39th Annual Bowers Mansion Bluegrass Festival

Friday, Aug. 22 to Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025

 

VOLUNTEER INFORMATION

 

​We can’t do this Festival without Volunteers!  Volunteers are THE MOST IMPORTANT thing that we have to get right!  We are committed to making the Volunteer experience fun and rewarding.  NOTE: Our Liability Insurance requires all Volunteers to be NNBA Members.

 

​For 2025, we ask Volunteers to commit to 6 hours, spread out into 2-hour (or longer) shifts. 

 

What do you get for volunteering?

• One All Access Pass (good for all 3 days of the Festival)

• a free catered dinner on Friday (“kick off day”)

• a 2025 T-shirt

• snacks and water throughout your shifts

• Additionally, we hold two get-togethers for the Volunteers – one before the Festival (Orientation) and one after (Celebration). 

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   Your hours can be organized into 2-hour (or longer) shifts, but you must

    meet  a minimum commitment of 6 hours

• Thursday – Use your own vehicle to help us haul equipment to the Festival Grounds at Bowers Regional Park.  If you have a pickup or a cargo trailer, that would be great! This is typically a 3 - 4 hour shift   

• Friday – Set Up Crew at Bowers Park. This is a 6-hour shift., 9am - 3pm.    Morning coffee & pastries, as well as lunch is provided for this crew.  A second crew comes on duty at 3pm, and the gates to the Friday evening show open at 3:30.   Bands start at 4, and show ends at dusk.  Always a fun crowd!

• Saturday –  First shift starts at 8am, gates open at 9.  This is the "big day" and it's always a ton of fun.  Duties include organizing and selling merchandise, handling money, managing devices (phones, ipads, credit card readers, etc.), greeting customers, driving a golf cart or the shuttle van, staffing the Petting Zoo or the Raffle Tent, wrist-banding, traffic control, running errands, etc. 

• Sunday – Gates open at 10am, festival concludes at 5.  Same duties as Saturday.  

• Sunday Tear-Down Crew starts at 4pm.  A 2-hour shift, and many hands make light work!  

 

Detailed descriptions of all shifts are here. 

And the online sign-up sheet is here.

 

      Contact your friends and sign up together! 

     If you have any questions, just send an email to info@nnba or call

      775-348-4692.

                                            Thank you! 

                                            Cindy Gray

                                            Volunteer Coordinator