Gate Crew Job Description
Gate Crew monitors traffic between backstage Main Stage and backstage Camp Stage. It is the only way we can move performers and their instruments and equipment to Camp Stage for their performances. It’s an enjoyable, albeit sometimes boring, job that is vitally important! It requires a bit of walking.
The Perkiomen Trail, that runs alongside the Old Pool Farm where Fest is held, is a county access road used for walking, hiking, running, bicycling, dog walking, horseback riding, and such. No vehicles are allowed on this trail, which connects Main Stage and Camp Stage and is vital to our operations of both stages. There is no other way to get vehicles to Camp Stage and back. Festival is given a special ordinance in order to use the trail for vehicles.
We are required by a County Ordinance to have a walker in front of and behind each and every festival vehicle using the Trail. Gate Crew has this responsibility as well as to regulate any entrance or exit through the gates at main stage and camp stage.
- We have been granted permission by the Township to use the trail for vehicles if we comply with this requirement without exception.
- It is vital that we continue to be allowed to use the Trail for vehicles.
- Every festival vehicle must have a walker in front and a walker behind.
Many vehicles use the Trail during Fest, including gators and golf carts carrying performers and their gear, trucks and vehicles from Central Control transporting performers and their gear, and performers’ vans. Gate Crew escorts each and every vehicle, with a walker in front and a walker behind, between Camp Stage and Main Stage before, during, and after the Thursday evening performance and during the Workshops on Camp Stage on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Additionally, the Township of Upper Salford allows us to park trailers and buses for the bands in their municipal lot, which is just across the Trail from Main Stage. The performers come back and forth through the gate during the day and during the evening concerts. Gate crew monitors this and allows for their passage.
Traffic is sporadic, and there are times when the crew is sitting waiting for the next vehicle. You can bring a book or something to do during those times.
