2025 Festival Volunteer Registration Page

Thank you for your interest in volunteering for the Newport Folk Festival and/or the Newport Jazz Festival.

Festival Volunteers help accomplish the Newport Festival Foundation's mission to "create moments of hope through the power of music and community" by helping in positions across all areas of the festival, inside and out. These positions include: Greeting, Shuttle bus, Ushers, helping patrons properly dispose of compostables and recyclables with the Green Team, Accessibility, and more. Job assignments will be given the week before or morning of the shift and you may work multiple positions over the weekend. Read the information below and then click the link to register for the festival you desire. You can sign up for one or both.

Please note, all Newport Festivals Foundation volunteers must:

  • Be at least 18 years old on their first day of volunteering for the festival

  • Pass a background check

  • Work a 5.75 hour shift all three days of the festival

  • Be able to stand for their entire 5.75 hour shift

  • At least one shift must be an afternoon shift (beginning at 12pm or later)

  • Wear your Volunteer T-shirt during your shift, and only during shift

  • Wear closed-toe shoes during shifts

  • Participate in Orientation ahead of the festival (including returning volunteers)

  • Arrive at each shift completely sober - we have a strict no alcohol/drug policy before and during shifts

  • Follow all Newport Folk Festival and Newport Jazz Festival rules (see links above)


Benefits of volunteering:

  • Free entry to the festival as a patron before and/or after your volunteer shift 

  • Volunteer t-shirt

  • Free Parking

  • Be part of the team that makes the Newport Folk Festival and Newport Jazz Festival possible!


Thank you for your continued support of the Newport Festivals Foundation!

Click Below To Be Added to Our List of Potential Volunteers!