European Juggling Convention

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.

History

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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

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No. Location Year Dates Attendance Organiser Link
1 Brighton, United Kingdom 1978 April 15 - April 16 11 Lynn Thomas [1][2][3]
2 Newport-on-Tay, United Kingdom 1979 April 14 - April 16 25 Lindsay Leslie [4]
3 London, United Kingdom 1980 March 28 - March 30 42 Tim Batson [5]
4 London, United Kingdom 1981 September 18 - September 20 100 Tim Batson [6]
5 Copenhagen, Denmark 1982 September 10 - September 12 110 Jonglorer md Tyngdekaften [7][8]
6 Laval, France 1983 September 16 - September 18 200 L'Institut de Jonglage [9]
7 Frankfurt, Germany 1984 September 13 - September 16 400 Schwerkraft Na Und [10]
8 Louvain la Neuve, Belgium[5] 1985 September 5 - September 8 550 Cirque de Trottoir [11]
9 Castellar de la Frontera, Spain 1986 September 18 - September 21 350 Javier Jiminez, Hermann Klink, Fritz Brehm, Toby Philpott
10 Saintes, France 1987 September 17 - September 20 1000 L'Institut de Jonglage [12]
11 Bradford, United Kingdom 1988 September 22 - September 25 1000 Sam Scurfield [13]
12 Maastricht, Netherlands 1989 August 31 - September 3 2000 Stichting 12th European Juggling Festival [14]
13 Oldenburg, Germany 1990 August 30 - September 2 2500 Verein zur Förderung des Freizeitsports e.V. [15]
14 Verona, Italy 1991 August 29 - September 1 2300 EJA: represented by Jules Howarth, Pippa Stockting, Doug Orten
15 Banyoles, Spain 1992 August 20 - August 24 1500 Sue Hunt
16 Leeds, United Kingdom 1993 September 1 - September 5 1800 Up in the Air Ltd.
17 Hagen, Germany 1994 August 2 - August 7 2000 EJA (Deutschland) e.V.
18 Gothenburg, Sweden 1995 August 11 - August 18 1100 Snöbollen
19 Grenoble, France 1996 August 12 - August 18 2200 Association Entre ciel et terre
20 Turin, Italy 1997 September 1 - September 6 1000 Just for Joy European Association
21 Edinburgh, United Kingdom 1998 August 3 - August 8 2000 EJC98 Ltd.
22 Grenoble, France 1999 August 12 - August 18 2300 Association Entre ciel et terre
23 Karlsruhe, Germany 2000 August 5 - August 12 2750[6] Pyramidaler Kleinkunst-Verein e.V.
24 Rotterdam, Netherlands 2001 August 4 - August 12 3500 Stichting EJC2001
25 Bremen, Germany 2002 August 8 - August 16 2200 Zirkuswerkstatt e.V.
26 Svendborg, Denmark 2003 August 5 - August 13 2300 E.J.C. 2003 Svendborg [16]
27 Carvin, France 2004 July 25 - August 1 4487 Ch'ti Cirq [17]
28 Ptuj, Slovenia 2005 August 14 - August 20 3550 Rokodelci Juggling Association [18]
29 Millstreet, Ireland 2006 July 9 - July 16 2252 JCEvents Ltd. [19]
30 Athens, Greece 2007 July 30 - August 5 2300
31 Karlsruhe, Germany 2008 August 2 - August 10 6800[7] Pyramidaler KleinKunst-Verein [20]
32 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2009 July 4 - July 12 4200 [21]
33 Joensuu, Finland 2010 July 24 - August 1 1200 Sirkus Supiainen ry [22]
34 Munich, Germany 2011 August 6 - August 14 7200 EJC 2011 e.V. [23]
35 Lublin, Poland 2012 July 28 - August 5 1540 Fundacja Sztukmistrze [24]
36 Toulouse, France 2013 July 27 - August 4 4500 L’association Par Haz’Art [25]
37 Millstreet, Ireland 2014 July 19 - July 27 2345 Circus Events Ltd. [26]
38 Bruneck, Italy 2015 August 1 - August 9 4042 [27]
39 Almere, Netherlands 2016 July 30 - August 7 5417 Stichting Europees Jongleerfestival 2016 [28]
40 Lublin, Poland 2017 July 22 - July 30 2440 Fundacja Sztukmistrze [29]
41 Azores, Portugal 2018 July 28 - August 5 1300+ Associação Cultural de Artes Circenses dos Açores - 9'Circos [30] Archived 2018-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
42 Newark, United Kingdom 2019 August 3 - August 11 4426 Red Hat Events [31]
43 Hanko, Finland (on-line) 2021 July 17 - July 25 Sirkus Magenta [32]
44 Tres Cantos, Spain 2022 August 6 - August 14 3200 Asociación Circo Diverso tres cantos [33]
45 Lublin, Poland 2023 July 29 - August 6 Fundacja Sztukmistrze [34]
46 Ovar, Portugal 2024 July 27 - August 4 [35]
47 Arnhem, Netherlands 2025 August 2 - August 10 [36]
48 Ptuj, Slovenia 2026

See also

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References

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  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.
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