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.
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.
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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 EJC 2006 Millstreet Ireland Contents 1 History 2 List of European Juggling Conventions 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe 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 editNo Location Year Dates Attendance Organiser Link1 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 Philpott10 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 Forderung des Freizeitsports e V 15 14 Verona Italy 1991 August 29 September 1 2300 EJA represented by Jules Howarth Pippa Stockting Doug Orten15 Banyoles Spain 1992 August 20 August 24 1500 Sue Hunt16 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 Snobollen19 Grenoble France 1996 August 12 August 18 2200 Association Entre ciel et terre20 Turin Italy 1997 September 1 September 6 1000 Just for Joy European Association21 Edinburgh United Kingdom 1998 August 3 August 8 2000 EJC98 Ltd 22 Grenoble France 1999 August 12 August 18 2300 Association Entre ciel et terre23 Karlsruhe Germany 2000 August 5 August 12 2750 6 Pyramidaler Kleinkunst Verein e V 24 Rotterdam Netherlands 2001 August 4 August 12 3500 Stichting EJC200125 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 230031 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 Associacao Cultural de Artes Circenses dos Acores 9 Circos 30 Archived 2018 03 13 at the Wayback Machine42 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 Asociacion 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 See also editBritish Juggling Convention International Jugglers Association World Juggling FederationReferences edit The Stichting European Juggling Association European Juggling Association 2006 Retrieved 2007 04 27 Thoughts Philosophy History by Toby Philpott European Juggling Association 2015 Retrieved 2015 06 26 Report on Brighton IJA Convention April 15 amp 16 1978 by Lindsay Leslie International Juggling Association 2015 Retrieved 2015 06 28 First European IJA Mini Convention Brighton England International Juggling Association 2015 Archived from the original on 2015 06 26 Retrieved 2015 06 26 European Juggling Convention PDF Report EJA net via MrJules net The European Juggling Association European Juggling Association list of EJCs 2012 Retrieved 2012 05 04 European Juggling Convention 2008 Pyramidaler Kleinkunst Verein 2012 Retrieved 2012 05 04 External links editList of European Juggling Conventions European Juggling Association EJA EJC Data Pages 1978 2006 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title European Juggling Convention amp oldid 1214678911, 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