Produced by The Folklore Society of Greater Washington

43rd WASHINGTON FOLK FESTIVAL
VOLUNTEER SIGN-UP FORM

The 2026 Washington Folk Festival will take place on Sunday, August 23, 2026 from Noon to 9:00 PM, at Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, Maryland. Admittance to the festival is free every year because of VOLUNTEERS! That’s right: performers, emcees, stage crew, sound engineers, operations, food servers, and office staff all donate their time and their talents. As always, this year’s festival needs you.

If you are interested in serving on any of the festival planning committees such as publicity, programming, or fund-raising, send an email to wffvolunteers@fsgw.org with your interests and talents. Someone will reach out to you.

 Volunteering takes only a few hours of your time. Tell us about some of your talents and interests and we will find a place for you to contribute to the Washington Folk Festival’s ongoing success.

 If you’re interested in volunteering for the festival, please fill out and submit the form below.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

First Name Last Name 
Mailing Address
City State Zip
Home Phone Number 
Mobile Phone Number 
E-mail Address 
I am under 18 years old 
I am a student who would
like to credit my festival volunteer
hours to my school
public service commitment		 School Name

VOLUNTEER JOB INFORMATION: We need help with festival setup and take down, stage crews, information booth, volunteer and performer check-in, as well as help in the office making buttons and stuffing envelopes. There are also opportunities to serve on committees (starting immediately) to help plan the festival.

Have you worked at previous
Washington Folk Festivals?
Do you prefer to be:
Do you have any special physical limitations?
If so, please indicate.

Please indicate which jobs you would prefer and which you would not want to do.
We will not assign you to jobs you do not want to do. We try to assign you to your preferred jobs,
but sometimes need to assign you to jobs for which you have not indicated a preference.
To see a brief description of each job hover your mouse over the job title.

Jobs Activity Level When Needed Check any jobs
you would like		 Check any jobs
you would NOT like
I can do any job
Button Making and Instrument Check Light Activity During Festival, Sunday, August 23 09:00 am to 06:00 pm
Info-Donations Standing Sunday, August 23 10:30 am to 07:00 pm
Instrument & Volunteer Check-in Light Activity Sunday, August 23 09:30 am to 08:00 pm
Office Preparation Light Activity Saturday, August 22 10:00 am to 05:00 pm
Operations Crew Active During Festival, Sunday, August 23 08:00 am to 11:00 pm
Monday, August 24 09:00 am to 04:00 pm
Performer Assistance Active During Festival, Sunday, August 23 10:30 am to 07:00 pm
Performer Check-in Sedentary During Festival, Sunday, August 23 09:30 am to 06:30 pm

During the Festival work is usually scheduled in two-hour blocks, but you can work as many blocks as you’d like. On other work days blocks of time are not assigned, but you can help us plan by indicaing when you are available. Please indicate when you would like to work:

OR two-hour blocks

If you have any notes about your volunteer service or any comments or suggestions, please type them in the box below. When you are finished, please click the SUBMIT button below to transmit your form.