2025 IJA

Schedule

What’s happening and when. IJA's Annual Festival features can’t-miss Shows, Workshops, Panels, and more, that cover the latest developments in juggling. Times and events are subject to change.
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General

Gym Open

Come get your juggle on!
Exhibit Hall A - Gym
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Meet

Evansville Walking Tour & Pub Crawl

Doubletree by Hilton Evansville
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General

Gym Open

Come get your juggle on!
Exhibit Hall A - Gym
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General

On-Site Registration / Check-in

Pick up your festival packet or buy some daily passes, show tickets, and more.
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Workshop
Meet

Club YJA

Get ready to dazzle and juggle like never before at the IJA's Youth Juggling Academy (YJA) community and workshop series...
Ballroom B
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Workshop

Two Ball Tricks for Three Ball Jugglers

Controlling two balls is the foundation for mastering three ball tricks. Good jokes and a Great handout!
Ballroom D
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Workshop

IJA festival 101

Is this your first IJA festival? Or first juggling festival in general!?
Ballroom A
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Workshop

Knot a Workshop

Learn how to throw various knots to amaze yourself and your friends.
Ballroom C
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Workshop

How a Festival Site is Chosen

Everything you wanted to know about how we choose a Festival City for the annual IJA Festival.
Ballroom A
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Workshop

Queers and Peers Hangout

Ballroom D
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Workshop

How to Juggle While on a Chair

Ballroom B
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Workshop

Yo! What do I do with this yoyo now????

I will show you some good resources for yoyo tutorials and teach you some easier yoyo tricks.
Ballroom D
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Workshop

Intro to Diabolo [Beginner]

Diabolo, aka Chinese Yoyo, is a hundreds years old skill toy originating from ancient China.
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Wacky Club Balances

Learn weird & exciting new ways to balance a club! Plus scorpion kicks, club crowns, stacked balances, and more!
Ballroom D
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Workshop

Introduction to Siteswap Basics

Learn how to juggle and speak Siteswap! You only need to be able to juggle 3 balls to learn!
Ballroom B
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Competition

XJuggling

XJuggling is the fast paced, non-stop, best trick competition. This event is about pushing the limits of creativity and possibility.
Ballroom A
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Workshop

Juggling Curriculum Course | How to teach the YJA Juggling Curriculum: A Two-Day Educator Training

Learn how to teach juggling the YJA way!
Ballroom D
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Meet

IJA Championships Judges Meeting

Ballroom B
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Workshop

Unicycle Skills Workshop

Come and improve your unicycle skills. Unicyclists of all skill levels, beginner to expert, are welcome!
Atrium
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Show

Welcome Show

Start the festival off right with a delightfully entertaining show, featuring high quality talent and humor from American and international...
Victory Theatre
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General

Gym Open

Come get your juggle on!
Exhibit Hall A - Gym
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Competition

Joggling 5k/10k Race

Cascade Monument
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General

On-Site Registration / Check-in

Pick up your festival packet or buy some daily passes, show tickets, and more.
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Workshop
Meet

Club YJA

Get ready to dazzle and juggle like never before at the IJA's Youth Juggling Academy (YJA) community and workshop series...
Ballroom B
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Meet

Disc Golf

Join us for an epic time of disc golf in Evansville!
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Workshop

Bounce Breakout

Bounce jugglers unite!
Atrium
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Workshop

Three Ball Tricks

Three ball tricks become understandable! No worries, better jokes and a great handout!
Ballroom D
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Workshop

3 BALL ESOTERICA

MR. E CONTINUES FOR THE TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR TO TEACH THREE BALL TRICKS.
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Joe Cook - Evansville Vaudeville Juggling Star

Joe Cook was born in Evansville and was one of the biggest vaudeville stars of the 1920s and 1930s.
Ballroom A
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Workshop

Introduction to Musical Boomwhacker Juggling

Discover the playful intersection of music and juggling using Boomwhackers—lightweight, color-coded percussion tubes
Ballroom D
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Workshop

Devil Stick Breakout

Devil stickers of all levels are encouraged to meet each other, share, teach, learn, and be inspired!
Ballroom B
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Workshop

Juggling Curriculum Course | How to teach the YJA Juggling Curriculum: A Two-Day Educator Training

Learn how to teach juggling the YJA way!
Ballroom D
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Workshop

Top Breakout! with Keith Nelson and Mark Hayward

A time and a place for top spinners to throw together.
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Club Passing Doctors

This class will guide participants through the steps to perform a "Doctor" while passing six clubs in 4-count.
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Drip Multiplexes

This workshop will explore different techniques to throw multiplexes with balls including 'drip' and 'pop'.
Ballroom B
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Competition

Individual Prop Competition

Jugglers will compete with 3 objects in the Ball, Club, and Ring categories.
Ballroom A
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Workshop

Walkabout Performance Discussion Forum

Let's cover topics related to entertaining an audience while being one of them.
Ballroom B
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Workshop

Knot Throwing with David Cain and Merry Spahr

Learn up to 10 different ways to throw knots into a piece of rope.
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Introduction to Club Contact

Learn how to apply basic Contact juggling principles to three club juggling.
Ballroom D
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Workshop

Chop Shop: Learn Chops with Balls and Clubs

Come work on drills, practice, and troubleshooting for chops!
Ballroom B
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Workshop

Intro to Bramson and Shoulder Rolls

Get started on two iconic hoop rolling tricks: the down the back shower, and shoulder cascade!
Ballroom D
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Workshop

Juggling Act Clinic - Bring your Work-in-Progress in for a check-up!

Come to this Juggling Act Clinic to receive some guidance or an outside eye on your juggling act!
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Balloon Sculpture: One Balloon Creations

Beginners will be taught the basics, and the more experienced twisters will be shown advanced balloons and techniques.
Ballroom B
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Workshop

Beginner's Begleri

Learn to sling, roll, weave and wrap the world's oldest fidget from Greece!
Ballroom D
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Workshop

Juggling for Seniors and Those Who Sit

Ballroom C
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Competition
Show

IJA Juggling Championships

The IJA Juggling Championships is a prestigious international competition recognizing top-level entertainment.
Victory Theatre
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Show

Club Renegade (Adult Event 21+)

At Club Renegade, anything goes!
Tiki On Main
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General

Gym Open

Come get your juggle on!
Exhibit Hall A - Gym
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General

On-Site Registration / Check-in

Pick up your festival packet or buy some daily passes, show tickets, and more.
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Workshop
Meet

Club YJA

Get ready to dazzle and juggle like never before at the IJA's Youth Juggling Academy (YJA) community and workshop series...
Ballroom B
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Workshop

I'd Rather Be Funny Than Good

Share your silliest tricks and stories with your fellow fools!
Ballroom D
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Workshop

The Workshop Workshop

Ballroom C
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Workshop

What is the American Circus Alliance?

This workshop will be a place to learn more about the American Circus Alliance.
Ballroom D
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Workshop

3 BALL ESOTERICA II

MR E CONTINUES TO BUILD ON THE PREVIOUS DAY'S TRICKS AND WILL INTRODUCE OTHER OPTIONS.
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Learn to Juggle Four Balls: Several Options

If you want to learn to juggle that fourth ball, or have had trouble learning it, you have options.
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Don't Pickup, Kickup!

The workshop where dropping is a good thing!
Ballroom B
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General
Meet
Workshop

IJA Board of Director Election

The election for the IJA Board of Directors will occur on Thursday July 17, 2025.
Exhibit Hall A - Gym
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Workshop

How to Make Viral Juggling Videos (and Get Paid for It)

I’ll break down exactly what I did to go viral and get paid!
Ballroom D
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General

Annual General Meeting

This is the formal annual meeting of the IJA Board, Officers, and IJA Members.
Ballroom A
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Workshop

Basic Partner Acrobatics for Juggling

Basic Partner Acrobatics for Juggling Workshop will teach positions and moves that can add acrobatics to your act.
Ballroom D
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Workshop

Costuming & Styling for Circus Performers

This will be a discussion about what makes a good costume for performance. 
Ballroom C
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Workshop

IJA BIPOC 2025

Join us for a special BIPOC meetup at the International Jugglers Association Festival.
Ballroom B
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Meet

Flamingo Club Meeting

The Flamingo Club supports and encourages diversity and inclusion in the juggling community.
Ballroom A
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Workshop

Creating Juggling Choreography and Sequencing

In this workshop we’ll dissect an intentional and methodological approach specific to creating juggling work for the stage.
Ballroom D
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Workshop

Combat Juggling Fundamentals

In this workshop we will dive club first into what basic combat strategy looks like.
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Left handed club passing

We live in a right handed world - so it's time to give the left hand some attention.
Ballroom B
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Workshop

Vegan jugglers' hangout

Come meet and hang out with fellow vegan jugglers!
Ballroom A
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Workshop

5 Ball Siteswap Staples and the Road to Refinement

In this workshop, I will go over some initial siteswaps that are desirable to achieve.
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Diabolo: Beyond the Basics [Beginner/Intermediate]

Ballroom D
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Workshop

Easy 3 Club Tricks

Learn a variety of easy 3 club juggling tricks!
Ballroom B
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Show

Flow Show

Flow Arts are an intersection of object manipulation and dance that the IJA embraces.
Victory Theatre
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Show

Club Renegade (Adult Event 21+)

At Club Renegade, anything goes!
Tiki On Main
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General

Gym Open

Come get your juggle on!
Exhibit Hall A - Gym
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General

On-Site Registration / Check-in

Pick up your festival packet or buy some daily passes, show tickets, and more.
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Workshop
Meet

Club YJA

Get ready to dazzle and juggle like never before at the IJA's Youth Juggling Academy (YJA) community and workshop series...
Ballroom B
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Workshop

Triple Hoop Manipulation

Triple Hoop Manipulation is designed to guide you through the fundamentals and creative possibilities of working with three hoops.
Ballroom D
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Workshop

How a Festival Site is Chosen

Everything you wanted to know about how we choose a Festival City for the annual IJA Festival.
Ballroom C
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Competition

IJA Numbers Championships

Jugglers compete to juggle the most balls, clubs, and rings, for the most number of catches.
Exhibit Hall A - Gym
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Workshop

Street Performers Forum

Come share your experiences!
Ballroom D
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Workshop

Yoyo like a pro! Yo!

Beginner yoyo workshop, yoyos are provided.
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Mougee Star

Step into the world of futuristic flow with this hands-on workshop centered around the Mougee Star!
Ballroom D
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Workshop

Big Pattern with Prof Mike and Friends

Would you like to participate in a big juggling pattern?
Ballroom B
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Workshop

Intro to club stacks and exploration

learn the art of body placements with your clubs :) - Passingtime.mov (Josef Haskins)
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Beginning - Intermediate Hat Manipulation

Learn and share some basic hat moves.
Ballroom D
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Workshop

Creative Club Steals

Learn how to create your own three and four club steals with a partner in this workshop!
Ballroom B
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Workshop

Advanced Club Contact

Let's learn and share about entire club contact patterns.
Ballroom C
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Workshop

First Time Juggling: Drop, Laugh, and Learn!

Ready to Discover the Joy of Juggling? This Workshop is for YOU!
Ballroom D
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Workshop

Cascade Escalator

In this workshop we will learn how to add in four types of escalators to our basic cascade.
Ballroom B
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Workshop

Double Bounce Tricks for All Levels

Learn about the exciting world of double bounce tricks, where balls bounce more than once before you catch them!
Atrium
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Workshop

3 and 4-club variations

Many tricks with three clubs lead to variations with four.
Ballroom C
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Show

Useless

What happens when you spend three decades perfecting an art that the world calls impractical? Michael Karas is about to...
Ballroom A
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Workshop

How the Finnigan Family did it!

Make a great living by teaching juggling at schools and camps.
Ballroom B
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Workshop

2-count (on average)

Learn 2-person 6-club passing patterns that are all mathematically 2-count, even if they might not feel that way at all!
Ballroom D
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Workshop

FANtastic Flow with FANS!

Start your fan flow journey TODAY and FAN OUT with us!
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Advanced Unicycle Skills Workshop

Go beyond the basics and learn advanced skills like one legged riding, wheel walking, unispins, and more!
Atrium
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Show

Useless

What happens when you spend three decades perfecting an art that the world calls impractical? Michael Karas is about to...
Ballroom A
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Fight Night Preliminaries

Qualifications for the 2025 IJA Fight Night Championships will be held in a round-robin style format...
Ballroom B
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Meet

Fire Night

Join an electrifying open jam and witness the mesmerizing performances of top IJA fire artists in an unforgettable night of...
Exhibit Hall A - Gym
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Competition

Fight Night Combat Juggling

Combat juggling like no other! Head to Head Duel! Last one juggling, wins.
Ballroom A
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Show

Club Renegade (Adult Event 21+)

At Club Renegade, anything goes!
Main Street Food and Beverage
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General

Gym Open

Come get your juggle on!
Exhibit Hall A - Gym
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Competition

IJA World Joggling Championships

This fast paced sport is a long-standing IJA competition that combines juggling and running.
Reitz Memorial High School Track
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General

On-Site Registration / Check-in

Pick up your festival packet or buy some daily passes, show tickets, and more.
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Workshop

3 Ball Tricks, Laying Down

Like it says on the tin: 3 ball tricks whilst laying down. It's surprisingly exhausting. Bring 3 balls and a...
Ballroom B
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Workshop

First 2, then 3 hoop manipulations!!

Let’s begin with two hoops/one hand skills and add in the third hoop to create fantastic geometrical shapes.
Ballroom B
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Workshop

2 Ball Patterns with Gideon

2 ball patterns that not only look cool, but help you build advanced 3 ball tricks
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Introduction to club passing

Ballroom D
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Workshop

Sobriety Discussion

Supporting each other through addictions.
Ballroom A
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Workshop

1 Diabolo Infinite Stick Toss and Tricks [Intermediate/Advanced]

Learn how to do infinite stick toss with 1 diabolo, and other tricks!
Ballroom B
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Workshop

Building from Inverted Box

Come if you can run inverted box!
Ballroom D
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Workshop

Exploring Multiplexes

Ballroom C
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Game
Competition

IJA Games

The Games of the IJA. Just of all skill levels are invited to compete for glory at the IJA games!
Ballroom A
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Workshop

Breakout Contact Juggling

Ballroom B
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Meet

Big Toss Up Photo

Grab your favorite prop and join us in the Grand Foyer for the IJA Big Toss Up Photo!
Ballroom A
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Workshop

Creative 3 Rings with Tony Pezzo

This workshop features some fun and creative finger spins and rolls with 3 rings.
Ballroom B
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Workshop

Learn the Human Calendar Trick

Learn to calculate the day of the week for any calendar date in your head! Bring your cell phone!
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Learn to play the Hand Flute!

Learn how to play the hand flute with only your hands!
Atrium
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Workshop

Box (and box variation) passing

Try passing box patterns!
Ballroom D
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Workshop

Give Pen Spinning a Spin!

Learn basic tricks so you can make any utensil fun to play with while bored!
Ballroom C
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Workshop

Patterns from California, Intermediate Club Passing

Bring 3 clubs and a good attitude. Intermediate passing patterns.
Ballroom B
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Workshop

Slap Ball

Learn a fun new juggling game! Bring 2 friends if possible!
Ballroom A
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Show

Cascade Of Stars

The Cascade of Stars is the highlight of the IJA festival. Widely regarded as the best juggling show in America;...
Victory Theatre
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General

Gym Open

Come get your juggle on!
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