Juggling Convention

A juggling convention is an organized meeting of many jugglers. Most of the conventions take place at the weekend, in Germany about 30 a year. In addition, there are some larger, longer events like the BJC in the UK and the IJA Festival in the USA. The world's largest convention is the European Juggling Convention (EJC), which has been taking place in another European country since 1978 and has a few thousand participants.

Juggling conventions are usually organized by amateurs themselves and live by the assistance of the participants. Many successful conventions are repeated annually, in Germany, for example, the events in Berlin, Karlsruhe and Dresden.

In addition to free juggling, the exchange of experience within the framework of workshops is an integral part of all juggling conventions. Most of the workshops are organized by participants themselves - the idea often emerges only during the course of the convention. However, there are also pre-announced workshops at major events to promote the organizers.

Depending on the size of the convention, there are one or more shows. While only small participants are often present at an open stage ("open stage"), paid artists perform at larger meetings in the context of a large gala. In addition, there are a variety of show formats, such as the nightly Renegade at the EJC, where everyone can spontaneously appear late at night and the audience is often active and often vulgar.

Another highlight of most of the conventions are the juggling games. Traditionally, there are endurance competitions and Combat, in which participants juggle three clubs and almost every means is allowed to juggle the last to win. In addition, the organizers of each game think new, often silly games. If there is enough space, the participants will often play volleyclub spontaneously during the whole time.

The large, regional meetings often make a parade through the city in which they can take place. Some participants bring their own costume to the convention, some go on stilts or drive unicycle. Weblinks Edit sourcetext Edit sourcetext

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