Thursday 28th July 2022
We were able to relax today and enjoy looking around the festival, as our first shift isn’t until tomorrow. As ticket holders could decide to arrive either today or tomorrow, this morning there wasn’t really anything on, and a lot of the site was still being constructed. Some of the vendors have opened so we were able to get coffee and cake, and sat chatting to two other Oxfam volunteers for a little while.
I am really glad we did not have a shift today, as it gave us longer to get to know the site. It is a great venue - there is an Arboretum where the ‘World of Wellbeing’ is situated, including the World of Words and The Hip Yak Poetry Shack is located, as well as the Physics tent, the Taste the World stage and a lot more! In the main arena, there is the Open Air Stage, the Siam Stage, d&b Soundscape, Charlie Gillett Stage, most of the food stalls and the artisan market. We managed to find the Moon in the Woods where our first shift will be - it is very impressive !!!
As part of volunteering for Oxfam, we are given three meal vouchers, one for each shift. Sometimes there is a catering tent in the Oxfield campsite where the vouchers are solely used, but for this festival, we were given vouchers to spend at any food vendor. My first voucher was spent on paella, it was delicious!
The music started this evening. On the Open Air Stage was a school project where local school children were performing on the main stage. They had a big audience with everyone cheering them on which was really nice to see. The Selector played at 8pm in the d&b Soundscape, with a big crowd watching! The headliner for this evening was Fatoumata Diawara on the Open Air Stage.
It has been great looking around today. I’m feeling a bit nervous about our first shift, but glad we found where we need to go. The only disadvantage of the Oxfield (many advantages including nicer toilets and a lot more showers) is that we are camped right by quite a busy road, with traffic travelling through the night, so it is quite loud at night. But we have some really nice neighbours which is good! Luckily a later start tomorrow, so we don’t need to get up too early.
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