But Haringey’s vibrant young people won’t just be attending the festival, many will be gaining valuable skills and experience working behind the scenes as both employees and volunteers.
Michael Aderoba is one of those young people whose spending time out from his summer to work with Festival Republic, the organisation behind Wireless and other concerts in Finsbury Park.
Michael, who previously studied Creative Media and Design at Haringey Sixth Form and will be starting at Brunel University London in September to do Media and Communications, secured the job after Festival Republic approached his former college looking for local young people and Michael’s principle teacher put him forward.
“Festival Republic said they needed some young people who were willing to get a one-time contract to shift with them for the festival season.
“I accepted because I’ve been to a festival, but I haven’t been behind the scenes, so I wanted to see what it was like, so I just took the opportunity and said why not give it a go?"
Working across various job roles, including catering for site staff, manning the residential hotline to support residents with issues and queries during show days, and different parts of production work, Michael expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to get involved in the different elements of the festival and how positive the experience has been.
“The experience is amazing. As you can see, it’s a good community.
“There are many different departments – marketing, production, construction, and everyone just goes well together, especially in the lunch hall.
“During the show days I’ll be doing the residential hotline. I will also do a bit of production work as well. Just getting my hands busy in all types of different elements of the festival.
“You can see everyone communicating and having a good time, bonding over food, it’s good to see. It's a good community and it's a good place to be right now.”
Wireless Festival will take place in Finsbury Park from Friday 11 – Sunday 13 July 2025.
Visit our website for more information: https://haringey.gov.uk/leisure-parks-culture/parks-greenspaces/park-events/finsbury-park-large-events/key-information-residents-businesses
