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Brugge
 http://www.chapter2.be info@chapter2.be Philly Fest 2008 Juggling Conventions United States
Friends Select School - Philadelphia, PA
 http://www.phillyjugglers.com john@satriano.net Join us for the 26th Annual Philadelphia Juggling Festival! Manchester juggling convention 10 Juggling Conventions United Kingdom
Chorlton Leisure centre (M21 9PQ) 10a.m. - 7 p.m, St. Ninian's church hall 7p.m.-
 nigel@juggler.net.nospam.com Usual juggling convention stuff during the day (so chatting, tea/coffee/beer drinking, eating, and silliness then) followed by a pub quiz and renegade show and more chatting/drinking/eating/silliness in the evening. 3rd Turkish Juggling Festival Juggling Conventions Turkey
Antalya
 http://www.j-fest.com info@j-fest.com 7 days of sun and fun by the sea. Goto http://www.sundancecamp.com for the location, pictures and images, and accommodation. Juggling On Ice - P(f)älzer Jongliertreffe(n) Juggling Conventions Germany
Parmina-Schulzentrum in Herxheim (near "Landau in der Pfalz")
 http://landau-jongliert.de martina@landau-jongliert.de Juggling On Ice Don't forget to bring warm clothes this year; we won´t need a refrigerator trailer because we have orderd arctic temperatures and have lots of ice cold ideas. Put on your ice skates and come along. For more information please refer to our homepage. We're looking forward to seeing you in Herxheim! 4th Annual Berkeley Juggling & Unicycling Festival Juggling Conventions United States
Berkeley, CA
 http://berkeleyjuggling.org/festival/ festival.info@berkeleyjuggling.org Unicycling, Juggling, Poi, Hula-hoop, Jo-jo's... Have a look at the webpages for more details and housing information. '08 Youth Circus Educators Conference, Raising the Bar Workshops United States
Boulder Circus Center
 http://www.americanyouthcircus.org david@americanyouthcircus.org ANNOUNCING 2008 AYCO Educators Conference RAISING THE BAR www.americanyouthcircus.org October 10 - 12, 2008 Boulder Circus Center Boulder, Colorado Calling all youth circus coaches, program directors, board members, and supporters to the 2008 AYCO Educators Conference. This year's theme, Raising the Bar, unites us as we come together to improve our skills, talents, and visions to more successfully fulfill our missions working with youth and supporting the preservation of the circus. We are choosing to host a general assembly this year. Workshops will cover a wide range of topics from coaching techniques to program development and fund-raising. We are very excited to announce that we are working with the Boulder Arts Alliance to offer workshops by professionals in areas of Grant Writing as well as Program Assessment Strategies. Other workshops offered throughout the weekend include Acrobatic Technique and Spotting (Chuck Johnson, Seattle Acrobatics and New Circus Academy), Aerial Skills Progression (Cathy Gauch, Boulder Circus Center), Injury Prevention for Circus Arts Student (Panni Spears, Flexibility Plus, Rochester), Movement Composition and Choreography ( Diana Greiner and Sarah East Johnson, LAVA, NYC), Aerial Spotting Techniques (Elsie Smith, NICCA, Vermont), Social Circus in Germany (Romy Backofen, Kornerzirkus-Kids, Neukolln, Germany), Out of Hand - Teaching Juggling and other Object Manipulations (KAREN QUEST!, Cowgirl Tricks, San Francisco). Many round table forums on mentoring, sustainability / succession planning for youth programs, teaching outside one's culture, and more. Saturday Night Performances by Lazer Vaudeville and Frequent Flyers! Conference Registration, Hotel information, and our current updated list of workshops can be found online at www.americanyouthcircus.org/EdCon2008/index.html SAVE THE DATES: October 10 - 12, 2008! questions? Please contact David Hunt @ david@americanyouthcircus.org ***Housing available at discounted rates only until September 10th at the Holiday Inn Express, Boulder. ***** Urban Juggling 5 Juggling Conventions Slovenia
Pekarna, Maribor
 vesolc@vesolc.net WORKSHOPS: - Luke Wilson - Malte Steinmetz - René Albert - Niels and - Aliosha-Alex Starting on Friday at 14:00 with registration and will continue with free juggling and some workshops till Open Stage at 22:00. then party :) On Saturday: breakfast at 9:00 then workshops from 11:00 till around 19:00 At 21:00 Gala show then party :) Sunday: breakfast at 9:00 free juggling, with probaly some workshops and then good bye around 16:00 Ticket for hole event is 20€ (all include: sleep, breakfast, workshops, Gala show) One day ticket 10€ (without Gala show) Only Gala show 5€ P.S. sleeping will be in big hall, so bring maybe iglu tent? , sleeping bag and something warm to put in on the floor... Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=46.551431,15.64363&spn=0.005762,0.013947&t=h&z=17&msid=100476462645195386664.00045823f8beff6755252 More info: 00386 (0)31 610 320 vesolc(a)vesolc.net Autumn Juggling weekend Juggling Conventions Netherlands
Enschede
 http://herfstjongleerweekend.googlepages.com/ hjw@catchup.utwente.nl Autumn Juggling weekend 2008 Morgan Cosquer workshop Workshops Germany
Jonglier Katakomben (Berlin)
 http://www.jonglierkatakomben.de info@jonglierkatakomben.de Advanced 3 balls. 4 hours per day. Levels: begginer, intermediate, advanced 5-3-1 Festival of New Juggling Juggling Conventions Finland
Helsinki
 http://www.531festival.com info@531festival.com 5-3-1 Festival of New Juggling 17.10. - 19.10.2008 Shows: Cie Non Nova (France) Peter Davison (USA) Sean Blue (USA) Viktor Gyllenberg (Sweden) Ville Walo & Kalle Hakkarainen / WHS Circo Aereo / Maksim Komaro 2008 St. Louis Jugglefest at WashU! Juggling Conventions United States
Washington University in St Louis, Women's Building
 http://www.wujuggling.com thwall@wustl.edu We are pleased to announce the date of this year's St. Louis Jugglefest -- October 17-19! The National Prestigious Society of Collegiate Jugglers (the juggling club at Washington University in St Louis) will again be hosting this year's festival. A large, well lit practice area, a fantastic public show, and a gigantic metal arch are to be enjoyed by all who attend. Ample crashspace and peanutbutter sandwiches will also be available -- Save the date and don't miss out! The St Louis Jugglefest at WashU:: Eighth wonder of the modern world! Please visit www.WUJUGGLING.com for the latest information! This year's show features:: Jen Slaw! Kevin Axtell! Tony Pezzo! Matt Hall! Doug Sayers! Maryanne Edmundson! Josh Horton! the National Prestigious Society of Collegiate Jugglers! ...and at least TWO other world-class acts yet to be announced! Durham Juggling Convention Juggling Conventions United Kingdom
wolsingham Durham
 http://www.durhamjugglingconvention.co.uk mini@juggler.net many years many faces much fun come. Sheffield's Poi in the Park Birthday 2008 Festivals (Street festivals and performing arts events) United Kingdom
Endcliffe Park, Hunters Bar, Sheffield
 http://www.new.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=788043&id=506036528#/event.php?eid=42016499248 sheffpip@googlemail.com Every year PitP has a big birthday bash in October, featuring variety shows, workshops, fire performances and good old fashioned juggling fun..! This year's event is a warm-up for making it into a more regular, one-day festival in 2009 and will offer a smaller, free alternative to Durham Juggling Convention (on the same day). So if Durham isn't on the cards for you, why not come to Sheffield and have a fun day with us.. :-) We have a hall booked overnight so people can stay in Sheffield and go home the next day to ease traveling. Jean Daniel Fricker Workshops Germany
Jonglier Katakomben (Berlin)
 http://www.jonglierkatakomben.de info@jonglierkatakomben.de Dance and juggling. 7 hours a day. Levels: begginer, intermediate, advanced Cuarta Cirkonvencion Mexikana Juggling Conventions Mexico
Xilitla, San Luis Potosi
 http://www.cirkonvencionmexikana.com ZirkuLaer 2008 with Thomas Dietz Juggling Conventions Germany
D- 48366 Laer (near Münster/NRW)
 http://www.zirkulaer.de el-ga@t-online.de A comfy, familiar but not to be sneezed at convention in the heart of the beautiful Münsterland region with a friendly service. Motto: Juggling in place of washing up! Nobody has to work,but only to juggle and to chill... We invited the world champion and…Thomas Dietz is coming! We fish for: Friendly people, who like to meet like minded individuals or unicycling or fancy good food or practice gymnastics or chill or enjoy coffee and cake or in case of an emergency conjure or just juggle… 12th Annual Big Red JuggleFest Juggling Conventions United States
Cornell University
 http://rso.cornell.edu/cjc/festival/ president@cornelljuggling.org X Convenção Brasileira de Malabarismo e Circo Juggling Conventions Brazil
Unicamp - SP
 http://www.unicamp.br/fef/xcbmc08/ xcbmc08@fef.unicamp.br 10th Brazilian juggling convention Bellingham Juggling Festival Juggling Conventions United States
Bellingham
 http://www.wwu.edu/~juggle/festival/ comradejules@gmail.com Zombies of Juggling: All are welcome at the 4th Bellingham Juggling Festival. if you juggle, Unicycle, acrobaticize please join us at the dream science laboratory in downtown Bellingham. This is also a perfect place to learn how to juggle. our professional staff will be teaching round the clock so the world can be full of exciting new jugglers. bring your family bring your friends heck even bring your enemies to the Bellingham Juggling Festival (zombies of juggling) and don’t forget to dress up. Suggested $10-20 for the weekend which includes: gym access, friday night Halloween dance party, and the Sat public show. Marco Paoletti workshop Workshops Germany
Jonglier Katakomben (Berlin)
 http://www.jonglierkatakomben.de info@jonglierkatakomben.de Technique for Creativity. 4 hours per day. Levels: intermediate, advanced Not Quite Pittsburgh Juggling Festival Juggling Conventions United States
Quaker Valley Middle School, Sewickley, Pennsylvania
 http://fun.freesitenow.com/jugglingfest The Not Quite Pittsburgh Juggling Festival will be Friday, Nov. 7, and Saturday, Nov. 8, in a unicycle-friendly venue. Friday night activities will feature open juggling and videos. Saturday activities will feature open juggling, games, workshops, videos, raffles and a show. Sewickley is a charming, walkable community with interesting restaurants and shops for nonjuggling spouses or kids. Pittsburgh is a short drive down Route 65. The Carnegie Science Center, Andy Warhol Museum and Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, for example, are about a half hour's drive away. Watch this space for more information. Midland Juggling Festival #13 Juggling Conventions United States
Midland salvation Army Gym 330 Waldo Ave. Midland MI, 48642
 http://midlandjugglingclub.com/ jewlsiyq@chartermi.net Juggling Fun Workshops, games, showtime Friday night 11/7/08 ~ 6:00-10:00pm Saturday 11/8/08 ~ 10:00am-? Juggle until you drop! Stefan Sing workshop Workshops Germany
Jonglier Katakomben (Berlin)
 http://www.jonglierkatakomben.de info@jonglierkatakomben.de Organic juggling. 4 hours per day. Levels: intermediate, advanced Circulation Festival Juggling Conventions New Zealand
Whare Flat, Dunedin
http://www.circulation.co.nz oneflammableguy@hotmail.com Circulation Festival is a four-day festival that will play host to a load of workshops primarily in circus, manipulation and fire performance but also in music and environmental awareness. Expect to meet up with more than 100 performers from around the country including the crème de la crop of talent from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. This year the site location has changed to a larger area to incorporate the festivals growing demand. Now based at Whare Flat, only 20 minutes away from Dunedin, the site is hidden amongst manuka glade that rings with native birdsong. To accompany the festival this year we have decided to celebrate its coming of age by throwing an all night outdoor dance party in addition to all the other features. Not only this, but the ticket price is only $80, which includes FULL CATERING from a specialized vegetarian and vegan chef, and we have cabins (limited to just under 100 people before tent sites are available). TICKETS $80NZD AVAILABLE FROM COSMIC CORNER, in Dunedin , NZ or by e-mailing oneflammableguy@hotmail.com Urs Jackle Workshops Germany
Jonglier Katakomben (Berlin)
 http://www.jonglierkatakomben.de info@jonglierkatakomben.de Marketing an act. 5 hours a day Leeds Juggling Convention Juggling Conventions United Kingdom
University of Leeds
 http://www.circsoc.com/about-us/juggling-convention info@circsoc.com After the success of the ’07 convention we are pleased to announce that we’ll be hosting the Leeds Juggling Convention 2008! Enjoyed last year by over 250 Jugglers, Diabolists, Spinners and Unicyclers the Leeds convention is being held on December 6th and is the finale of the U.K. convention season, so is a great chance to meet up before Christmas. Hosted on campus in the universities sports centre there is ample air conditioned space for over 400 people and with plenty of facilities on campus such as The Old Bar, Essentials and the Refectory you’ll be able to grab a drink or a bite to eat near by. Whether you’re a professional or a novice there will be plenty of games and workshops to keep you entertained, and children under 11 get in free. Along with the usual games and prize giving, we’ll also be having a unicycle tour around the university, and as it’s December why not take part in our secret Santa? Bring a gift worth no more than £1 or £2 and you’ll be given a ticket for a massive prize giving session at the end of the day If you’re looking for crash space overnight on one of our comfortable floors or settees you can find it on our forums, or if you live near by and can offer crash space please make a new thread in our forum so more people from across the country can attend. Tickets are not yet on sale but will be available online and on the day of the convention. Danish Juggling Convention Juggling Conventions Denmark
Køge, Asgård Skole, 30 min. from Copenhagen
 torben.wigger@skolekom.dk / Toons@mail.sonofon.dk The excellent location is the same as Nordic Juggling Convention 2007. We have a big gym, theatre room, good kitchen and we serve good food for both vegan and meet eaters. Theme this year will most probably be Cups, and then a good bar juggler will make cocktails in the bar, and do workshops More info will come as we get the home page up. Prise: Pre. Reg. 200,- Danish kr. 27,- euro Convencion circo ciruela.Curico Juggling Conventions Chile
curico
 http:// yoelsanmartin@hotmail.com convencion de artes circenses. y artes callejeras. enmarcada dentro del tour del verano de convenciones de chile. Sydney Juggling Convention Juggling Conventions Australia
Marrickville PCYC
 http://sydneyjuggling.com.au dale@halfbaked.com.au Australia's premiere Juggling Convention. Richard's 40th Birthday Jugglers' Party Juggling Conventions United Kingdom
Some beautiful countryside (exact location TBC)
 http://www.richardloxley.com/40th/ 40th@richardloxley.com On 6th February 2009 I will be 40 years old. To celebrate this I would like to invite all my juggler friends to join me for a weekend in the countryside. The format is more than a party, but not quite a juggling convention. Think of it more as a juggler's holiday. A bit like World Juggling Day in the Lakes, but indoors. 7. Havixbeck-Convention Juggling Conventions Germany
Havixbeck (near Münster)
 http://www.convention-havixbeck.de/ fragen@convention-havixbeck.de 7th juggling and Acro-Convention in Havixbeck 9. Dresdner Jonglierconvention Juggling Conventions Germany
Margon-Arena,Bodenbacherstr. 154, 01277 Dresden
http://www.jonglieren-dresden.de/ ptheeg@hotmail.com 9. Dresdner Jonglierfestival neue riessige, teure, grosse Halle - Margon Arena, Bodenbacherstr. 154, 01277 Dresden Fr. Feuershow/Feueropenstage Sa. Show bzw. OpenStage vermutlich in der Turnhalle So. Spiele Durch lokalen Verpflegungsbetreiber koennen wir Fr. keine Suppen und etc. mehr ausgeben. kein Einradhockey, Groundhog Day Jugglers Festival Juggling Conventions United States
Yaarab Shrine Center in Atlanta, Georgia
 http://www.atlantajugglers.org/festivals/gh09.htm aja@atlantajugglers.org Open juggling all weekend in large recreation hall, competition/public show on Saturday afternoon, late night cabaret on Saturday The Little Apple Juggling Festival Juggling Conventions United States
Kansas State University
 http://www.ksu.edu/juggle 4th Annual festival in Manhattan, KS MONDO Jugglefest XX Juggling Conventions United States
Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota
 http://www.mondofest.org/ info@mondofest.org MONDO runs Friday evening through Sunday afternoon at the impressively large Ganglehoff Center field house. Workshops, games, vendors, strange raffle items, plenty of unicycling, and an excellent Saturday night juggling/variety show. Crash space available, but limited. 400+ attendees expected! 17th New Zealand Juggling & Circus Festival Juggling Conventions New Zealand
Steadfast Park, Piha,
http://festival.juggle.org.nz/ dave@juggle.org.nz The New Zealand Juggling & Circus Festival is a four-day event featuring workshops, shows, exhibitions, and parties. Join up with more than 100 other jugglers and new jugglers from around New Zealand and the world to learn, relax and party at a the festival site. The festival will be in the North, just a short drive from Auckland at Steadfast Park, 1 kilometer from Piha beach. Pacific NorthWest Juggling Convention Juggling Conventions United States
Corvallis, Oregon
 http://jugglingconvention2009.blogspot.com/ PNWJC_admin@googlegroups.com PNWJC ~ March 27-29, 2009 Pacific Northwest Juggling Convention Join us at OSU’s McAlexander Fieldhouse in Corvallis, Oregon for a 47 hour convention beginning at 5 PM on Friday, ending 4 PM on Sunday, March 27-29, 2009. The Public Show (Sat. 7 PM) current lineup features Matt Hall and other professional and talented jugglers, unicyclists and stage performers. Beginners and seasoned performers will find challenges and enjoy the antics of others. Workshops and open gym for all levels. All activities are open to the public and FREE! Further information can also be found here --> Our last convention's website: http://jugglingconvention.blogspot.com/ Or on our general blog: http://osujugglers.blogspot.com/ British Juggling Convention 2009 Juggling Conventions United Kingdom
University of East Anglia, Norwich
 http://www.bjc2009.com Jak@bjc2009.com Congress of Jugglers 2009 Juggling Conventions United States
University of Maryland, College Park
 http://www.studentorg.umd.edu/juggling/congress.htm ckloc@umd.edu The Congress of Jugglers marks its 17th consecutive year in 2009, so come celebrate with us in the only way we know how. Gym space available on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Public show is Saturday, May 9 at 7 p.m. If you are interested in performing, contact Christian Kloc at the email listed above. L2! The 2nd annual Leicester Circus Festival Juggling Conventions United Kingdom
Brockington College, Enderby, Leicester
 http://jay-linn.co.uk/lestival/index.html lestival@juggler.net L2! The 2nd annual Leicester Circus Festival. We are pleased to announce our provisional date for next year's Lestival! It will take place in the same terrific venue we had last year, which was hugely appreciated by everyone who attended. We will have all the usual attractions, including :- * The oodles of space we enjoyed last year. * The kiosk selling all sorts of goodies - no junk, just good quality food and drinks at sensible prices. * Traders to be confirmed. * Public show in the spiffy theatre space. * Lots more to announce as it comes. NB The website currently points to last year's event, but you get the picture. world juggling day lakes Uk Juggling Conventions United Kingdom
Ambleside football field UK
 http://www.worldjugglingday.co.uk mini@juggler.net a nice relaxed weekend in the lakes with a load of jugglers 32º European Juggling Convention (EJC) Juggling Conventions Spain
VITORIA/GASTEIZ
 http://www.ejc2009.org info@ejc2009.com The 32nd European Juggling Convention (EJC) come back to Spain, in the Basque Country, North Spain. The annual meeting for most of the world jugglers! One week non stop juggling, perfonances, games, shows, renegades, concerts, parade, workshops ... all in a nice juggling ambience! you could not miss it! See you in Vitoria/Gasteiz Alex, and all the ejc2009 team!