European Juggling Convention

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[[Image:EJC big tops.jpg|thumb|300px|EJC 2006, Millstreet, Ireland.]]
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 [[Europe]]an 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, Charente-Maritime|Saintes]], [[France]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eja.net/en/eja.html |title=The Stichting European Juggling Association |access-date=2007-04-27 |year=2006 |publisher=European Juggling Association}}</ref> Like most [[juggling convention]]s, 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 [[International Jugglers' Association|IJA]] Festival and organised by jugglers who didn't want to travel to the USA.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eja.net/en/handbook/Thoughts,%20Philosophy,%20History/Toby%20Philpott%20on%20Conventions.html |title=Thoughts, Philosophy, History by Toby Philpott |access-date=2015-06-26 |year=2015 |publisher=European Juggling Association}}</ref> The IJA helped by giving the organisers a list (known as the roster) of IJA members living in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/30-4/30-4,p6.htm |title=Report on Brighton IJA Convention April 15 & 16, 1978 by Lindsay Leslie |access-date=2015-06-28 |year=2015 |publisher=International Juggling Association}}</ref> It was also known as the "first European IJA mini-convention" and had an attendance of 11 jugglers from 5 countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.juggle.org/festival/IJA-EJC-Brighton.shtml |title=First European IJA Mini-Convention Brighton, England |access-date=2015-06-26 |year=2015 |publisher=International Juggling Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626124002/http://www.juggle.org/festival/IJA-EJC-Brighton.shtml |archive-date=2015-06-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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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! width="5%"; align=left | No. !! width="25%"; align=left | Location !! width="5%"; align=left | Year !! width="25%"; align=left | Dates !! width="10%"; align=left | Attendance !! width="25%"; align=left | Organiser !! width="5%"; align=left | Link
|-
| 1
| [[Brighton]], [[United Kingdom]]
| 1978
| April 15 - April 16
| 11
| Lynn Thomas
| [http://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/30-4/30-4,p3.htm][http://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]
|-
| 2
| [[Newport-on-Tay]], [[United Kingdom]]
| 1979
| April 14 - April 16
| 25
| Lindsay Leslie
| [http://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/31-4/31-4,p1.htm]
|-
| 3
| [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
| 1980
| March 28 - March 30
| 42
| Tim Batson
| [http://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/32-3/32-3,p4.htm]
|-
| 4
| [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
| 1981
| September 18 - September 20
| 100
| Tim Batson
| [http://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/34-1/34-1,p7.htm]
|-
| 5
| [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]
| 1982
| September 10 - September 12
| 110
| Jonglorer md Tyngdekaften
| [http://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/34-5/34-5,p4.htm][http://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/34-5/34-5,p5.htm]
|-
| 6
| [[Laval, Mayenne|Laval]], [[France]]
| 1983
| September 16 - September 18
| 200
| L'Institut de Jonglage
| [http://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/35-4/35-4,p8.htm]
|-
| 7
| [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]]
| 1984
| September 13 - September 16
| 400
| Schwerkraft Na Und
| [http://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/36-4/36-4,p4.htm]
|-
| 8
| [[Louvain la Neuve]], [[Belgium]]<ref name="EJCBook">{{cite report |url=http://www.mrjules.net/wp-content/uploads/Small-Book-EJC.pdf |title=European Juggling Convention |publisher=EJA.net |via=MrJules.net}}</ref>
| 1985
| September 5 - September 8
| 550
| Cirque de Trottoir
| [http://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/37-4/37-4,p5.htm]
|-
| 9
| [[Castellar de la Frontera]], [[Spain]]
| 1986
| September 18 - September 21
| 350
| Javier Jiminez, Hermann Klink, Fritz Brehm, Toby Philpott
|
|-
| 10
| [[Saintes, Charente-Maritime|Saintes]], [[France]]
| 1987
| September 17 - September 20
| 1000
| L'Institut de Jonglage
| [http://www.juggling.org/jw/87/4/europe.html]
|-
| 11
| [[Bradford]], [[United Kingdom]]
| 1988
| September 22 - September 25
| 1000
| Sam Scurfield
| [http://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/40-4/40-4,p13.htm]
|-
| 12
| [[Maastricht]], [[Netherlands]]
| 1989
| August 31 - September 3
| 2000
| Stichting 12th European Juggling Festival
| [http://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/41-4/41-4,p4.htm]
|-
| 13
| [[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]], [[Germany]]
| 1990
| August 30 - September 2
| 2500
| Verein zur Förderung des Freizeitsports e.V.
| [http://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/42-4/42-4,p24.htm]
|-
| 14
| [[Verona]], [[Italy]]
| 1991
| August 29 - September 1
| 2300
| EJA: represented by Jules Howarth, Pippa Stockting, Doug Orten
|
|-
| 15
| [[Banyoles]], [[Spain]]
| 1992
| August 20 - August 24
| 1500
| Sue Hunt
|
|-
| 16
| [[Leeds]], [[United Kingdom]]
| 1993
| September 1 - September 5
| 1800
| Up in the Air Ltd.
|
|-
| 17
| [[Hagen]], [[Germany]]
| 1994
| August 2 - August 7
| 2000
| EJA (Deutschland) e.V.
|
|-
| 18
| [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
| 1995
| August 11 - August 18
| 1100
| Snöbollen
|
|-
| 19
| [[Grenoble]], [[France]]
| 1996
| August 12 - August 18
| 2200
| Association Entre ciel et terre
|
|-
| 20
| [[Turin]], [[Italy]]
| 1997
| September 1 - September 6
| 1000
| Just for Joy European Association
|
|-
| 21
| [[Edinburgh]], [[United Kingdom]]
| 1998
| August 3 - August 8
| 2000
| EJC98 Ltd.
|
|-
| 22
| [[Grenoble]], [[France]]
| 1999
| August 12 - August 18
| 2300
| Association Entre ciel et terre
|
|-
| 23
| [[Karlsruhe]], [[Germany]]
| 2000
| August 5 - August 12
| 2750<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eja.net/en/ejc.html |title=The European Juggling Association |access-date=2012-05-04 |year=2012 |publisher=European Juggling Association, list of EJCs}}</ref>
| Pyramidaler Kleinkunst-Verein e.V.
|
|-
| 24
| [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| 2001
| August 4 - August 12
| 3500
| Stichting EJC2001
|
|-
| 25
| [[Bremen (city)|Bremen]], [[Germany]]
| 2002
| August 8 - August 16
| 2200
| Zirkuswerkstatt e.V.
|
|-
| 26
| [[Svendborg]], [[Denmark]]
| 2003
| August 5 - August 13
| 2300
| E.J.C. 2003 Svendborg
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20021016225808/http://www.ejc2003.dk/]
|-
| 27
| [[Carvin]], [[France]]
| 2004
| July 25 - August 1
| 4487
| Ch'ti Cirq
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20060718083609/http://ejc2004.org/]
|-
| 28
| [[Ptuj]], [[Slovenia]]
| 2005
| August 14 - August 20
| 3550
| Rokodelci Juggling Association
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20040815053324/http://www.ejc2005.com/]
|-
| 29
| [[Millstreet]], [[Ireland]]
| 2006
| July 9 - July 16
| 2252
| JCEvents Ltd.
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20051215083014/http://www.ejc2006.net/]
|-
| 30
| [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
| 2007
| July 30 - August 5
| 2300
|
|
|-
| 31
| [[Karlsruhe]], [[Germany]]
| 2008
| August 2 - August 10
| 6800<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ka2008.de |title=European Juggling Convention 2008 |access-date=2012-05-04 |year=2012 |publisher=Pyramidaler Kleinkunst Verein}}</ref>
| Pyramidaler KleinKunst-Verein
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20180331201327/http://ejc2008.de/]
|-
| 32
| [[Vitoria-Gasteiz]], [[Spain]]
| 2009
| July 4 - July 12
| 4200
|
| [https://archive.today/20120728121857/http://www.ejc2009.org/]
|-
| 33
| [[Joensuu]], [[Finland]]
| 2010
| July 24 - August 1
| 1200
| Sirkus Supiainen ry
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120212432/http://www.ejc2010.org/]
|-
| 34
| [[Munich]], [[Germany]]
| 2011
| August 6 - August 14
| 7200
| EJC 2011 e.V.
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20100202212211/http://www.ejc2011.org/]
|-
| 35
| [[Lublin]], [[Poland]]
| 2012
| July 28 - August 5
| 1540
| Fundacja Sztukmistrze
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20120730155516/http://ejc2012.org/]
|-
| 36
| [[Toulouse]], [[France]]
| 2013
| July 27 - August 4
| 4500
| L’association Par Haz’Art
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20130615020032/http://www.ejc2013.com/]
|-
| 37
| [[Millstreet]], [[Ireland]]
| 2014
| July 19 - July 27
| 2345
|Circus Events Ltd.
| [http://www.ejc2014.org/]
|-
| 38
| [[Bruneck]], [[Italy]]
| 2015
| August 1 - August 9
| 4042
|
| [http://www.ejc2015.org]
|-
| 39
| [[Almere]], [[Netherlands]]
| 2016
| July 30 - August 7
| 5417
| Stichting Europees Jongleerfestival 2016
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20160716064805/http://www.ejc2016.org/]
|-
| 40
| [[Lublin]], [[Poland]]
| 2017
| July 22 - July 30
| 2440
| Fundacja Sztukmistrze
| [http://www.ejc2017.org/]
|-
| 41
| [[Azores]], [[Portugal]]
| 2018
| July 28 - August 5
| 1300+
| Associação Cultural de Artes Circenses dos Açores - 9'Circos
| [http://www.ejc2018.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313201740/http://www.ejc2018.org/ |date=2018-03-13 }}
|-
| 42
| [[Newark-on-Trent|Newark]], [[United Kingdom]]
| 2019
| August 3 - August 11
| 4426
| Red Hat Events
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20190630073922/https://ejc2019.org/]
|-
| 43
| <s>[[Hanko, Finland|Hanko]], [[Finland]]</s> (on-line)
| 2021
| <s>July 17 - July 25</s>
|
| <s>Sirkus Magenta</s>
| [https://ejc2021.org/]
|-
|44
|[[Tres Cantos]], [[Spain]]
|2022
|August 6 - August 14
|3200
|Asociación Circo Diverso tres cantos
|[http://www.ejc2022.org/]
|-
|45
|[[Lublin]], [[Poland]]
|2023
|July 29 - August 6
|
|Fundacja Sztukmistrze
|[http://www.ejc2023.org/]
|-
|46
|[[Ovar]], [[Portugal]]
|2024
| July 27 - August 4
|
|
|[https://www.ejc2024.org/]
|-
|47
|[[Arnhem]], [[Netherlands]]
|2025
|August 2 - August 10
|
|
|[https://www.ejcnl.org/]
|-
|48
|[[Ptuj]], [[Slovenia]]
|2026
|
|
|
|
|}

== See also ==
*[[British Juggling Convention]]
*[[International Jugglers' Association]]
*[[World Juggling Federation]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.eja.net/en/ejc.html List of European Juggling Conventions]
* [http://www.eja.net/en/eja.html European Juggling Association (EJA)]
* [http://www.ijuggle.net/ejc-data/ EJC Data Pages 1978 - 2006]

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