Client and event overview
When most festival-goers head back to their tents, the operation doesn’t stop. Our team of 30 festival staff supported Secret Garden Party as night stewards, helping manage campsites and look after festival-goers long after the stages began winding down. Because a festival campsite at 3pm and a festival campsite at 3am are two very different places.
When the Festival Goes to Bed
Secret Garden Party is known for creativity, escapism and the unexpected, with its long-running home near Abbots Ripton in Cambridgeshire becoming part of its identity.
But behind that world is a 24-hour operation.
Our night teams patrolled the campsite, managed campsite hubs and remained alert to health, safety and welfare concerns throughout their shifts.
They also provided something incredibly important: a visible point of contact.
Why Overnight Campsite Management Matters
Good campsite management is about creating somewhere people can return to and feel supported after a full day at a festival.
At night, that requires a particular kind of festival staff.
Teams need to remain alert during quieter periods, communicate calmly with tired festival-goers and recognise when something needs escalating to welfare, medical, security or management teams.
They’re not there to replace those specialist services. They help connect attendees to the right support when it’s needed.
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The Outcome
Festival Staffing Around the Clock It’s why we take overnight deployments seriously. Staff need clear briefings, escalation procedures and an understanding of the wider campsite operation before their shift begins. Our 30 night stewards helped provide that reassuring presence throughout Secret Garden Party — patrolling, supporting and keeping an eye on things while thousands of people slept. Because festivals might be built around the stages. But anyone who has worked one knows the campsite is an operation of its own. Explore our Festival Staffing services.
Services Used
Ethical Staffing supported this brief with Campsite Management, Festival Staffing, Event Stewards.
Frequently Asked Questions
What did Ethical Staffing do at Secret Garden Party?
When most festival-goers head back to their tents, the operation doesn’t stop. Our team of 30 festival staff supported Secret Garden Party as night stewards, helping manage campsites and look after festival-goers long after the stages began winding down. Because a festival campsite at 3pm and a festival campsite at 3am are two very different places.
When the Festival Goes to Bed?
Secret Garden Party is known for creativity, escapism and the unexpected, with its long-running home near Abbots Ripton in Cambridgeshire becoming part of its identity.
But behind that world is a 24-hour operation.
Our night teams patrolled the campsite, managed campsite hubs and remained alert to health, safety and welfare concerns throughout their shifts.
They also provided something incredibly important: a visible point of contact.
Why Overnight Campsite Management Matters?
Good campsite management is about creating somewhere people can return to and feel supported after a full day at a festival.
At night, that requires a particular kind of festival staff.
Teams need to remain alert during quieter periods, communicate calmly with tired festival-goers and recognise when something needs escalating to welfare, medical, security or management teams.
They’re not there to replace those specialist services. They help connect attendees to the right support when it’s needed.
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Festival Staffing Around the Clock
It’s why we take overnight deployments seriously.
Staff need clear briefings, escalation procedures and an understanding of the wider campsite operation before their shift begins.
Our 30 night stewards helped provide that reassuring presence throughout Secret Garden Party — patrolling, supporting and keeping an eye on things while thousands of people slept.
Because festivals might be built around the stages.
But anyone who has worked one knows the campsite is an operation of its own.
Explore our Festival Staffing services.
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Secret Garden Party needed stewards on the campsite after the stages closed. If your festival campsite needs overnight cover and a team who understand the site, tell us the size of the operation.