At least Eva and I are going too. We usually stay at the Red Roof in Henrietta. It's cheap and okay and a short drive to RIT. There are several other hotels nearby. We usually have funds from the juggling club to cover/reimburse hotel costs.
Best regards, Christian On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 10:38 AM Lara Haha <circusha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey frandz, > Lex, Vaughn and I are planning to be at the RIT juggle in next weekend. We > are wondering who else is going, and if there are any recommendations for > housing. > -Boogie > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2023, 11:43 AM Christian Kaestner <kaest...@cs.cmu.edu> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> a lot of juggling festivals are now finally returning after a pandemic >> pause. Here are a couple of upcoming ones within driving distance. Let us >> know if you are interested in joining: >> >> *March 3-5 -- Pocono Juggle/Circus Arts Fest (~5h drive to east/central >> PA)* >> >> This is a smallish but nice and friendly local festival that some of us >> have been too in the past. They attract a lot of jugglers from the New York >> and Philly region and usually bring in some good acts for the show. >> >> *March 24-26 -- RIT Juggling Festival (5h drive to upstate NY)* >> >> This is one of the largest and best local juggling festivals in the US >> (usually >300 jugglers). We have been going as a group pretty much every >> year. If you can only make one, try this one. >> >> *Late April/early May -- Congress of Jugglers (bus or 4h drive to DC)* >> >> Smallish festival at the UMD campus near DC which we have attended a >> couple of times. Usually very informal and organized at the last minute. No >> date announced yet for this year, but usually around Mother's Day. >> >> *June 9-1 -- Philly Fest 2023 Juggling Festival (train, bus, or 6h drive)* >> >> Smallish festival at the circus school in Philadelphia. Moved to the >> summer this year. Very nice space in the circus school. >> >> *July 17-23 -- IJA (train or 6h drive to IN)* >> >> Weeklong national juggling festival with about 400 attendees and lots of >> shows. Somewhat pricy to attend. Within driving distance this year. >> >> >> Most festivals except IJA are free and charge maybe $10-20 for the show. >> Juggling festivals are very informal, like long juggling club meetings with >> workshops and a show. Happy to tell you more about them if you have never >> been too one. We often go as a group and share accommodations. The CMU >> juggling club usually has funds to support car rental, gas, tolls, or even >> hotels for a trip. I suspect that I'll attend all of these except Poconos. >> If you are interested let us know at some of our meetings. >> >> >> Others: We might try to do our own (*FluggleBurgh*) again in the fall if >> we find a space, stay tuned. *Cleveland* also used to have one in >> September. If you are up for flying to a festival, I can really recommend >> *Mondo* in St. Paul, Minneapolis March 3-5. I'd say RIT and Mondo are >> the best festivals in the US; Mondo has lots of unicyclists too. The big >> European festival *EJC* usually has >3000 jugglers but is still in flux >> for this year. If you are into passing, there is an underground weeklong >> passing-only festival *Passout* in Arkansas in May and in the >> Netherlands in December that I can share more details about. >> >> Generally Juggling Edge is pretty good for keeping up with festivals: >> https://jugglingedge.com/events.php?Region=us&TimeFrame=Future&; >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> Christian >> >> -- >> Mailing list of the CMU juggling club: Masters of Flying Objects >> Website: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/juggle/ >> Mailing list: Juggling-members@lists.andrew.cmu.edu >> Unsubscribe/Manage subscription: >> https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/juggling-members >> > -- > Mailing list of the CMU juggling club: Masters of Flying Objects > Website: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/juggle/ > Mailing list: Juggling-members@lists.andrew.cmu.edu > Unsubscribe/Manage subscription: > https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/juggling-members >
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