BJC 2024 will be in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire!

BJC 1988 London

In 1987 British jugglers held a meeting at the European Juggling Convention in Saintes, France and decided that there should be an annual national convention in the UK for jugglers to meet and share ideas. Max Oddball, Susi Oddball and Charlie Holland were already organising a festival in London that followed on from the Covent Garden Juggling Festival that ran up until 1987. It was decided that this would become the first British Juggling Convention.

BJC 1 badges, artwork by Katie, photo courtesy of Kevin Fletcher BJC 1 flier, artwork bk Katie, photo courtesy of Kevin Fletcher News of the first BJC published in Kaskade (issue 11 20th January 1988) Haggis Mcleod running 5 clubs, Charlie Dancey with hair! Photo courtesy of Kevin Fletcher BJC 1 timetable of events, photo courtesy of Kevin Fletcher

Photos courtesy of Kaskade and Kevin Fletcher.

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BJC 2024 will be in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire!