Camping and meals included disclosure
Festival work often includes food and lodging. Shift posts can specify these benefits, changing the effective rate.
Events & Catering
Music, food, cultural, craft. Festivals run on 50-200 temporary workers for 2-5 days. ShiftSee is how you staff them.
The moment that matters
You're producing a 3-day music festival for 15,000 attendees. Setup starts Tuesday, doors Friday at noon. 12 crew members were supposed to arrive for Tuesday morning load-in. 8 showed. You're pacing the artist compound on the phone at 9 AM trying to find 4 more bodies for the heavy lift phase of setup.
ShiftSee is built for exactly this moment — and for every shift you run between now and the next one.
What you get
Festival work often includes food and lodging. Shift posts can specify these benefits, changing the effective rate.
Festival shifts are typically 3-5 day commitments. ShiftSee handles the block booking natively.
Festivals often happen in remote locations. Shifters who'll travel are flagged.
Typical roles and rates
Typical shifter rates by role and region. Rates are always negotiable on ShiftSee — the numbers below are where most shifts land.
| Role | Vancouver Island | BC Metro | Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Festival setup / Teardown crew | $19-27/hr | $21-30/hr | $19-30/hr |
| Stage hand | $22-38/hr | $25-44/hr | $22-45/hr |
| Event security | $22-32/hr | $24-36/hr | $20-34/hr |
| Parking / Traffic | $17.85-24/hr | $18-26/hr | $17-24/hr |
| Event server / Bartender | $20-45/hr | $22-50/hr | $20-50/hr |
Why ShiftSee works here
Most of your shift work isn't new work. It's the same work, done again. The same weekend crew. The same specialty staff for peak events. The same closers on a Friday night. ShiftSee is built for that reality — every connection you make gets stronger the more you use it, and every shifter's rating and reliability follows them across every business they work with. After six months, you've built a trusted private crew that compounds in value month over month.
Getting started
(free). 2 minutes.
Everyone you'd text first when a shift opens up. They sign up, connect to you, and they're ready.
Schedule one. Broadcast one. Whatever hurts most.
Pat Rousseau, our co-founder, personally onboards every new business in the first 60 days. He'll walk you through setup, answer questions, and stay available by text during your first week live.
No subscription. No setup fees. You only pay when a shift happens. If ShiftSee saves you a single bad-day disaster, it's paid for itself several times over.
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