Most Important Details
January (15), 16, 17, & 18, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Thursday, First Congregational Church
6:15 PM - 11:00 PM, Friday, Franklin Elementary School
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM, Saturday, UW Field House
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM, Sunday, UW Field House
Five Ball Endurance at the 47th Annual MadFest
Where
The festival starts early on Thursday night at our usual Thursday juggling location, the First Congregational Church. A map and instructions on how to find the place are here.
Friday night, we'll be in the Franklin Elementary School Gymnasium, located at 305 W. Lakeside Street. Here's a map!
Open juggling Saturday and Sunday will be in the University of Wisconsin Field House, located at 1440 Monroe Street, next to Camp Randall Stadium, at the intersection of Monroe Street, Regent Street, and Breese Terrace. Use of a map is highly recommended as search parties are not available.
Throughout the festival, if you need directions or otherwise need to contact the organizers, please call Katherine at 608-698-3677 or Dave at 608-658-7985.
Cost
Due to inflation and budgetary constraints this year, admission to the open juggling halls and workshop rooms and bathrooms will again be FREE! Public show has a modest fee to make the performers feel good. Such a deal!!
Details
For those wishing to juggle knives, chain saws, flaming kittens, or anything that might damage the expansive floors of our venue, space will be provided on Lake Mendota (notice we did not say near Lake Mendota). Inside there will be juggling, workshops, catching, demos, dropping, competitions, pickups, vendors, excuses, parties, apologies, a raffle, and relief from wind chill low enough to shrivel silicone.
Workshops
A preliminary workshop schedule is now available.
If you are interested in conducting a workshop, please contact Danny Tomaro.
Vendors
A good assortment of prop vendors, t-shirt pushers, snazzy hat salespeople and money changers are expected to be in attendance. Vendors wishing to reserve a table, please contact Tablemeister Chan Wilson at (608) 216-5689.
More About Madison
Convention and Visitors Bureau
City of Madison Website
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