Since performers collect 100% of the ticket revenue, volunteers are the lifeblood of the Vancouver International Fringe Festival. Each year, over 400 people from all walks of life take on a variety of volunteer roles from helping set up venues, to answering artists’ and audience members’ questions, to serving drinks at the Fringe Bar, to selling tickets, to…ushing? ushering? – what Ushers do. We have a very small number of permanent staff, so the Fringe couldn’t exist without volunteers like you!

What We Ask

• Attend the volunteer orientation and training session(s).
• Work a minimum of four 4-hour shifts, a total commitment of 16 hours.
• Wear a 2010 Vancouver Fringe Festival t-shirt while on duty.

What We Give

Fringe volunteers have the unique opportunity to

• meet awesome people from around the corner and around the world
• help build and shape the Fringe community
• develop new skills and share skills with others
• gain work experience and log volunteer hours for school or other programs
• see creative, provocative, and often avant garde theatre . . . for free!

What Makes a Good Fringe Volunteer

• Responsible
• Flexible
• Organized
• Strong people skills
• Interested in the arts
• Intermediate to advanced level of spoken English

Tokens of Our Love

The Fringe loves volunteers. We express this love with many tokens of our affection.

• A Fringe T-shirt
• A Rush Pass redeemable for free admission to an unlimited number of Fringe shows
• Free access to the Aquabus across False Creek for the duration of the festival
• An invitation to the Volunteer Appreciation Party
• Refreshments at the Volunteer Centre
• A reference letter upon request