Boston Juggling & Flow
Come to the BJF festival to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the MIT Juggling Club and the 20th anniversary of Boston Spinjam!
Join us for a full day of open juggling, workshops, games, and free food. All skill levels welcome, whether you've never picked up a ball or you've been juggling for years. Open to everyone, not just MIT.
Happy Birthday to the MIT Juggling Club!
When
Saturday, April 4, 2026
9:30 AM to 10:30 PM
Completely free, no cost at all.
Where
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Morss Hall, Walker Building
142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139
What
A day of Juggling and Flow arts!
Including games, informal workshops, and free treats.
Schedule
Full schedule coming soon. Check back for updates!
A Bit of History
The MIT Juggling Club was founded in March 1975 by Arthur Lewbel, then an undergraduate, who merged his juggling group with Andy Rubel's unicycle club. It's been meeting weekly ever since, making it one of the longest continuously running public juggling clubs in the country.
Over the decades the club attracted some remarkable visitors, including Claude Shannon, who developed the first mathematical theorem of juggling, and legendary high-speed photographer Doc Edgerton, who invited jugglers to his studio at MIT.
Fifty years later, the club is still going strong. As Lewbel puts it, "you don't need dues. You don't need members. You just need to meet at the same place and time every week."