European Juggling Convention

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EJC 2006, Millstreet, Ireland. EJC big tops.jpg
EJC 2006, Millstreet, Ireland.

The European Juggling Convention (EJC), is the largest juggling convention in the world, regularly attracting several thousand participants. It is held every year in a different European country. It is organised by changing local organisation committees which are supported by the European Juggling Association (EJA), a non-profit association founded in 1987 in Saintes, France. [1] Like most juggling conventions, it features a mix of workshops for jugglers, a "renegade" performance performed for participants, games, performances and a public show, usually spread out over a period of a week in the European summer. Accommodation is usually in the form of tents provided by participants.

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History

The first EJC was inspired by the IJA Festival and organised by jugglers who didn't want to travel to the USA. [2] The IJA helped by giving the organisers a list (known as the roster) of IJA members living in Europe. [3] It was also known as the "first European IJA mini-convention" and had an attendance of 11 jugglers from 5 countries. [4] EJC has now grown much bigger than its inspiration and has much less focus on competitive juggling, but is more about the sharing of juggling.

List of European Juggling Conventions

No.LocationYearDatesAttendanceOrganiserLink
1 Brighton, United Kingdom 1978April 15 - April 1611Lynn Thomas
2 Newport-on-Tay, United Kingdom 1979April 14 - April 1625Lindsay Leslie
3 London, United Kingdom 1980March 28 - March 3042Tim Batson
4 London, United Kingdom 1981September 18 - September 20100Tim Batson
5 Copenhagen, Denmark 1982September 10 - September 12110Jonglorer md Tyngdekaften
6 Laval, France 1983September 16 - September 18200L'Institut de Jonglage
7 Frankfurt, Germany 1984September 13 - September 16400Schwerkraft Na Und
8 Louvain la Neuve, Belgium [5] 1985September 5 - September 8550Cirque de Trottoir
9 Castellar de la Frontera, Spain 1986September 18 - September 21350Javier Jiminez, Hermann Klink, Fritz Brehm, Toby Philpott
10 Saintes, France 1987September 17 - September 201000L'Institut de Jonglage
11 Bradford, United Kingdom 1988September 22 - September 251000Sam Scurfield
12 Maastricht, Netherlands 1989August 31 - September 32000Stichting 12th European Juggling Festival
13 Oldenburg, Germany 1990August 30 - September 22500Verein zur Förderung des Freizeitsports e.V.
14 Verona, Italy 1991August 29 - September 12300EJA: represented by Jules Howarth, Pippa Stockting, Doug Orten
15 Banyoles, Spain 1992August 20 - August 241500Sue Hunt
16 Leeds, United Kingdom 1993September 1 - September 51800Up in the Air Ltd.
17 Hagen, Germany 1994August 2 - August 72000EJA (Deutschland) e.V.
18 Gothenburg, Sweden 1995August 11 - August 181100Snöbollen
19 Grenoble, France 1996August 12 - August 182200Association Entre ciel et terre
20 Turin, Italy 1997September 1 - September 61000Just for Joy European Association
21 Edinburgh, United Kingdom 1998August 3 - August 82000EJC98 Ltd.
22 Grenoble, France 1999August 12 - August 182300Association Entre ciel et terre
23 Karlsruhe, Germany 2000August 5 - August 122750 [6] Pyramidaler Kleinkunst-Verein e.V.
24 Rotterdam, Netherlands 2001August 4 - August 123500Stichting EJC2001
25 Bremen, Germany 2002August 8 - August 162200Zirkuswerkstatt e.V.
26 Svendborg, Denmark 2003August 5 - August 132300E.J.C. 2003 Svendborg
27 Carvin, France 2004July 25 - August 14487Ch'ti Cirq
28 Ptuj, Slovenia 2005August 14 - August 203550Rokodelci Juggling Association
29 Millstreet, Ireland 2006July 9 - July 162252JCEvents Ltd.
30 Athens, Greece 2007July 30 - August 52300
31 Karlsruhe, Germany 2008August 2 - August 106800 [7] Pyramidaler KleinKunst-Verein
32 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2009July 4 - July 124200
33 Joensuu, Finland 2010July 24 - August 11200Sirkus Supiainen ry
34 Munich, Germany 2011August 6 - August 147200EJC 2011 e.V.
35 Lublin, Poland 2012July 28 - August 51540Fundacja Sztukmistrze
36 Toulouse, France 2013July 27 - August 44500L’association Par Haz’Art
37 Millstreet, Ireland 2014July 19 - July 272345Circus Events Ltd.
38 Bruneck, Italy 2015August 1 - August 94042
39 Almere, Netherlands 2016July 30 - August 75417Stichting Europees Jongleerfestival 2016
40 Lublin, Poland 2017July 22 - July 302440Fundacja Sztukmistrze
41 Azores, Portugal 2018July 28 - August 51300+Associação Cultural de Artes Circenses dos Açores - 9'Circos Archived 2018-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
42 Newark, United Kingdom 2019August 3 - August 114426Red Hat Events
43 Hanko, Finland (on-line)2021July 17 - July 25Sirkus Magenta
44 Tres Cantos, Spain 2022August 6 - August 143200Asociación Circo Diverso tres cantos
45 Lublin, Poland 2023July 29 - August 62311Fundacja Sztukmistrze
46 Ovar, Portugal 2024July 27 - August 42799
47 Arnhem, Netherlands 2025August 2 - August 106573Stichting Europees Jongleerfestival
48 Ptuj, Slovenia 2026August 1 - August 9
49 Bruneck, Italy 2027

See also

References

  1. "The Stichting European Juggling Association". European Juggling Association. 2006. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
  2. "Thoughts, Philosophy, History by Toby Philpott". European Juggling Association. 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  3. "Report on Brighton IJA Convention April 15 & 16, 1978 by Lindsay Leslie". International Juggling Association. 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
  4. "First European IJA Mini-Convention Brighton, England". International Juggling Association. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  5. European Juggling Convention (PDF) (Report). EJA.net via MrJules.net.
  6. "The European Juggling Association". European Juggling Association, list of EJCs. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
  7. "European Juggling Convention 2008". Pyramidaler Kleinkunst Verein. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-04.