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
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.
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
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