Juggling in Pittsburgh
Current meetings obviously not happening during pandemic shutdown
Where to juggle in Pittsburgh (last updated 2020-05-09):
- Carnegie Mellon Masters of Flying Objects
Meeting Sundays 3-5pm and Wednesday 5-7pm on or near the CMU campus. In nice summer weather, Thursday meetings are typically outside on the cut in front of Purnell and Sunday meetings are on Schenley Plaza in front of the Carnegie Library; in the winter and in bad weather the Sunday meeting is the atrium of Newell Simon Hall and the midweek meeting is in a changing location on campus. Growing group of students and nonstudents. See news section on the website or join mailing list for location announcements and short-term updates.
website, mailing list, map
- The Steel City Clown Brigade
Clown troup with lots of children who do also some juggling. Performing frequently in Hospitals and for various events. Meeting in Homestead, PA. See website for meeting times.
website
- Leave It To Beaver Valley Jugglers
Jugglers meeting about 45min outside Pittsburgh in Baden, PA (Villa St. Joseph, Heritage Hall). Small group meeting regularly Sundays 3-5:30pm. Organizers of the now defunct Not Quite Pittsburgh Juggling Festival.
website, map
- Other circusy meetings
Members of the Pitt community and the Pittsburgh Flow Collective used to meet somewhat regularly on Sunday evenings and now are back to semi-regular meetings Tuesday 7pm in Posvar Hall (check the facebook page for updates).
THICK bikes organizes a weekly unicycling meeting at the South Side near the Hoffbraeuhaus, Friday 6-8pmi (indoor alternative in the winter). Slacklining and Acrobatics/AcroYoga used to happen on Sunday afternoon in Schenley Plaza. Aerial classes are offered by Iron City Circus and Pittsburgh Aerial Silks. The Pittsburgh Circus Arts Collaborative offers performances...
If you know other regular meetings, let me know about it (mail: kaestner (at) cmu.edu).
I don't run any of the clubs, I just wanted to make them easier to find. If you're looking for a performer, please email someone else, perhaps a club organizer.
Inspired by Iain Murray's site.
Juggling-related traveling
Visited juggling clubs
- Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Mellon Masters of Flying Objects, once or twice a week since 2012
- Pittsburgh, PA - Pittsburgh Show Offs, weekly 2012-2013
- Marburg - Unisport, weekly 2010-2012
- Giessen - Unisport, weekly 2010-2012
- Magdeburg - Unisport, weekly 2007-2010
- Austin, TX - Texas Juggling Society, 20.10.2011
- West Laffayete, IN - Purdue Juggling and Unicycle Club, 07.03.2012
- Edinburgh - The University of Edinburgh juggling club, 05.04.2012
- Minneapolis, ME - The Minnesota Neverthriving, 03.06.2013
- Lincoln, NE - Lincoln City Jugglers, 04.12.2013
- Ames, IA - ISU Juggling and Unicycling Club, 04.12.2013
- Lincoln, NE - Lincoln City Jugglers, 11.11.2015
- Seattle, WA - Cascade Jugglers, 16.11.2016
- New York City, NY - Carmine Juggling, weekly summer 2019
- New York City, NY - Bryant Park Juggling, on and off 2018--2019
(did some passing in all those clubs)
Attended juggling conventions
- 10.09.2010 - 12.09.2010 Karlsruhe (Jubiläumsconvention)
- 11.03.2011 - 13.03.2011 Dresden (Dresdner Jonglierfest 2011)
- 01.04.2011 - 03.04.2011 Bremen (11. Bremer Jonglierconvention)
- 20.05.2011 - 22.05.2011 Freiburg (13. Freiburger Jonglierfestival)
- 23.06.2011 - 26.06.2011 Berlin (BJC 2011)
- 06.08.2011 - 11.08.2011 München (34th EJC 2011 - Gravity is on vacation)
- 08.09.2011 - 11.09.2011 Karlsruhe (Plopp)
- 07.10.2011 - 09.10.2011 Herxheim (Die Märchenhafte Con)
- 11.11.2011 - 13.11.2011 Nürnberg (Baustelle)
- 24.02.2012 - 26.02.2012 Havixbeck (Zention)
- 02.03.2012 - 04.03.2012 Dresden (Dresdner Jonglierfest 2012)
- 09.03.2012 - 10.03.2012 Champaign, IL (Champaign/Urbana Juggling Festival 2012)
- 30.03.2012 - 01.04.2012 Bremen (12. Bremer Jonglierconvention)
- 25.05.2012 - 27.05.2012 Radolfzell (Drop am See, 5. Radolfzeller Jonglierconvention)
- 08.06.2012 - 10.06.2012 Berlin (BJC 2012)
- 30.06.2012 - 01.07.2012 Hannover (Lange Jongliernacht)
- 28.07.2012 - 05.08.2012 Lublin (35th EJC 2012)
- 31.08.2012 - 01.09.2012 Toledo, OH (The Assembly of Awesome)
- 19.10.2012 - 21.10.2012 Cleveland, OH (Cleveland Circus)
- 16.11.2012 - 28.11.2012 Beaver, PA (Not Quite Pittsburgh Juggling Festival)
- 27.12.2012 - 02.01.2013 Goettingen (Pass-Out 10)
- 08.01.2013 - 13.01.2013 San Diego, CA (Pass Out X)
- 05.04.2013 - 07.04.2013 College Park, MD (Congress of Jugglers 2013)
- 12.04.2013 - 14.04.2013 Rochester, NY (The 36th RIT Spring Juggle-In)
- 18.05.2013 - 19.05.2013 Angeles National Forest, CA (Sturtevant Camp Festival)
- 15.07.2013 - 21.07.2013 Bowling Green, OH (IJA Festival)
- 27.07.2013 - 04.08.2013 Toulouse (ECJ 2013)
- 04.10.2013 - 06.10.2013 Asheville, NC (Asheville Juggling Festival)
- 12.10.2013 Cleveland, OH (Cleveland Circus)
- 01.11.2013 - 02.11.2013 Sewickley, PA (Not Quite Pittsburgh Juggling Festival)
- 27.12.2013 - 02.01.2014 Someren, The Netherlands (Pass-Out 11)
- 31.01.2014 - 02.02.2014 Atlanta, GA (36th Annual Groundhog Day Jugglers Festival)
- 11.04.2014 - 13.04.2014 Rochester, NY (The 37th RIT Spring Juggle-In)
- 02.05.2014 - 03.05.2014 Augsburg (Notconvention)
- 08.06.2014 - 13.06.2014 Boulder, CO (Pass-Out)
- 19.07.2014 - 27.07.2014 Millstreet, Ireland (ECJ 2014)
- 01.08.2014 - 02.08.2014 West Lafayette, IN (IJA Festival)
- 26.09.2014 - 28.09.2014 Asheville, NC (Asheville Juggling Festival)
- 17.10.2014 - 19.10.2014 Cleveland, OH (Cleveland Circus)
- 07.11.2014 - 09.11.2014 Sewickley, PA (Not Quite Pittsburgh Juggling Festival)
- 27.12.2014 - 03.01.2015 Someren, The Netherlands (Pass-Out)
- 16.01.2015 - 18.02.2015 Madison, WI (The 47th Annual MadFest Juggling Festival)
- 06.02.2015 - 08.02.2015 Atlanta, GA (37th Annual Groundhog Day Jugglers Festival)
- 06.03.2015 - 08.03.2015 Lehighton, PA (Pocono Juggle/Circus Arts Fest 2015)
- 10.04.2015 - 12.04.2015 Rochester, NY (The 38th RIT Spring Juggle-In)
- 05.06.2015 - 12.06.2015 Burlington, WI (Pass-Out)
- 19.06.2015 - 21.06.2015 Boulder, CO (11th Boulder Juggling Festival)
- 20.07.2015 - 26.07.2015 Quebec City (IJA Festival)
- 25.09.2015 - 27.09.2015 Asheville, NC (Asheville Juggling Festival)
- 03.10.2015 - 04.10.2015 Philadelphia, PA (Philly Fest)
- 06.11.2015 - 08.11.2015 Monaca, PA (Not Quite Pittsburgh Juggling Festival)
- 27.12.2015 - 03.01.2016 Koenigswiesen (Pass-Out)
- 07.01.2016 - 10.01.2016 Quebec City (Turbo Fest 10)
- 05.02.2016 - 07.02.2016 Atlanta, GA (38th Annual Groundhog Day Jugglers Festival)
- 12.02.2016 - 14.02.2016 St. Paul, MI (Mondo XXVII Festival)
- 08.04.2016 - 10.04.2016 Rochester, NY (The 39th RIT Spring Juggle-In)
- 06.05.2016 - 08.05.2016 College Park, MD (Congress of Jugglers 2016)
- 29.05.2016 - 03.06.2016 Hickory, NC (Pass-Out)
- 30.07.2016 - 07.08.2016 Almere, Netherlands (ECJ 2016)
- 23.09.2016 - 25.09.2016 Asheville, NC (Asheville Juggling Festival)
- 30.09.2016 - 02.10.2016 Cleveland, OH (Cleveland Circus)
- 22.10.2016 - 23.10.2016 Philadelphia, PA (Philly Fest)
- 28.10.2016 - 30.10.2016 St. Louis, MO (St. Louis Jugglefest)
- 27.12.2016 - 02.01.2017 Cambridge (Pass-Out)
- 13.01.2017 - 15.01.2017 Madison, WI (The 47th Annual MadFest Juggling Festival)
- 03.02.2017 - 05.02.2017 Atlanta, GA (39th Annual Groundhog Day Jugglers Festival)
- 10.02.2017 - 12.02.2017 St. Paul, MI (Mondo XXVIII Festival)
- 07.04.2017 - 09.04.2017 Rochester, NY (The 40th RIT Spring Juggle-In)
- 20.05.2017 Charlottesville, VA (Jugglethon 2017)
- 10.07.2017 - 16.07.2017 Cedar Rapids, IA (IJA Festival)
- 22.07.2017 - 30.07.2017 Lublin, Poland (ECJ 2017)
- 22.09.2017 - 24.09.2017 Cambridge, MA (JuggleMIT)
- 29.09.2017 - 01.10.2017 Portland, OR (Portland Juggling Festival XXV)
- 02.10.2017 - 07.10.2017 Vashon Island, WA (Pass-Out)
- 20.10.2017 - 22.10.2017 St. Louis, MO (St. Louis Jugglefest)
- 10.11.2017 - 12.11.2017 Wilkinsburg, PA (FluggleBurgh)
- 27.12.2017 - 03.01.2018 Koenigswiesen (Pass-Out)
- 12.01.2018 - 14.01.2018 Madison, WI (The 48th Annual MadFest Juggling Festival)
- 02.02.2018 - 04.02.2018 Atlanta, GA (40th Annual Groundhog Day Jugglers Festival)
- 16.02.2018 - 18.02.2018 St. Paul, MI (Mondo XXIX Festival)
- 03.03.2018 - 04.03.2018 Lansford, PA (Pocono Juggle/Circus Arts Fest 2018)
- 06.04.2018 - 08.04.2018 Rochester, NY (The 41th RIT Spring Juggle-In)
- 07.07.2018 - 15.07.2018 New Florence, PA (Passout Pennsylvania 2018)
- 28.07.2018 - 05.08.2018 S. Miguel, Azores (ECJ 2018)
- 29.09.2016 Cleveland, OH (Cleveland Circus)
- 05.10.2018 - 07.10.2018 Philadelphia, PA (Philly Fest)
- 26.10.2018 - 28.10.2018 Pittsburgh, PA (FluggleBurgh)
- 27.12.2018 - 03.01.2019 Krelingen (Pass-Out)
- 25.01.2019 - 27.01.2019 Atlanta, GA (40th Annual Groundhog Day Jugglers Festival)
- 08.02.2019 - 10.02.2019 St. Paul, MI (Mondo XXX Festival)
- 01.03.2019 - 03.03.2019 Lansford, PA (Pocono Juggling Festival 2019)
- 05.04.2019 - 07.04.2019 Rochester, NY (The 42th RIT Spring Juggle-In)
- 01.07.2019 - 04.07.2019 Jamestown, CO (Pass-Out)
- 05.07.2019 - 06.07.2019 Boulder, CO (11th Boulder Juggling Festival)
- 03.08.2019 - 11.08.2019 Newark, UK (ECJ 2019)
- 04.10.2019 - 05.10.2019 Philadelphia, PA (Philly Fest)
- 26.10.2019 Cleveland, OH (Cleveland Circus)
- 01.11.2019 - 03.11.2019 Pittsburgh, PA (FluggleBurgh)
- 27.12.2019 - 03.01.2020 Koenigswiesen (Pass-Out)
- 14.02.2020 - 16.02.2020 St. Paul, MI (Mondo XXXI Festival)
Planned juggling conventions
Misc
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Christian Kästner