for street teams to get in on this.
![Press blagging: Our personal favourite (obviously). By working as press not only do you get to go to the festival for free but you also get the chance to take photos and interview some of the biggest and coolest names in music. If you aren't already a journalist, then why not think about starting starting up your own website or blog, and blagging it from there?]()
Press blagging: Our personal favourite (obviously). By working as press not only do you get to go to the festival for free but you also get the chance to take photos and interview some of the biggest and coolest names in music. If you aren't already a journalist, then why not think about starting starting up your own website or blog, and blagging it from there?
![Charity blagging: Some festivals like Latitude and Glastonbury love doing their bit for charity by inviting a bunch of them to pitch up a tent and spread the word. Find out what charities are at your favourite festival and send them a little message asking if you can get on board. You'll be doing your good deed of the day and seeing some class bands while you're at it. Oxfam are great for this, and people at Gigwise spent their earlier years working for Oxfam's Green Messengers at Reading and Leeds - so make some enquiries.]()
Charity blagging: Some festivals like Latitude and Glastonbury love doing their bit for charity by inviting a bunch of them to pitch up a tent and spread the word. Find out what charities are at your favourite festival and send them a little message asking if you can get on board. You'll be doing your good deed of the day and seeing some class bands while you're at it. Oxfam are great for this, and people at Gigwise spent their earlier years working for Oxfam's Green Messengers at Reading and Leeds - so make some enquiries.
![Volunteer blagging: Festivals need a load of volunteers to stop it from turning into an unorganised catastrophe. All you need to do to pick up a free ticket is a few hours of odd jobs like litter picking, stewarding, putting on peoples wristbands and directing traffic. Check out sites like Festival Volunteer and Festaff for more info.]()
Volunteer blagging: Festivals need a load of volunteers to stop it from turning into an unorganised catastrophe. All you need to do to pick up a free ticket is a few hours of odd jobs like litter picking, stewarding, putting on peoples wristbands and directing traffic. Check out sites like Festival Volunteer and Festaff for more info.
![Security blagging: Have experience as a doorman? Worked as security for events before? Why not take your expertise to festivals. Needing hundreds of security officials every year there's plenty of opportunities to work at your favourite festival. And nobody gets closer to the stage than you... Apart from the band. Check out companies like Showsec and Apsecurity for more details.]()
Security blagging: Have experience as a doorman? Worked as security for events before? Why not take your expertise to festivals. Needing hundreds of security officials every year there's plenty of opportunities to work at your favourite festival. And nobody gets closer to the stage than you... Apart from the band. Check out companies like Showsec and Apsecurity for more details.
!['I'm with the band' blagging: Like Marcus Haney did with Mumford and Sons, the good old plus 1 is a great way of getting into festivals and backstage. All you need to do is befriend a band, offer to take some photos of them, do their merch or just be a helping hand and you're in.]()
'I'm with the band' blagging: Like Marcus Haney did with Mumford and Sons, the good old plus 1 is a great way of getting into festivals and backstage. All you need to do is befriend a band, offer to take some photos of them, do their merch or just be a helping hand and you're in.
![General blagging: Having the gift of the gab can get you far. Find the right people like Bestival organiser Rob Da Bank and tell such an inspiring story that they have no choice other than letting you in. Note: this is harder than you think.]()
General blagging: Having the gift of the gab can get you far. Find the right people like Bestival organiser Rob Da Bank and tell such an inspiring story that they have no choice other than letting you in. Note: this is harder than you think.
![Food staff blagging: Everyone at festivals need to eat, and choices of food are becoming more and more varied. More festival food stalls means more festival jobs. If you fancy yourself as a bit of a chef find some festival catering companies and let them know you're interested. See Gigwise to see how Glastonbury are taking applications right now.]()
Food staff blagging: Everyone at festivals need to eat, and choices of food are becoming more and more varied. More festival food stalls means more festival jobs. If you fancy yourself as a bit of a chef find some festival catering companies and let them know you're interested. See Gigwise to see how Glastonbury are taking applications right now.