Portland Jugglers

Coming soon to the Extravaganza stage! The passing madness of the Stanford Juggling Research Institute (SJRI). With their special blend of new inventions and juggling humor, SJRI won the Silver medal at the IJA convention and regularly invent new and innovative patterns. Martin, NeilFred, and Rick will also be sharing their most recent inventions in their club-passing workshop.

Tickets for the Juggling and Vaudeville Extravaganza are now available for purchase. Get your tickets early! Tickets to the Juggling and Vaudeville Extravaganza are included with festival registration.

Tickets are available at the following locations

Brown Paper Tickets
1-800-838-3006
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/80920

Serious Juggling
503-233-2577
http://www.seriousjuggling.com
(cash and check only, please)

At the door on the day of the show
(cash and check only, please)

Prices
$16 - General Admission
$10 - Student with ID
$8 - Children (12 years and under) and Seniors

Our special guests for the 2009 Portland Juggling Festival have a great range of juggling and artistic talents.

Sean Blue will be headlining the Extravaganza, showcasing his unique blend of technical juggling and object manipulation with artistry and dance. He was performed around the world, and in 2007 won the Award for Innovation from the International Jugglers' Association.

Actor, juggler, and clown Michael O'Neill will be the emcee for the Extravaganza. Michael has performed as a Ringling Brothers clown, created the Nomadic Theatre Company, and performed around the world with his Antic Arts Show and with Clowns without Borders.

Jeremiah Johnston and the Poetic Motion Machine will be joining us with their group juggling and passing prowess. They recently won the Bronze medal at the International Jugglers' Association convention, and will be performing at the Extravaganza and teaching workshops on club traps and scissor theory.

The 17th Annual Portland Juggling Festival is fast approaching! Join us for a weekend of juggling, unicycling, and prop manipulation in the beautiful Rose City.

When?
September 25-27, 2009 (Friday evening through Sunday afternoon)

Where?
Reed College Sports Center
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.
Portland, OR 97202
The Sports Center is off of 28th Ave., on the west end of campus.
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What the heck is it?
The Portland Juggling Festival is the largest regional juggling festival in the United States, with jugglers from around the world and down the street joining together to share their knowledge and show their skills. We have performers, hobby jugglers, and beginners joining together for a two and a half days of throwing. Expect a big show Saturday evening, workshops for beginning, intermediate, and advanced jugglers, and vendors of every variety of juggling prop.

There will be three Sunday Parkways in Portland this summer. And we'll be juggling! They begin in North Portland on June 21st, move to NE Portland on July 19th, and finish in SE Portland on August 16th.

What are Sunday Parkways? On the given Sunday, the city will prohibit vehicle traffic on a circular route of streets several miles long in the designated neighborhood leaving them free to be used by pedestrians and cyclists. Each route will link to parks in those neighborhoods with the parks hosting activities - food, games, music, entertainment, and juggling if you come out for it.

Sunday Parkways are based on similar events held in cities around the world, particularly in Bogota, Colombia, where it originated, and which has developed into a large community celebration and festival.

The designated parks where we will gather are:
• June 21: Arbor Lodge Park in North Portland
• July 19: Wilshire Park in NE Portland
• August 16: Laurelhurst Park in SE Portland

For more information about Portland Sunday Parkways, visit: http://www.portlandonline.com/Transportation/index.cfm?c=46103

We're pleased to announce that we'll be throwing our 17th Annual Portland Juggling Festival the last weekend in September.

September 25 - 27, 2009
Reed College Sports Center
Portland, Oregon

Plenty more details coming soon!

New Vaudeville, Modern Circus, Extremely Funny Physical Theater!

The 12th annual Portland Clowns Without Borders Benefit Show is here again, Friday, March 20th at 7:30pm at the Da Vinci Middle School
Theater, 2508 NE Everett, Portland. The best of new vaudeville and modern circus to fund two Portland-led Clowns Without Borders projects in Haiti.

Reserve your tickets now, online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/57759 or buy them at the door. Pre-purchased ticket holders will have priority seating. $10-25 adults, $5-10 youth 12 and under. Definitely family friendly.

This is an annual highlight of Portland's variety theater/new circus scene featuring Portland's top jugglers, acrobats, eccentric comedians, and clowns -- including:

• The Bellini Twins, as seen recently on the Jay Leno show
• Leapin' Louie the most explosive Lithuanian-Jewish Cowboy Comedian to ever come out of Oregon
• The hilarious clowns of the Nomadic Theatre Co
• Magician extraordinaire Adam the Great
• The fabulous, funny Angel Ocasio
• Hoop genius Revolva -- new to Portland
• Shireen Press of Flamebuoyant Productions
• Tap dancer Aaron Wheeler-Kay
• The Zig-Zags from Do Jump!
• The Cedarwood Waldorf School Circus
• and more ...
  ... with live accompaniment by the Shoehorn Hat Band!

All to benefit Clowns Without Borders-USA. Portland has for 11 years been arguably the strongest center for Clowns Without Borders of any city in the US. This year the benefit will finance at least two projects to Haiti, led by local performers, Sarah Liane Foster (Nomadic Theatre) and David Lichtenstein (Leapin' Louie, Wanderlust Circus). On these trips professional performers will donate their time to bring shows and workshops to communities in Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere even before it was hit by four hurricanes in the past year. No child without a smile!

More info about Clowns Without Borders:

• http://clownswithoutborders.org/
• http://clownswithoutborders.org/expeditions/Ayiti/haiti07.shtml

The OSU Jugglers Club and the Corvallis Juggling and Unicycling Club are planning another great festival! It's just a short trip off of I-5 at the beautiful Oregon State University campus. Plan on a thrilling weekend of juggling and unicycling, with a couple of great shows, workshops, and multiple prop vendors.

Friday - Sunday
March 27-29, 2009
McAlexander Fieldhouse
Oregon State University
http://jugglingconvention2009.blogspot.com/

We'll see you there!

Thanks to everyone who helped make the 2008 Portland Juggling Festival such a great success. I hope you all had a great time and will be visiting us again in 2009.

Some local photographers took some great pictures during the festival and show. Enjoy!

Skippy Steve: http://www.stevenlprice.smugmug.com/Hobbies/618903
John Rudoff, M.D.: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27490251@N03/sets/72157607617270554/

If you'd like links to your photos or videos of the festival, send us a note using the Contact Us link on the Web site.