Pillar 01 · Workforce
Run the crew with confidence.
Run the crew. Track reliability. Reward the people who turn up.
Workforce detailsThe platform where festival work counts — for the crew who show up, the artists you book, and the festivals you run.Stop guessing
Stop guessing
who'll show up.
Lanyard runs festival workforce, festival timetables, and verified artist profiles in one place. Built for the people who make live events happen.
Free for selected 2026 festivals. Founder-led setup, no software faff.
Know who's coming. Reward the people who do.
§01 · The backstage problem
Festivals run on trust.
Trust lives in too many places.
Volunteer rotas in spreadsheets. Shift swaps in WhatsApp. Artist bios in DMs. Deposit decisions made on gut feel. Lanyard gives festival teams a clearer way to run the weekend before it turns into radio chaos.
50%
Slipshod 2025 volunteer no-show rate
1
place for shifts, check-ins, and reliability
5+
tools a typical festival juggles before Lanyard
Built for the gate at 2am, not the boardroom at 10.
Volunteer teams
Build rotas, manage check-ins, and see who has a reliable record.
Artist lineups
Collect bios, photos, links, and slot confirmations without chasing threads.
Festival-goers
Publish a branded timetable people can browse, favourite, and share.
§02 · The Lanyard pillars
One platform.
Three jobs done well.
Lanyard runs three pillars of festival operations on shared infrastructure. Workforce manages the crew. Timetable manages the lineup. Artist Profile gives every artist on the network a verified record of their gigs. Each pillar works on its own. They work better together.
01
One schedule. Artists, crew, and punters all looking at the same thing.
02
Fill the shifts. Catch the clashes. Cut the no-shows.
03
Every artist you book gets a verified record of where they've played.
04
Built for live events — patchy signal, last-minute swaps, gates that still need staffing.
Pillar 02 · Timetable
Publish the lineup without the spreadsheet.
Build the lineup. Send artists private edit links. Publish a festival-branded public timetable.
Timetable detailsgetlanyard.app/a/natures-bosh
Nature's Bosh
3 festivals · verified
Slipshod GatheringJul '26
Foundations FestivalAug '26
Soundcity FestivalSep '26
Pillar 03 · Artist Profile
Every gig verified. Every festival on Lanyard.
Every gig verified. Every festival on Lanyard adds to the artist's record.
Artist Profile details§03 · The volunteer journey
From signup to shift done.
Volunteers get a simple link. They understand the deal, choose shifts, check in when they arrive, and see exactly what to do next.
No app store · no lost PDF · no mystery rota
01 · Sign up
Make the deal clear.
Volunteers see what the shift involves, what is expected, and what they get back before they join the crew.
§04 · Reputation
Show up once. Get known for it.
Lanyard turns completed festival shifts into a record volunteers carry between events. Returning crew get recognised. New applicants are easier to assess. And deposits can finally reward the people who turn up — instead of punishing everyone equally.
Same principle, different chest. Artists on Lanyard build a verified gig history that follows them between festivals — see Artist Profile.
Trusted
3+ festivals · 95%+ completion · £0 deposit
Proven
2+ festivals · 90%+ completion · lower deposit
Returning
1 festival · real history · less risk
§05 · Built by a festival operator
Built by someone running the gate.
Lanyard is built first at Slipshod Gathering — the founder's own independent festival in Lincolnshire. If it doesn't work for tired crew leads on patchy signal at 1am, it doesn't ship. Every feature has been tested at a real gate, by real volunteers, on a real weekend.
- capacity
- 499
- 2026 live run
- 10-12 Jul
- built in the field
- Lincs
- early access
- 2026
§06 · Run the weekend
Stop rebuilding the plan in five different places.
Lineup
Build the schedule once, then publish it when the announcement is ready.
Crew
Fill the shifts, catch clashes, and give people clear instructions on site.
Trust
Know who turned up, who finished the work, and who you want back next year.
Early access · selected 2026 festivals
Tell us where the weekend gets messy.
Lineup announcements, volunteer shifts, check-in, deposits, last-minute swaps. Pick the bit causing the most admin and we will help you set up a useful first version.
●A working timetable
●A usable volunteer rota
●A check-in plan for site
●A setup call with Alex
FAQ
Questions
we get asked.
Both. Lineup helps you build and publish a festival timetable. Workforce helps you manage volunteers, shifts, check-ins, deposits, and reliability records.
No. You can use Lineup on its own: low commitment, useful straight away, and easy to expand later if you want workforce tools too.
Lanyard is offline-first where it matters. Check-ins queue on device and sync when the connection returns.
The volunteer does. Their record belongs to them and travels with them. Festivals verify the work; workers carry the evidence.
Your festival brand leads on public timetable pages. The volunteer product stays recognisably Lanyard, with a logo slot for your event.