Is the materialistic nature of our culture a negative influence on our creativity?
Are we estranged from ourselves and simple pleasures like, tasting, touching and smelling?
Are we under pressure to consume and achieve, work longer hours and compare ourselves to others?
There seems to be little sense of ease in the competitive world.
The Circus Festival is out to change all that by nurturing the human spirit and the artist in us all. Be there.

 

Festivals

The next Circus Festival will take place on FEB 7, 8, 9 2009:

Lone Star, Golconda, Tasmania, Australia
Tickets on sale from September 2008
Stall holders, performers, instillation artists & technicians are welcome to apply via our webform: www.circusfest.com/contact

Training Project: FEB 1-5 2009.
Registrations available now at: www.circusfest/training

 

Zero Waste Site and what it means.
• We do not dispose of non-recyclable or non-compostable waste eg. plastic bags, broken glass, polystyrene, chemicals, rubber, etc
• We will recycle empty bottles, crushed cans, paper, cardboard and food scraps. Please place sorted waste in the correct bin.
• We ask people not to bring any non-recyclable or non-compostable waste to the site.
• If it is unavoidable, you must remove your non-recyclable or non-compostable waste when you leave.

In the meantime you can view images from previous Circus Festivals in this searchable database created by Julian Orbach:

Photo gallery

 

 

 

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about the festivals..

To date the 14 Circus Fests have been a celebration of our contemporary circus culture. Performers from around the planet have contributed to and benefited from the spirit of exploration, skill sharing and creative risk taking that is engendered in each festival. Seasoned performers, emerging artists, young people and those looking to embark on new adventures in self expression come together for an intensive training period and then cap it all off with a celebratory 3 days and nights of non-stop performance when the festival opens to the public.

The first Circus Fest took place in Tasmania at Lone Star, Golconda. Subsequent festivals were set up in different parts of Australia - Stradbroke Island, Albury, Rottnest Island and Mullumbimby- to enable more people to experience this stimulating and provocative event. In between, the festival returned to Golconda and the beautiful surroundings of the Panama Forest.

Another feature of the festival is the provision of a receptive environment for creating and experimenting. During the training period a number new groups and acts (both physical and musical) develop and evolve. Some of these exist only during the festival and others have gone on to become new companies.