Four hundred people build this, and we pay all of them
Crew shifts in December, four salaried jobs the rest of the year, and two paid placements for people at the start.
Crew call
Four hundred shifts every December
Paid the Monday after the festival, by mobile money, in full. Applications open on 1 September and close when they are full — usually the second week of October.
Stage and load crew
₵180 a shift
Two days before, three nights during, one day after. Heavy, hot and the best fun on site. No experience needed for load; rigging needs a ticket.
Welfare and stewarding
₵170 a shift
Gates, family area, welfare tent and the walk-home route. Training on the Thursday is paid and is not optional.
Photo and video
₵950 for the weekend
Six photographers and two video crews. Bring your own body and glass; we supply passes, a desk to edit at and a deadline of noon the next day.
Working here
Four things that are true of every shift
Everybody is paid
Crew, placements, photographers, the lot. Nobody works a shift here for a wristband.
A meal every shift
A proper one, from the traders, not a sandwich in a box. Vegetarian by default if you ask.
Getting home is on us
Anybody finishing after midnight gets a licensed car home within Greater Accra, paid by us, no argument.
Training is paid
Thursday's briefing, the rigging tickets, the first-aid certificates. If we need you to have it, we pay for it.
Open roles
Four jobs, and they do not come up often
Eleven people work here full time and most of them have been here more than four years. That is the good news and the bad news.
Production coordinator
Full time · Adabraka
₵5,800 – ₵7,200 a month
Advancing shows, chasing riders, booking transport and being the person a supplier can reach. Two years of events behind you, or two years of anything where things had to arrive on time.
Apply for this
Systems engineer
Full time · Tema warehouse
₵6,500 – ₵8,400 a month
Own the stock: prep, service, load, deploy and keep the paperwork straight. You will mix four or five shows a month as well, which is the part everybody actually wants.
Apply for this
Audience and marketing lead
Full time · Adabraka
₵5,200 – ₵6,800 a month
Ticket sales, the newsletter, the socials and the wrap report. You will have a real budget and nobody looking over your shoulder about tone of voice.
Apply for this
Production placement
Six months · paid
₵2,400 a month
Two places a year for people at the start. Real work, a named mentor, and we have hired three of the last five.
Apply for this
Applying
One email, and we read every one
crew@rhythm.com for a festival shift, jobs@rhythm.com for a salaried role. Tell us what you have done and what you want to do next. No cover letter, no portal, no reference number.
Asked often
What people ask before applying
What is Rhythm Festival?
Three nights of live Ghanaian music across three stages at Independence Square, Accra, run by Rhythm every December since 2014. Twenty-six acts this year, from highlife bands old enough to have played Independence to producers who have never released anything on physical media.
Is it suitable for children?
Under-12s go free with a paying adult and there is a shaded family area beside The Yard until 20:00. After that the Main Stage gets loud and the Late Room is over-18 with ID, no exceptions.
How do I pay, and can I pay at the gate?
MTN MoMo, Telecel Cash, card, or cash at our Adabraka office. Gate tickets are sold on the night if we have not sold out — the price is the same, but the queue is not.
04—06 December 2026
Three nights. Twenty-six acts. One wristband.
Independence Square, Accra. Season passes are on sale now and the Late Room sells out first, every year, without fail.
