European Juggling Convention Explained

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

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No. Location Year Dates Attendance Organiser Link
1Brighton, United Kingdom1978April 15 - April 1611Lynn Thomashttp://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/30-4/30-4,p3.htmhttp://www.ijuggle.net/ejc-data/1st-ejc-1978-brighton-uk/https://web.archive.org/web/20150626124002/http://www.juggle.org/festival/IJA-EJC-Brighton.shtml
2Newport-on-Tay, United Kingdom1979April 14 - April 1625Lindsay Lesliehttp://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/31-4/31-4,p1.htm
3London, United Kingdom1980March 28 - March 3042Tim Batsonhttp://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/32-3/32-3,p4.htm
4London, United Kingdom1981September 18 - September 20100Tim Batsonhttp://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/34-1/34-1,p7.htm
5Copenhagen, Denmark1982September 10 - September 12110Jonglorer md Tyngdekaftenhttp://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/34-5/34-5,p4.htmhttp://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/34-5/34-5,p5.htm
6Laval, France1983September 16 - September 18200L'Institut de Jonglagehttp://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/35-4/35-4,p8.htm
7Frankfurt, Germany1984September 13 - September 16400Schwerkraft Na Undhttp://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/36-4/36-4,p4.htm
8Louvain la Neuve, Belgium[5] 1985September 5 - September 8 550Cirque de Trottoirhttp://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/37-4/37-4,p5.htm
9Castellar de la Frontera, Spain1986September 18 - September 21 350Javier Jiminez, Hermann Klink, Fritz Brehm, Toby Philpott
10Saintes, France1987September 17 - September 201000L'Institut de Jonglagehttp://www.juggling.org/jw/87/4/europe.html
11Bradford, United Kingdom1988September 22 - September 25 1000Sam Scurfieldhttp://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/40-4/40-4,p13.htm
12Maastricht, Netherlands1989August 31 - September 3 2000Stichting 12th European Juggling Festivalhttp://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/41-4/41-4,p4.htm
13Oldenburg, Germany1990August 30 - September 2 2500Verein zur Förderung des Freizeitsports e.V.http://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/42-4/42-4,p24.htm
14Verona, Italy1991August 29 - September 1 2300EJA: represented by Jules Howarth, Pippa Stockting, Doug Orten
15Banyoles, Spain1992August 20 - August 24 1500Sue Hunt
16Leeds, United Kingdom1993September 1 - September 5 1800Up in the Air Ltd.
17Hagen, Germany1994August 2 - August 7 2000EJA (Deutschland) e.V.
18Gothenburg, Sweden1995August 11 - August 18 1100Snöbollen
19Grenoble, France1996August 12 - August 18 2200Association Entre ciel et terre
20Turin, Italy1997September 1 - September 6 1000Just for Joy European Association
21Edinburgh, United Kingdom1998August 3 - August 8 2000EJC98 Ltd.
22Grenoble, France1999August 12 - August 18 2300Association Entre ciel et terre
23Karlsruhe, Germany2000August 5 - August 12 2750[6] Pyramidaler Kleinkunst-Verein e.V.
24Rotterdam, Netherlands2001August 4 - August 12 3500Stichting EJC2001
25Bremen, Germany2002August 8 - August 16 2200Zirkuswerkstatt e.V.
26Svendborg, Denmark2003August 5 - August 13 2300E.J.C. 2003 Svendborghttps://web.archive.org/web/20021016225808/http://www.ejc2003.dk/
27Carvin, France2004July 25 - August 1 4487Ch'ti Cirqhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060718083609/http://ejc2004.org/
28Ptuj, Slovenia2005August 14 - August 20 3550Rokodelci Juggling Associationhttps://web.archive.org/web/20040815053324/http://www.ejc2005.com/
29Millstreet, Ireland2006July 9 - July 16 2252JCEvents Ltd.https://web.archive.org/web/20051215083014/http://www.ejc2006.net/
30Athens, Greece2007July 30 - August 52300
31Karlsruhe, Germany2008August 2 - August 106800[7] Pyramidaler KleinKunst-Vereinhttps://web.archive.org/web/20180331201327/http://ejc2008.de/
32Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain2009July 4 - July 124200https://archive.today/20120728121857/http://www.ejc2009.org/
33Joensuu, Finland2010July 24 - August 11200Sirkus Supiainen ryhttps://web.archive.org/web/20081120212432/http://www.ejc2010.org/
34Munich, Germany2011August 6 - August 147200EJC 2011 e.V.https://web.archive.org/web/20100202212211/http://www.ejc2011.org/
35Lublin, Poland2012July 28 - August 51540Fundacja Sztukmistrzehttps://web.archive.org/web/20120730155516/http://ejc2012.org/
36Toulouse, France2013July 27 - August 44500L’association Par Haz’Arthttps://web.archive.org/web/20130615020032/http://www.ejc2013.com/
37Millstreet, Ireland2014July 19 - July 272345Circus Events Ltd.http://www.ejc2014.org/
38Bruneck, Italy2015August 1 - August 94042http://www.ejc2015.org
39Almere, Netherlands2016July 30 - August 75417Stichting Europees Jongleerfestival 2016https://web.archive.org/web/20160716064805/http://www.ejc2016.org/
40Lublin, Poland2017July 22 - July 30 2440Fundacja Sztukmistrzehttp://www.ejc2017.org/
41Azores, Portugal2018July 28 - August 51300+Associação Cultural de Artes Circenses dos Açores - 9'Circoshttp://www.ejc2018.org
42Newark, United Kingdom2019August 3 - August 114426Red Hat Eventshttps://web.archive.org/web/20190630073922/https://ejc2019.org/
43Hanko, Finland (on-line)2021July 17 - July 25Sirkus Magentahttps://ejc2021.org/
44Tres Cantos, Spain2022August 6 - August 143200Asociación Circo Diverso tres cantoshttp://www.ejc2022.org/
45Lublin, Poland2023July 29 - August 6Fundacja Sztukmistrzehttp://www.ejc2023.org/
46Ovar, Portugal2024July 27 - August 4https://www.ejc2024.org/
47Arnhem, Netherlands2025August 2 - August 10https://www.ejcnl.org/

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Stichting European Juggling Association . 2007-04-27 . 2006 . European Juggling Association.
  2. Web site: Thoughts, Philosophy, History by Toby Philpott . 2015-06-26 . 2015 . European Juggling Association.
  3. Web site: Report on Brighton IJA Convention April 15 & 16, 1978 by Lindsay Leslie . 2015-06-28 . 2015 . International Juggling Association.
  4. Web site: First European IJA Mini-Convention Brighton, England . 2015-06-26 . 2015 . International Juggling Association . https://web.archive.org/web/20150626124002/http://www.juggle.org/festival/IJA-EJC-Brighton.shtml . 2015-06-26 . dead .
  5. European Juggling Convention . EJA.net . MrJules.net.
  6. Web site: The European Juggling Association . 2012-05-04 . 2012 . European Juggling Association, list of EJCs.
  7. Web site: European Juggling Convention 2008 . 2012-05-04 . 2012 . Pyramidaler Kleinkunst Verein.

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