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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. 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. The IJA helped by giving the organisers a list (known as the roster) of IJA members living in Europe. It was also known as the "first European IJA mini-convention" and had an attendance of 11 jugglers from 5 countries. 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

See also

• British Juggling Convention
• International Jugglers' Association
• World Juggling Federation

References

1. "The Stichting European Juggling Association". European Juggling Association. 2006. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
2. "Thoughts, Philosophy, History by Toby Philpott". European Juggling Association. 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
3. "Report on Brighton IJA Convention April 15 & 16, 1978 by Lindsay Leslie". International Juggling Association. 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
4. "First European IJA Mini-Convention Brighton, England". International Juggling Association. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
5. European Juggling Convention (PDF) (Report). EJA.net – via MrJules.net.
6. "The European Juggling Association". European Juggling Association, list of EJCs. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
7. "European Juggling Convention 2008". Pyramidaler Kleinkunst Verein. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-04.

External links

• List of European Juggling Conventions
• European Juggling Association (EJA)
• EJC Data Pages 1978 - 2006

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