The goal of this group is to celebrate, share, and grow the circus arts in the North Bay.
When: Wednesdays, 6pm – 8pm
Description: Circus Jam meets every Wednesday in our theater to work on their performance. If you would like to perform for people, come on out. Learn how to juggle. Hula hoop. Walking on stilts. Magic. Taming the lion… well… there are no lions here, but there are a bunch of people who like to perform and you can join them every Wednesday in the Theater at 6pm
North Bay Circus Group Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/3003071323287248
MAGIC WORKSHOP THIS WEEK!
This workshop is a crash course in the art of magic for those working in any aspect of the performing arts (Circus artists, actors, comedians, dancers, directors and others). Joe Culpepper* will share secret sleight-of-hand techniques and research tools for adapting magic effects to your personal projects. You will learn how to make objects magically appear, transform, and vanish. Most important of all, you will learn how to think and direct attention like a magician. No previous magic experience necessary.
Day & Time: Wednesday, 3 December 2025, 6:30PM-8PM
Location: The Arlene Francis Center, 99 6* Street, Santa Rosa, CA
Cost: $10
*Dr. Joe Culpepper is a magician, magic consultant and the co-editor-in-chief of the academic journal Circus: Arts, Life and Sciences. He is a former Mitacs Elevate postdoctoral fellow at Cirque du Soleil’s C: Lab and Concordia University. Joe has taught magic and its adaptation to the circus arts at Montreal’s National Circus School, the Centre National des Arts du Cirque in Châlons-en-champagne, the Lido in Toulouse, UC Davis in California and beyond. He is a member of London’s Magic Circle and consults for a variety of private and public organizations.
City of Santa Rosa: Many thanks to the City of Santa Rosa Office of Community Engagement for helping to make this workshop and our other circus jam workshops possible this year!