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When to arrive onsite at an event or festival!

Posted on Thursday, March 7, 2024

We love punctuality, but arriving too early can sometimes prove as big an issue as arriving late.

Let’s face it, arriving fashionably late isn’t fashionable at all, it’s frustrating at best and a pain in the backside for any Job Lead to deal with the rest of the time, but what about arriving too early? While you might like to beat the crowds or arrive before the rest of the crew when there’s still plenty of time to choose the best pitch, there are other aspects to consider…

  • Food provisions will not be available until you start your first shift.
  • Security may body tackle you if you’re there before authorised personnel are expected.
  • The client may only have authorisation for so many people onsite that day.
  • Most importantly, your welfare cannot be guaranteed if you arrive before the manager has had the opportunity to scope out where the water pumps and electrical hookups are etc.

The information we send out pre-event will always advise of arrivals times, but the best option if you’d like to arrive early for whatever reason (you’re working back-to-back events and need somewhere to be in-between etc.) is as always to contact the office. We can check when our managers will be onsite and if it is safe for you to arrive early, though you should be prepared to bring some food provisions with you! If you’d like to continue the conversation, just get in contact with the office.

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I wanted to write personally to say a huge thank you to you and your brilliant team for all your hard work to enable to deliver, in such a short space of time, a wonderful Royal Windsor Horse Show.

When we started the planning, we honestly had no idea whether we could or could not run and had so many changes it must have made it almost impossible for your team – however as always they adapted and overcame the many hurdles that we presented, with a smile and a complete can do attitude and many people are saying that it was one of the best show’s that they have ever been to.

Everybody I have spoken to has said how fantastic the cleaning was and that the loos were immaculate, and the showground looked as good on the last day as it did on the first day – which is exactly what any organiser strives to achieve. Nothing was ever too much trouble and everything was delivered with a smile. Your cleaners were tremendous once again. Even with the date change and the added bonus (!) of COVID everything was delivered on time.

Nick Brooks-Ward
H Power