Note: All photos and captions courtesy of Emory Kimbrough, except where noted. Celebrating the 77th Annual IJA Festival in Green Bay, Wisconsin, July 8-14, jugglers trickled into the KI Convention Center on Monday to reacquaint themselves with friends old and new, construct bits of lumber into a formidable obstacle course, and embark on a tour of Lambeau Field, all while …
EJC 2024, Ovar, Portugal
Saturday I learned to juggle as a kid in the 70s and really started to get into juggling in 1992. I got torches in January of 1993 and immediately went out to the local pedestrian mall to try them out and see if I could get some coin. I only had a few tricks and was dropping a lot, when …
UNICON 21 Unicycling Convention and Championships in Bemidji, MN
by JoAnn Ireland As a juggler, I’ve been introduced to many skills, art forms, and sports through juggling and one that I am grateful to have been introduced to is unicycling. I learned earlier this year that UNICON 21, an international unicycling convention and championships hosted by the International Unicycling Federation (IUF) and the Unicycling Society of America (USA), was …
Bal(les)- Compagnie Zalatai
Bal(les)- Compagnie Zalatai is a new show created by Ukrainian juggler Alexander Koblikov and his French wife, acrobat Charlotte de la Brétèque. The show is half an hour long and was presented to an audience of 700 jugglers at the European Jugglers Convention in Ovar, Portugal in August, 2024. The festival goers had been treated to the best and the …
EJC Lublin 2023 Review
Saturday EJC was a short walk from the train station and in the early afternoon when I got there, registration was super quick and organized. I love the venue with tons of grass and trees surrounding the main hall. So I quickly set up my tent and got out my props and headed to the hall. I quickly recognized lots …
The Newcastle Circus Fest 2023 – Review (UK)
The first ever Newcastle Circus Fest took place from Friday 10th to Sunday 12th of March 2023. The convention kicked off at 7pm on the Friday night at the John Marley Centre in Newcastle Upon Tyne with the opening of the venue and practise spaces. There were no formal workshops or events scheduled for the Friday with the emphasis being …
World Hoop Day 2022
(Haz clic aquí para español.) World Hoop Day in Japan. I present to you the compilation of the Hoop Day celebrations in the world. This celebration is held on the first Saturday of October. However, many of the events were made a month later. This year, compared to the previous ones, there were not so many meetings of people who …
EJC 2022 in Tres Cantos, Spain
At the airport, there were many Israeli jugglers making a scene. This year around 100 of my compatriots were coming to EJC, many veterans and many for their first time. Many I know, many I don’t. Throughout the week I will hear Hebrew everywhere. Since I was a day early, I got to see a bit of Madrid and did …
World Hoop Day 2021
(Haz clic aquí para español.) The first Saturday in October marks the international day of the hula hoop. Every year more cities and more people join this tribute. In 2021, the presencial events were, for the most part, in countries of the American continent, which we will see below. However, there were a couple of stunt compilation videos spearheaded by …