BECOME A VOLUNTEER IN 2025
Finfringe festival is looking for volunteers for a variety of jobs before and during the event May 14-17, 2025. Sign up, tell us about yourself, your interests and your schedule.
Possible tasks include:
Venue Shark
At the festival, performances take place at multiple venues. The Venue Shark is responsible for one specific venue and acts as the main contact person for the artists performing there. Your duties include managing artist refreshments, updating performance advertisements, and ensuring there are enough brochures for the audience. Additionally, tasks may include ticket sales and/or checking, introducing performances, and general front-of-house hosting.
Average working hours: 5 hours per day, between 3 PM and 9 PM.
HUB Shark
The festival has a HUB space in Hansakortteli, which serves as an information, break, and meeting point for artists and staff during the festival. Lunch is served in the HUB on festival days between 11 AM and 2 PM. The HUB is a place where artists can relax, charge their phones, enjoy a cup of coffee, and meet other festival artists. Tickets for performances can also be purchased at the HUB.
The HUB Shark is responsible for ensuring lunch is available, keeping the coffee stocked, guiding visitors, and selling tickets when needed.
Average working hours: 6 hours per day, between 11 AM and 8 PM.
Lobby Shark
As a Lobby Shark (front-of-house staff), your main tasks include welcoming the audience before performances, managing and monitoring the cloakroom, checking tickets, distributing brochures, and, if needed, introducing performances. A Lobby Shark may work at multiple venues in one evening!
Average working hours: 3–5 hours per day, between 4 PM and 9 PM.
Promo Shark
As a Promo Shark, you are part of a team that distributes brochures before the festival and during performances, for example, at Hansatori. If you enjoy engaging with people and creating a great atmosphere, this is the role for you!
Ticket Shark
Your main responsibility as a Ticket Shark is selling tickets. Tickets are sold at every performance, at each venue and also at Åbo Svenska Teater and the HUB. The Ticket Shark role can also be combined with Lobby Shark or HUB Shark tasks if needed.
Average working hours: 3–5 hours per day, between 4 PM and 9 PM.
The Shark
Finfringe Festival’s very own SHARK mascot spreads joy, admiration, and excited cheers wherever it goes! The Shark’s main task is to perform as the festival mascot. The costume consists of a basic outfit (shirt, leggings, vest, costume shorts, and blazer) along with a headpiece and shoes. The mascot appears at performances and promotional events, including Hansakortteli. The Shark can also take on other tasks or work solely as the mascot.
Average working hours: 4 hours per day, between 12 PM and 8 PM.
For questions and inquiries: info_at_finfringe.fi