Jul 15, 2025
Jul 15, 2025 @ 10:00 amBallroom B

Club YJA

Get ready to dazzle and juggle like never before at the IJA's Youth Juggling Academy (YJA) community and workshop series...
All Props
Jul 15, 2025 @ 10:00 amBallroom D

Two Ball Tricks for Three Ball Jugglers

Controlling two balls is the foundation for mastering three ball tricks. Good jokes and a Great handout!
Balls
Jul 15, 2025 @ 10:00 amBallroom A

IJA festival 101

Is this your first IJA festival? Or first juggling festival in general!?
Notebook and Writing Tool
Jul 15, 2025 @ 11:00 amBallroom A

How a Festival Site is Chosen

Everything you wanted to know about how we choose a Festival City for the annual IJA Festival.
Notebook and Writing Tool
Jul 15, 2025 @ 11:00 amBallroom C

Knot a Workshop

Learn how to throw various knots to amaze yourself and your friends.
Ropes/Knots
Jul 15, 2025 @ 11:00 amBallroom D

Queers and Peers Hangout

All Props
Jul 15, 2025 @ 12:00 pmBallroom B

How to Juggle While on a Chair

Chairs
3 Balls
Jul 15, 2025 @ 12:00 pmBallroom D

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.
Yoyo
Jul 15, 2025 @ 12:00 pmBallroom C

Multitasking

This is a funny/special workshop for all the people who want to have fun mixing juggling with new skills. 
All Props
3 Balls
Balls
Clubs
Hoops
Notebook and Writing Tool
Rings
Unicycle
Jul 15, 2025 @ 1:00 pmBallroom B

How to Juggle while on a Pole

In this workshop, we go over the fun and ridiculous concept juggling while on a pole.
Pole
3 Balls
Jul 15, 2025 @ 1:00 pmBallroom C

Intro to Diabolo [Beginner]

Diabolo, aka Chinese Yoyo, is a hundreds years old skill toy originating from ancient China.
Diabolo
Jul 15, 2025 @ 2:00 pmBallroom D

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

Learn how to teach juggling the YJA way!
All Props
Jul 15, 2025 @ 4:00 pmBallroom B

The Kinetic Alphabet - learn your ABCs!

Staff
Jul 16, 2025
Jul 15, 2025 @ 10:00 amBallroom B

Club YJA

Get ready to dazzle and juggle like never before at the IJA's Youth Juggling Academy (YJA) community and workshop series...
All Props
Jul 16, 2025 @ 11:00 amBallroom C

3 BALL ESOTERICA

MR. E CONTINUES FOR THE TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR TO TEACH THREE BALL TRICKS.
3 Balls
Jul 16, 2025 @ 11:00 amBallroom A

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.
None
Jul 16, 2025 @ 11:00 amBallroom D

Introduction to Musical Boomwhacker Juggling

Discover the playful intersection of music and juggling using Boomwhackers—lightweight, color-coded percussion tubes
Boomwhackers
Jul 16, 2025 @ 12:00 pmBallroom B

Devil Stick Breakout

Devil stickers of all levels are encouraged to meet each other, share, teach, learn, and be inspired!
Flower Stick
Jul 16, 2025 @ 12:00 pmBallroom C

Top Breakout! with Keith Nelson and Mark Hayward

A time and a place for top spinners to throw together.
Tops
Jul 16, 2025 @ 12:00 pmBallroom D

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

Learn how to teach juggling the YJA way!
All Props
Jul 16, 2025 @ 1:00 pmBallroom B

Don't Pickup, Kickup!

The workshop where dropping is a good thing!
Clubs
Jul 16, 2025 @ 1:00 pmBallroom C

Diabolo: Beyond the Basics [Beginner/Intermediate]

Diabolo
Jul 16, 2025 @ 2:00 pmBallroom B

Walkabout Performance Discussion Forum

Let's cover topics related to entertaining an audience while being one of them.
Performance
Jul 16, 2025 @ 2:00 pmBallroom C

Knot Throwing with David Cain and Merry Spahr

Learn up to 10 different ways to throw knots into a piece of rope.
Ropes/Knots
Jul 16, 2025 @ 2:00 pmBallroom D

Left handed club passing

We live in a right handed world - so it's time to give the left hand some attention.
Clubs
Jul 16, 2025 @ 3:00 pmBallroom B

Chop Shop: Learn Chops with Balls and Clubs

Come work on drills, practice, and troubleshooting for chops!
3 Balls
Balls
Clubs
Jul 16, 2025 @ 3:00 pmBallroom D

Intro to Bramson and Shoulder Rolls

Get started on two iconic hoop rolling tricks: the down the back shower, and shoulder cascade!
Hoops
Rings
Jul 16, 2025 @ 3:00 pmBallroom C

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!
All Props
Jul 16, 2025 @ 4:00 pmBallroom B

Balloon Sculpture: One Balloon Creations

Beginners will be taught the basics, and the more experienced twisters will be shown advanced balloons and techniques.
Balloons
Jul 16, 2025 @ 4:00 pmBallroom D

Beginner's Begleri

Learn to sling, roll, weave and wrap the world's oldest fidget from Greece!
Begleri
Jul 16, 2025 @ 4:00 pmBallroom C

Juggling for Seniors and Those Who Sit

All Props
Notebook and Writing Tool
Optional
Jul 17, 2025
Jul 15, 2025 @ 10:00 amBallroom B

Club YJA

Get ready to dazzle and juggle like never before at the IJA's Youth Juggling Academy (YJA) community and workshop series...
All Props
Jul 17, 2025 @ 10:00 amBallroom D

I'd Rather Be Funny Than Good

Share your silliest tricks and stories with your fellow fools!
All Props
Jul 17, 2025 @ 10:00 amBallroom C

The Workshop Workshop

All Props
Jul 17, 2025 @ 11:00 amBallroom D

What is the American Circus Alliance?

This workshop will be a place to learn more about the American Circus Alliance.
All Props
Jul 17, 2025 @ 11:00 amBallroom C

3 BALL ESOTERICA II

MR E CONTINUES TO BUILD ON THE PREVIOUS DAY'S TRICKS AND WILL INTRODUCE OTHER OPTIONS.
3 Balls
Jul 17, 2025 @ 12:00 pmBallroom C

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.
Balls
Jul 17, 2025 @ 12:00 pmExhibit Hall A - Gym

IJA Board of Director Election

The election for the IJA Board of Directors will occur on Thursday July 17, 2025.
None
Jul 17, 2025 @ 12:00 pmBallroom B

Adding Movement to Your Juggling!

All Props
Jul 17, 2025 @ 12:00 pmBallroom D

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!
Notebook and Writing Tool
Jul 17, 2025 @ 2:00 pmBallroom D

Basic Partner Acrobatics for Juggling

Basic Partner Acrobatics for Juggling Workshop will teach positions and moves that can add acrobatics to your act.
Balls
Clubs
Rings
Jul 17, 2025 @ 2:00 pmBallroom C

Costuming & Styling for Circus Performers

This will be a discussion about what makes a good costume for performance. 
Costumes
Jul 17, 2025 @ 2:00 pmBallroom B

IJA BIPOC 2025

Join us for a special BIPOC meetup at the International Jugglers Association Festival.
Jul 17, 2025 @ 3:00 pmBallroom D

Creating Juggling Choreography and Sequencing

In this workshop we’ll dissect an intentional and methodological approach specific to creating juggling work for the stage.
All Props
Jul 17, 2025 @ 3:00 pmBallroom C

Combat Juggling Fundamentals

In this workshop we will dive club first into what basic combat strategy looks like.
Clubs
Jul 17, 2025 @ 4:00 pmBallroom A

Vegan jugglers' hangout

Come meet and hang out with fellow vegan jugglers!
All Props
Jul 17, 2025 @ 4:00 pmBallroom C

5 Ball Siteswap Staples and the Road to Refinement

In this workshop, I will go over some initial siteswaps that are desirable to achieve.
3 Balls
Balls
Jul 17, 2025 @ 4:00 pmBallroom B

Easy 3 Club Tricks

Learn a variety of easy 3 club juggling tricks!
Clubs
Jul 18, 2025
Jul 15, 2025 @ 10:00 amBallroom B

Club YJA

Get ready to dazzle and juggle like never before at the IJA's Youth Juggling Academy (YJA) community and workshop series...
All Props
Jul 18, 2025 @ 10:00 amBallroom D

Triple Hoop Manipulation

Triple Hoop Manipulation is designed to guide you through the fundamentals and creative possibilities of working with three hoops.
Hoops
Jul 18, 2025 @ 11:00 amBallroom D

Street Performers Forum

Come share your experiences!
All Props
Jul 18, 2025 @ 12:00 pmBallroom D

Mougee Star

Step into the world of futuristic flow with this hands-on workshop centered around the Mougee Star!
Mougee Flow Star
Jul 18, 2025 @ 12:00 pmBallroom B

Big Pattern with Prof Mike and Friends

Would you like to participate in a big juggling pattern?
Clubs
Jul 18, 2025 @ 1:00 pmBallroom D

Beginning - Intermediate Hat Manipulation

Learn and share some basic hat moves.
Hats
Jul 18, 2025 @ 1:00 pmBallroom B

Creative Club Steals

Learn how to create your own three and four club steals with a partner in this workshop!
Clubs
Jul 18, 2025 @ 2:00 pmBallroom D

First Time Juggling: Drop, Laugh, and Learn!

Ready to Discover the Joy of Juggling? This Workshop is for YOU!
3 Balls
Jul 18, 2025 @ 2:00 pmBallroom B

Cascade Escalator

In this workshop we will learn how to add in four types of escalators to our basic cascade.
Hoops
Jul 18, 2025 @ 4:00 pmBallroom B

How the Finnigan Family did it!

Make a great living by teaching juggling at schools and camps.
All Props
Jul 18, 2025 @ 4:00 pmBallroom C

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!
Balls
Jul 19, 2025
Jul 19, 2025 @ 10:00 amBallroom A

How a Festival Site is Chosen

Everything you wanted to know about how we choose a Festival City for the annual IJA Festival.
Notebook and Writing Tool
Jul 19, 2025 @ 11:00 amBallroom B

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.
Hoops
Jul 19, 2025 @ 11:00 amBallroom C

2 Ball Patterns with Gideon

2 ball patterns that not only look cool, but help you build advanced 3 ball tricks
3 Balls
Jul 19, 2025 @ 3:00 pmBallroom B

Creative 3 Rings with Tony Pezzo

This workshop features some fun and creative finger spins and rolls with 3 rings.
Rings

Ignite the spark of juggling!

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