The When
- Friday, October 10th 5pm-Midnight
- Saturday, October 11th 9am-Midnight
- Sunday, October 12th 9am-5pm
The Where
King Middle School 1781 Rose St. Berkeley, CA
Sponsors
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Vendors
Once again, fine juggling products will be available onsite from Neon Husky and Serious Juggling.
Help Us Publicize the Festival!
Need some good karma? Download the flyer for our 2008 festival and hand copies out to friends, pass them out at juggling club meetings, drop them off at your local cafe... anywhere you think potential attendees might be hiding. And thanks!
Mailing List
Use this form to join our Festival Announcements email list to stay abreast of developments with the BJUF. Don't worry, it's a low traffic list and we promise we'll safeguard your address to the best of our ability.
Public Show
The BJUF has always featured an entertaining show, rife with local talent both fledgling and professional. This year promises to offer up yet another smorgasborg of vaudevillian delights.
BJUF Public Show
King Middle School Auditorium
7:30pm Saturday October 11th!
Featuring:
Dan Holzman, Matt Hall, Curt Carlyle, Iman Lizarazu, Kevin Axtell and Mountain Mischief, Ashley Foster, John Foss, and the Humboldt Jugglers
Rumor has it that in an unprecendented piece of across-the-aisle diplomacy, our public show this year may feature a unicyclist emcee! Someone call the Enquirer...
As if the entertainment isn't enough of a draw, the public show will once again feature a raffle for fabulous prizes. All ticket-holders will be automatically entered to win an assortment of juggling props including a full set of clubs from Dube and a Nimbus Unicycle! Schwa!
We still have a few spots available in our show this year; this could be your opportunity to grab immortal juggling festival show glory! Please contact us if you are interested in performing. We also love to feature short (~30 seconds) interstitials between acts which are a great way to try your hand at the performer's art. Come by the front table to sign up for just enough show time to embarass yourself in front of your peers!
Workshops
We pride ourselves on offering a wide array of interesting workshops for participants of all levels. Here is our provisional workshop schedule for 2008 (subject to change):
| Day | Time | Workshop | Instructor |
| Friday | 6pm | Uni Repair | Tom Holub |
| Friday | 7pm | Uni Basketball | Tom Holub |
| Friday | 10pm | Renegade/Improv Show | |
| Saturday | 10am | Doubles, Triples and More in Passing Patterns | Bryan Langholz |
| Saturday | 10am | Big (uni) wheel party ride 2 Berkeley Marina | Tom Holub |
| Saturday | 11am | 5 Ball Multipexing | Matt Hall |
| Saturday | 11am | Inventing New Passing Patterns | Frazer Meacham |
| Saturday | 12pm | Artistic Club Passing | Jeff Napier |
| Saturday | 12pm | Infinite Suicides (Diablo) | Chris Garcia |
| Saturday | 1pm | Teaching Juggling for a Living | Dave Finnigan |
| Saturday | 1pm | Club Motion | Kevin Axtell |
| Saturday | 1pm | How to MUni, followed by My First MUni Ride | Tom Holub |
| Saturday | 2pm | Basic 3 scarf and 3 ball juggling for beginners | Dave Finnigan |
| Saturday | 2pm | Whip Cracking | Andrew Conway |
| Saturday | 2pm | Contact Juggling | Greg Maldonado |
| Saturday | 3pm | Creative Multiplexing | Kevin Axtell |
| Saturday | 3pm | All Things Unicycle | John Foss |
| Saturday | 3pm | Laughter Yoga | Lydia Gonzales |
| Saturday | 4pm | 5 Balls the Easy Way | Dave Finnigan |
| Saturday | 4pm | Basic Baton Twirling | Cindy Hamilton |
| Sunday | 10am | Beginning Double Staff | Krissy Humphreys |
| Sunday | 10am | Advanced MUni Ride | Tom Holub |
| Sunday | 11am | Eccentric Performing and Juggling | Iman Lizarazu |
| Sunday | 11am | Machine/Robot variations with 3 to 5 balls | Matt Hall |
| Sunday | 11am | Artistic 3-Club Solo Juggling | Jeff Napier |
| Sunday | 12pm | Festival Games | |
| Sunday | 2pm | Artistic routines with 3 to 5 balls | Thomas John |
| Sunday | 2pm | Intro to Whip Making | Joe Di Salvo |
| Sunday | 3pm | Intermediate to Advanced Poi | Greg Maldonado |
Want to run a workshop at the festival? Great! contact us or stop by the front table so we can schedule you.
Unicycle Rides & Games
It is the Berkeley Juggling and Unicycling Festival after all... Our festival always features a variety of unicycle rides. From the distance ride (complete with Critical Mass sound system!) to muni rides and trials sessions, we feature something for every rider. The weekend also plays host to several unicycle basketball games and our internationally reknowned tournament of champions featuring events like flag uni, tug-of-war and Marc's Malicious Obstacle Course of Doom... ok, maybe it's not that bad.
Construction Zone
The Berkeley Juggling Cooperative firmly believes everyone can learn to juggle. The construction zone is the perfect place for new jugglers to pick up the basics. In addition to an assortment of basic props, the Construction Zone features friendly volunteers excited to spread the joys of juggling.
Jugglers: do you want to make someone's day? Why not spend an hour teaching newbies in the construction zone? All we can offer for your efforts is total elightenment and our sincere thanks, but hey, that's something. Sign up at the front table.