Crews > Culture
Festival Shifts— 6–10 hrs over the 4 main festival days on one of 65 teams + $300 Food & Logistics Pass (most Soulshiners)
Long Crew — 30 hrs across ≥ 4 weekdays (Aug 18–Sep 5) + $250 Food Pass
Team Lead > Elevated responsibility, managing other people and/or taking lead on at least one critical component + $140 Food Pass
Est Team Size: 13
> Festival Shifts
> Long Crew Shifts
Shine Stage Music Lead – filled
Shine Stage Manager
Glow Stage Manager – filled
Workshop Coordinator
Workshop Space Keeper
Art Coordinator
Village Hub Coordinator
Vendor Village Coordinator
Women’s Circle Space
Men’s Tent
Est Team Size: 20
> Festival Shifts
Live Music
By joining the Live Music team, you will play a pivotal role in creating diverse and engaging musical performances that empower both artists and audiences. Your collaboration with the culture and technical production crews will help co-create shows and other music projects, shaping the essence of the Festival.
If interested in participating as a performer, choose the Live Music team as your team choice in the application and describe your act.
Electronic Music / DJ
As we continue to ride the cutting edge of what it means to live an empowering life, so does our musical expression. Join a Soulshiney collection of electronic music artists in bringing in the digital signature of our embodied inner work.
If interested in participating as a performer, choose the Live Music team as one of your three team choices in the application and describe your act.
Stage Crew
Soulshine will operate two music stages this year: Shine Stage, which hosts live music and Glow Stage, which is tucked away and dedicated to dancing and electronic music.
Be part of the Stage Crew Team, a crucial part of the festival’s operations. You will assist the Audio Team, Mixers, Musicians, and DJs with logistics and communication, ensuring everyone is well taken care of and the environment is safe and enjoyable for all.
Est Team Size: 8
> Festival Shifts
> Long Crew Shifts
Facilitate Workshops
Design and/or facilitate art workshops! Contribute to the community by bringing your best organizational and artful self forward. Ideally, workshops are adaptable for adults and children. Submit ideas via the Participation Form.
Build Festival Art
Bring your unique art installation to Soulshine.
Add Art Installation as one of your three team choices and describe your installation in the form.
Performance Art
Bring a little flair to the festival with performance art! For the first time, we are accepting open submissions for any performance art that could complement an empowering festival environment. Submit your proposed art form using the Participation Form.
Number of workshops: 12 + Art
> Festival Shifts
Note: The schedule can accomodate four (4) Workshops of each type and will curate from submissions made via the Participation Form. All Workshop Facilitators will sign up for a secondary Team to fulfil one shift in addition to their workshop. This will ensure they enjoy the benefit of a teamwork experience.
Think
Think workshops are designed to activate our relationship with reality, opening possibility and challenging our beliefs and practices.
Feel
Feel workshops remind us to live open-hearted with skillful communication, nourishing relationships and a healthy dose of laughter.
Action
Twirl, Breathe, Plant, Build, Create, Stretch, Dance! A variety of Action workshops for those who love to do the thing!
Est Team Size: 4
> Festival Shifts
> Long Crew
Ceremony is established ritual designed to honor our journey in life as multi-dimensional beings. We open the festival together, setting the tone of our gathering and clearly stating our intentions for the land, the event and each other. We close to honor and give thanks for the opportunity to practice skills, learn about each other and transform from individuals to community.
Design, coordinate and manage the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
4Est Team Size: 4
> Festival Shifts
> Long Crew
The Village Hub is the beating heart of communal expression — hosting storytelling, live music, ceremonies, and intimate offerings that ground and connect the Village. This team co-stewards a space rooted in culture, vulnerability, and shared humanity.
Est Team Size: 5
> Festival Shifts
The Women’s Circle Space will serve as a sanctuary for women offering workshops and circles for women only on Saturday.
On Sunday, the space will open with an invitation for men to participate in integration circles.
Est Team Size: 3
> Festival Shifts
The Men’s Tent will focus on learning and practicing the art of gathering in circle. This time honored ritual is the keystone at the heart of managing community dynamics. It requires skill, practice and facilitation to be effective.
Explore all nine Crews and over 65 Teams to discover the many roles that bring our favourite slice of reality to life.
In your application, list your top three dream Teams for 2025—we hope you find a perfect fit, but please stay open to serving wherever our community needs you most.
Every Crew experience offers insights into ourselves, our relationships, and our wider community—because that’s the heart of this project.
