Fierce Festival is looking for enthusiastic and reliable people to play a vital role in creating an unforgettable festival experience!
Fierce is back this year with its first programme of contemporary international performance with Artistic Director Clayton Lee and Executive Director Ethan Hudson, bringing over 15 productions from 10 countries to Birmingham for a week with many artists presenting work in the UK for the very first time. Across exhilarating performances, works-in-progress, and artist-hosted meals, Fierce Festival 2026 is an invitation to indulge in the radical possibilities of more is more. More collaboration, more cross-pollination, more experimentation, more camaraderie, more Birmingham: more pleasure. Be part of the action and volunteer with Fierce Festival 2026.
Why Volunteer?
- Become a part of Birmingham’s most exciting arts festival
- Meet amazing artists and other like-minded people
- Expenses covered
- Get first-hand experience of working on a festival, developing the skills required to make performances and events happen.
- Concession or free tickets to events (subject to availability)
What will you be doing?
- Act as a main point of contact for information about the festival, the programme and the city for visitors from near and far.
- Support the marketing team in advance of and during the festival (this may involve distributing fliers, documentation, social media etc).
- Meet and greet audience members at installations, performances, and off-site projects (this may include ticket checks, some clip-board brandishing – collecting website sign-ups, conducting surveys, selling promotional items, distributing fliers and maps etc.)
- Provide support to the production team (may involve moving equipment, furniture, running errands etc.)
Specialised Roles
If there is a particular area you are interested in getting experience in or skills you really want to develop, please let us know on the sign-up form and our Volunteer Coordinator will be in touch about how we can help facilitate that. In previous years, volunteers have supported the core team with admin tasks, got experience in production roles and published write-ups and reviews of festival events on our website.
Interested?
You’ll need to be 18+ to be eligible to volunteer for us. Please click here to fill out the sign-up form. We will be in touch in the coming weeks regarding training and roles.