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FESTIVALS

February 3-5 Atlanta, Georgia

The 17th Annual Groundhog Day Jugglers Festival will be held at Grady High School. For more information, contact the AJA; Atlanta GA. Or call LJ. Purtee.

February 4-5 Austin, Texas

The Texas Juggling Society presents its second festival, featuring juggling, juggling and nothing but juggling from noon-6 p.m. each day. The fest will be in Bellmont Hall 502 on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Contact Jim Maxwell; Austin TX.

February 12-19 Pahoa, Hawaii

The Tenth Hawaiian Vaudeville Festival will be held on the big island of Hawaii. Contact Hawaii's Volcano Circus; Pahoa HI.

March 24-27, 1995 Margaret River, West Australia

The First Australian Juggling Festival will be held in this city, about four hours south of Perth.

March 31-April 2 Isla Vista, California

The 19th Annual Isla Vista Juggler's Festival will be held.

March 31-April 2 Boyne Mountain in Boyne Falls, Michigan

Monkey Business '95, a jugglers skiing weekend, will be held at this fabulous resort. Free ski lessons for jugglers, free juggling lessons for skiers, and slopes available for trying to combine the two. Nighttime fire juggling and prizes. For information on package prices, contact Tommy Tropic; East Jordan MI.

April 1-2 Tallahassee, Florida

The 9th Annual April Fools Day Juggling Festival at Tully Gym. About the size of the large gym in St. Louis. Unicycles are allowed. Located next to the FSU Flying High Circus Lot, and they are expected to perform during the weekend. Saturday 2 p.m. competition, Sunday 2 p.m. public show, On Saturday night there will be the nowtraditonal bring-your-own-attorney jugglers party. Contact Gregory Cohen. Some crash space available on a first-come first-serve basis.

April 7-8 Winnipeg, Manitoba

The Tenth Annual Winnipeg Juggling Festival features open juggling, workshops, public show and a people's choice competition. Contact The Winnipeg Juggling Fest; Winnipeg MB.

April 7-9 Portland, Oregon

The Portland IJA affiliate, "No Problem, Easy Pickup," will host its fourth annual juggling festival at the Reed College Sports Center. This has become the second-largest regional festival in North America, with more than 300 jugglers last year. It features 35 workshops, vendors, open juggling, games and a first-rate Saturday night Juggling and Vaudeville Extravaganza. Contact Stuart Celarier; Portland OR.

April 12-14 Norwich, England

The British Juggling Convention. Contact BJC '95 Norwich.

April 14-17 Wurzburg, Germany

The Wurzburg Juggling convention offers 24hour juggling, sleeping faciljties, extraordinary games, gala show, food for non-vegetarians and every juggler's dream - a five club workshop! Contact Tiryn Fisher; Wurzburg; Germany or call Klaus Feinauer or Ernst Hummer.

April 20-23 Norwich, England

The British Juggling Convention.

April 28-30 Montreal, Quebec

Les Jongleurs Assode du Quebec hosts its third annual festival at the Centre ImmaculeeConception. Saturday night features a "SouperCabaret" with Quebec-flavored French cuisine, followed by a juggling show at the Lion D'Or Cabaret. Special guests include diabolo artiste Donald Grant from Scotland, Cirque du Soleil's Daniel "Le Bateleur," Christian Harel and France Robert. Contact Serge Trempe; Quebec, Canada.

May 5-7 Washington, D.C.

The Third Continental Congess of Jugglers will be held (tentatively) at Prince George's Community College, located due east of D.C. right outside the Beltway.. The event is hosted by the U.S. Department of Juggling, the Jugglers of Bowie, the Fairfax Jugglers, and the Baltimore Jugglers Association, and is sponsored by the Juggling Capitol. There will be games, vendors, workshops, and a Public Show on Saturday evening at 7pm. Call Bill Allyn if you would like to perform. For more information contact Bill Allyn or Becky Hunter.

May 19-21 Nijmegen, Netherlands

The Fifth Netherlands Juggling Festival

May 19-21 Fort Wayne, Indiana

The 15th Annual Sir Isaac Newton Memorial Juggling Festival will be held at Franke Park Pavilion #1 in Fort Wayne. Contact Steve Schnelker.

May 26-28 Helsinki, Finland

The Nordic Convention '95 will be the most northern international festival ever. Contact Kim Nystrom; Lionel Lejeune; Helsinki; Finland.

June 10 Kutztown, Pennsylvania

The Reading Juggler's Club presents its Fourth Annual June Jugglefest at Kutztown University. Contact Dave Bause;Pottstown PA or Jim Stilianos.

June 17-18 Geneva, Switzerland

The Ninth Swiss Juggling Convention will be held in the Stade de Champel, Carouge (GE) in Geneva. For further information, contact Bernard Gisin; or Fam Perrelet.

July 16-21 Las Vegas, Nevada

The 48th IJA Annual Festival will be in the Hacienda Hotel in Las Vegas. Contact Ginny Rose; Montague MA.

August 11-18 Goteborg, Sweden

The 18th European Juggling Festival will be in Skatas, an open air leisure center near Goteborg. Unlimited camping facilities available. Price ap prox $75, with a family plan. Contact James McCann, Goteborg, Sweden.

October 6-8 Lodi, California

The 1995 Lodi Juggling Festival will again be held at Micke Grove Park and Zoo in Lodi. Camping, public show, barbecue, street performing and a pervasive atmosphere of shared joy. Contact Andrew Conway; San Francisco CA.

Send information on festivals to Juggler's World as far enough ahead of time as possible so that other jugglers can plan their travels. Next issue copy deadline is February 15, for festivals scheduled May 15 through the end of 1995.