Activities involved
Event Help
Skills required
Volunteer Engagement
  • Good for groups
  • Good for youth
  • Accessible by public transit

Festival Set-Up Volunteer

680 Plains Rd W, Burlington, ON, L7T 4H4 [map]
2-6 hours / daily
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This role assists with setting up the Festival: retrieving materials and supplies from the truck, setting up different Festival areas, preparing books for Book Swap, etc. You will be assigned jobs on arrival, helping the 2025 Festival begin!

This role involves some movement throughout the site and across a variety of terrain, but some tasks can be adjusted to suit most physical abilities.

Volunteer Skills:  Physical work; Set-Up/Take Down

Join us at the 18th Annual Telling Tales Festival, Canada's largest book festival for children, at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario on October 3 & 4! 

Festival Location: 680 Plains Rd W, Burlington, ON  L7T 4H4

Note: Apply via organization website: https://tellingtales.org/get-involved/volunteers/
Why should you volunteer for this opportunity?
As Festival Set-up Volunteer, you will gain experience providing event set-up support for a large event setting with an expected 10,000+ attendees with several moving parts.
Activities involved
Event Help
Skills required
Volunteer Engagement
  • Good for groups
  • Good for youth
  • Accessible by public transit