Why Volunteer?

Bram Stoker Festival is powered by an army of volunteer monsters, ghouls and ghosts, who roam the streets of Dublin City bringing to life our Gothic gathering.

Volunteers can become involved in all aspects of the festival; behind the scenes, ushering at our venues, on social media, assisting with make-up & costume, or acting as ambassadors at our events. There’s something for everyone keen to get involved, or see what it takes to bring a festival of this size to life.

How to Volunteer

Our volunteern application form is now live and accepting applications. Scroll down!

Recruitment Coven

We’ll host an ‘Open Coven’ Recruitment Evening when applications are live, where you can meet other volunteers, find out more about our events, ask questions and even fill out the application form there and then. Date and time will be confirmed soon.

Read This First! Notes on Volunteering

Bram Stoker Festival is an equal opportunity facilitator. The Festival does not tolerate any form of discrimination, bullying or abuse and will protect it’s volunteers from any such forms of behaviour.

All initial correspondence with volunteers is done via e-mail. Please ensure volunteer@bramstokerfestival.com is added to your email contacts folder so our correspondence does not get quarantined as Spam.

It is a policy of the festival that each applicant is available for a minimum of three volunteering periods.

Please be aware that the Festival cannot provide any living, travel or accommodation expenses to volunteers. However, volunteers who complete longer than a 4 hour shift will get a meal voucher. Volunteers will also receive tickets to some of our productions.

Submission of this application form is not a guarantee of receiving a volunteer placement. Due to the over-whelming responses to our volunteer calls, it may be unavoidable that some applicants do not receive a volunteer placement. This should not in any way dissuade you from completing the volunteer application form, as we will do our utmost to ensure that each applicant receives a placement.

Application Form