Volunteers

• you’ll meet a lot of other music lovers;
• you’ll gain valuable experience at a music venue with many growth opportunities;
• you’re allowed to participate in various training sessions, workshops, and staff outings;
• you can (almost) enjoy unlimited access to EKKO;
• you can put one of your friends on the guest list twice a month;
• you’ll receive discounts on music (at Plato) and coffee (at The Village).

EKKO is being led by a big group of employees (on a day-to-day basis), of which a significant part is working on a voluntary basis. Our volunteers provide input to EKKO’s identity and image bottom-up on a social, cultural and professional level. Their input is most visible for our visitors: they spread posters through Utrecht, tap beers behind the bar, take photos of artists and audiences, prepare food together with a chef, support artists during the day of their show and operate sound and lights.

EKKO strives to be a socially safe space for development for everyone who holds ambitions in the musical landscape and/or the overall cultural field. We stimulate experiencing a cultural venue in a professional way and motivate our volunteers and other crew to pass this experience on to fresh talent. In this light we also offer custom assistantships to gain specific working experience. A lot of former EKKO employees continue their career within our own organization, or continue working in the cultural field.