Hi all, a lot of juggling festivals are now finally returning after a pandemic pause. Here are a couple of upcoming ones within driving distance. Let us know if you are interested in joining:
*March 3-5 -- Pocono Juggle/Circus Arts Fest (~5h drive to east/central PA)* This is a smallish but nice and friendly local festival that some of us have been too in the past. They attract a lot of jugglers from the New York and Philly region and usually bring in some good acts for the show. *March 24-26 -- RIT Juggling Festival (5h drive to upstate NY)* This is one of the largest and best local juggling festivals in the US (usually >300 jugglers). We have been going as a group pretty much every year. If you can only make one, try this one. *Late April/early May -- Congress of Jugglers (bus or 4h drive to DC)* Smallish festival at the UMD campus near DC which we have attended a couple of times. Usually very informal and organized at the last minute. No date announced yet for this year, but usually around Mother's Day. *June 9-1 -- Philly Fest 2023 Juggling Festival (train, bus, or 6h drive)* Smallish festival at the circus school in Philadelphia. Moved to the summer this year. Very nice space in the circus school. *July 17-23 -- IJA (train or 6h drive to IN)* Weeklong national juggling festival with about 400 attendees and lots of shows. Somewhat pricy to attend. Within driving distance this year. Most festivals except IJA are free and charge maybe $10-20 for the show. Juggling festivals are very informal, like long juggling club meetings with workshops and a show. Happy to tell you more about them if you have never been too one. We often go as a group and share accommodations. The CMU juggling club usually has funds to support car rental, gas, tolls, or even hotels for a trip. I suspect that I'll attend all of these except Poconos. If you are interested let us know at some of our meetings. Others: We might try to do our own (*FluggleBurgh*) again in the fall if we find a space, stay tuned. *Cleveland* also used to have one in September. If you are up for flying to a festival, I can really recommend *Mondo* in St. Paul, Minneapolis March 3-5. I'd say RIT and Mondo are the best festivals in the US; Mondo has lots of unicyclists too. The big European festival *EJC* usually has >3000 jugglers but is still in flux for this year. If you are into passing, there is an underground weeklong passing-only festival *Passout* in Arkansas in May and in the Netherlands in December that I can share more details about. Generally Juggling Edge is pretty good for keeping up with festivals: https://jugglingedge.com/events.php?Region=us&TimeFrame=Future&; Best regards, Christian
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