Volunteer with us!

Are you a social person and enjoy meeting many different people? As a host, you'll be the first person the audience meets at the venue. The audience host's most important task is to make the audience feel welcome, be helpful and knowledgeable about practical information including entrances, seating, toilets, and wardrobe. The shifts will take place both indoors and outdoors – anywhere where the Festival is present.

We need many sociable and service-oriented audience hosts. Where the audience is, the hosts are!

Do you enjoy a day that is varied, and want to experience the different sides of the festival? Or do you want to try a little from each of the different volunteer tasks? The work of a festival assistant suits versatile people who enjoy varied missions. The workload and content will vary from shift to shift, but the most important thing is to be present and available for new tasks.

Festival assistants should be quick on their feet, always looking for solutions, enjoy helping, know the city well, and appreciate both hectic and less busy shifts. Anything can happen during a festival!

We are also looking for festival assistants that are available in the months before the festival starts. In the registration form, please check the boxes indicating the months you might be available for some smaller tasks.

Do you know the Festival well, or maybe you want to get to know us better? Information hosts work in the festival information and accreditation stand, which handles festival passes and answers questions from the audience, volunteers, press and artists. The information host's task is to answer questions and to pass on inquiries to the right people. An information host must enjoy talking with many different people as well as getting to know the festival programme, venues, and contact people. You might also be tasked with helping keeping the accreditation system organized. Enjoying working with systems and lists, for example in Excel, is advantageous, but not a requirement.

Language skills are essential, and knowing both Norwegian and English at a high level is important. You have to be available between 12:00 and 18:00. This volunteer group often fills up quickly, and we recommend that you sign up for other volunteer roles as well.

Are you linguistically proficient, familiar with the city, and find it exciting to work closely with the Festival's Programme and production department? Then you can contribute to ensuring that artists have the best possible experience with the Bergen International Festival and the city. As an Artist contact, you will be a host and point of contact for the Festival's national and international artists, in addition to serving as a liaison to the Programme and production department. You ensure that artists feel welcome, secure, and informed from arrival to departure. Availability, both in person and by phone, is required throughout the artist's stay. You must also be available for preparatory meetings before the festival.

This volunteer group fills up quickly, so we recommend that you also apply for other volunteer roles. Previous experience in similar roles is an advantage, and proficiency in Norwegian and/or English is a prerequisite. Suitable candidates will be contacted for a brief interview.

For many students, the Bergen International Festival coincides with a busy exam schedule. There are still many students who wish to volunteer with us, even if they don’t have a lot of time to spare.

As a Student volunteer you'll work 10–15 hours instead of the regular 20–25 hours and receive one free ticket. Otherwise, the perks and tasks are the same. To sign up as a Student volunteer, please check the box in the sign-up form.