The British Juggling Convention (Known as The BJC) is an annual Juggling convention

Juggling convention

Many countries, cities or juggling clubs hold their own annual juggling convention. These are the backbone of the juggling scene, the events that regularly bring jugglers from a wide area together to socialize...

  held in a different town or city in Britain every year. The event usually takes place in the second week of the Easter

Easter

Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...

 holidays, Usually lasting from the Wednesday to Sunday. The event is for all forms of juggling

Juggling

Juggling is a skill involving moving objects for entertainment or sport. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling, in which the juggler throws objects up to catch and toss up again. This may be one object or many objects, at the same time with one or many hands. Jugglers often refer...

 and object manipulation plus many other circus

Circus

A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...

 skills. The BJC usually features many workshops during the day, renegade show

Renegade show

A renegade show at a juggling convention is "an open stage where anyone can, at short notice, get up and perform just about anything". At their best, they allow amateur jugglers to perform a couple of unique tricks for fellow jugglers without having to prepare a whole programme...

s at night, and a public show on the Saturday.

For more information

• http://www.thebritishjugglingconvention.co.uk Over 400 pages of information concerning the BJC, its history, its culture, and many tips on how to organise one.