Juggling Convention Trinkets Home

This page is dedicated to the multitude of knick-knacks I've somehow managed to accumulate from the many juggling conventions I've attended over the past years...

Convention Fashion

Most juggling conventions sell thier own, unique, t-shirts.  If nothing else, it's a good way of raising funds.  Naturally, shirts are required to uniquely represent each convention and to this end, an artist(?) will be asked to design something appropriate.  All images seen below were taken directly from clothing and thus some may appear a little worn.  Despite the apparent evidence before you, I really don't buy a shirt at every convention!

Coventry 1992 Horsham 1992

Bradford EJC, 1988

Coventry BJC, 1992

Horsham JuggleFest, 1992
York BJC Front York BJC Back Whitstable BJC 2002 Whitstable BJC Back 2002

York 2000, front design

York 2000, back design

Whitstable 2002, front design

Whitstable 2002, back design
Edinburgh BJC 1996 Scottish Juggling Convention Festival Of New Circus, London 1988 Birmingham BJC

Edinburgh BJC 1996

Scottish Convention, Stirling

Festival Of New Circus, 1988, London

Birmingham BJC 1993
Durham BJC front design Durham BJC sleeve design Tbilisi, Georgia

Durham BJC 1999, front design

Durham BJC 1999, sleeve design

(despite the minimal design, a rather special one...)

Horsham Jugglefest 2 EJC Leeds 1993 EJC Goeteborg

Horsham Jugglefest 2

Leeds EJC, 1993

Göteborg EJC, 1995

Reading 1-day convention, 1989

BJC London
Maastricht

Left - The t-shirt from the very first BJC.

Above - Maastricht 1989.

Right - Oldenburg 1990.
Oldenburg

OK, these aren't convention shirts, but I thought I'd include them anyway...

Security Passes

Laminated convention passes

Laminated passes - simple, but effective.  The one on the left is from the Cardiff BJC in 2001.  The other is self explainatory.

Key fobs also make effective convention passes.  Here are a few fine examples.  The top one comes from the Edinburgh EJC, the one on the bottom from Leeds and the right-hand one from one of the Wessex events at Frome, Somerset.

 Key Fobs as convention passes
Puzzle passes

It might not be clear from the pictures, but these are both sliding-tile puzzles.  The left-hand one from the first Grenoble EJC (1996), the other from the Whitstable BJC.  These mint-examples are both complete with their original place-holder ring.  Due for an appearance on 'Antiques Roadshow' anytime soon?

Other 'functional' examples of the convention pass are these yo-yos.  The pink one was from Durham, the other from Oldenburg.  Yo-yo collectors have actually shown some genuine interest in buying the Oldenburg one - definitely due for an 'Antiques Roadshow' appearance!

 Yo-yo convention passes
Strange Convention Passes

Some passes are just strange.  Here, you can see the (clockwise from right) the Brighton bottle opener, 3 rings (Wessex?), a relective snowflake (no idea...) and a metal butterfly (again, I forget).  Not shown is the yellow plastic duck from the Bristol BJC - sadly, we were asked to hand them back in - I'm sure it found a good home, though.  Also missing is the Wessex clay pendant, which I still have, but can't capture in a photo properly due to it's dark colour.

And finally...

Goody bag from Catch Airlines Renegade Juggling Elixir

These two are both beyond categorisation.  On the left is an example of an un-opened Catch Airlines goody bag that was supplied to intrepid travellers as they journeyed to the Göteborg EJC.  In case you're wondering, the contents includes a pencil, boiled sweet, crossword, plastic helicopter and a drinking straw.  Amongst the crossword clues were "Type of juggling ball (5)", "To be in debt (3)", "Show with Jules (5)" and "Disturbing Weird (5)".

On the right is a miniature bottle of Renegade Juggling Elixir, with some of the original contents still remaining.  Somehow, you might have thought that this idea would have caught on...
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