Join the festival crew!

Reply To:	Hans-J. Lebuser <info@boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com>

Are there any real Jazz & Blues aficionados out there???

    Helping hands needed!

The Boquete Jazz & Blues Foundation is working hard to create the best music festival in Boquete and Chiriqui ever. It's going to be the first ever Jazz&Blues Festival in Panama with world-class Blues as well as Jazz bands. But we can't do it without the help and support of the community in terms of money and work. The Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival is a non-profit, all-volunteer event, and it's also a charity donating 30% of proceeds to the worthy cause of buying musical instruments for local schools. 

We need a lot of help to make it happen. That's why we're calling on all Blues and Jazz aficionados in Chiriqui now to consider enrolling as a volunteer helper. Please take a look at the list below showing the jobs we need to fill and let us know where you could join ion to help this worthy cause with your skills, knowledge and experience.  Send us an email or just give us a call!

We've still got 6 months to go until March 1-4, 2012, and some of the jobs will need active involvement only in a couple of months from now but it's never too early to join the festival crew and be prepared! In addition to the rewarding experience of working for a great event and a worthy cause volunteers will get a special t-shirt, a baseball cap, a bumper sticker and free entrance to the festival.

We're setting our trust in the great communities in the highlands of Chiriqui who have often proven their love of the arts, their generosity and their willingness to give back to our beautiful host country.

Help us to add just another jewel of great events to the cultural scene of Chiriqui province!

Thank you!

Hans-J. Lebuser, Director

Boquete Jazz&Blues Festival

www.boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com

cell: 6519-7876

Here's where you could put your talents and experience to work:

Sponsor relations: Help with finding and addressing sponsors (Spanish speakers needed!), keep in touch, ensure distribution of sponsor benefits, find volunteers to visit potential sponsors

Advertising and PR, Website: Help with publishing the festival in public media&blogs, distribute posters and flyers, administrate Spanish language website, write blog

Writers: Write articles about the festival for newspapers and magazines (Visitante, Escapes, 9.80, International Living, music magazines etc.)

Merchandise sales: Organizing sales and finding volunteers for selling merchandise

Printing management: Help develop templates for posters, flyers, banners, tickets and programs, organize printing  of all relevant material

Travel package manager: Develop travel packages for foreign visitors in cooperation with travel agents

International travel for musicians: Ensure flight and hotel bookings for musicians, get discounts from airlines and hotels, get support from embassies

Stage Manager: Manage the open air stage on the fairgrounds, get sound and light equipment, recruit soundman & roadies, set and reset stage for each performance, recruit volunteers

Backstage management&musicians relations: Organize backstage facility, get  f&b for musicians, control access to area, create point of contact for musicians

Fairground management: Manage entry to the fairgrounds, recruit volunteers for ticket booth,  greeters and ushers, organize seating area and chairs, (VIP section), hire guards for Saturday night, organize clean-up, organize security volunteers

Local transportation&lodging for musicians: Manage local transportation, pick up and drop off musicians from/to David airport or bus station, provide transportation for musicians from the more remote hotels, find volunteer drivers, develop transportation and  lodging plan for musicians

Vendor management:  Find vendors for the fairground (Saturday and Sunday), create database, organize and allocate spaces, collect fees, ensure clean-up    

Art auction management: Help organize the art auction for Thursday, March 1, coordinate with artists, get donations of artworks, organize F&B with local restaurants, organize musical entertainment

Friends of BJBF Club Manager: Maintain lists of members, keep track of payments, ensure distribution of benefits, provide contact for members

 

Club Crawl management: Organize a club crawl in coordination with hotels, restaurants, and bands, develop plan about who’s gonna play where and when, organize transport of musicians in cooperation with transport manager

Volunteer coordination: Keep lists& contacts of all volunteers, ensure benefits for volunteers (t-shirts, caps, buttons, free admission, etc.) organize volunteer meetings

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