UpDown Circus

26/05/2026

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UpDown Circus Festival is back from 1–7 September, bringing another exciting week full of circus, creativity, laughter, and fun for all ages!

Expect incredible acrobats, jaw-dropping jugglers, daring sword swallowers, unforgettable performances, and community workshops! Plenty of surprises along the way.

More details will be announced soon, so keep an eye on our socials and website: https://www.updowncircusfestival.ie

This Festival is proudly supported by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

Expect incredible acrobats, jaw-dropping jugglers, daring sword swallowers, unforgettable performances, and community workshops! Plenty of surprises along the way.

25/04/2026

Part of in partnership with

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18/04/2026

Celebrating World Circus Day with some top shelf Accessible Juggling with legends Dec and Kevin at the Castlerea Library.

15/04/2026

Looking forward to some upcoming Accessible Juggling activities in Cork.

April 18th : 11am - 12pm
Bishop Lucey Park, celebrating World Circus Day

April 24th : 11am - 12pm
South Parish Hall part of Cork Lifelong Learning Festival

Thanks to for capturing us at the launch in

26/03/2026

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/lifelong-learning-festival-folk-juggling-tickets-1984294184321. Link in Bio FOLK JUGGLING
“accessible juggling’ pedagogy ensuring juggling is inclusive for everyone, regardless of physical or mental abilities”

26/03/2026

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/lifelong-learning-festival-folk-juggling-tickets-1984294184321

Folk Juggling uses 'accessible juggling' pedagogy ensuring juggling is inclusive for everyone, regardless of physical or mental abilities

17/09/2025

✨💜 A huge thank you 💜✨
To everyone who came out and joined us at UpDown Circus Festival you made the magic real. 🎪 The laughter, the applause, the energy in the streets… it meant the world.
To our incredible team and volunteers, you’re the heartbeat of it all. To the artists, thank you for bringing your brilliance, courage, and joy to every performance. And to our partners and supporters, we couldn’t do this without you.
A very special thank you to everyone who donated to our GoFundMe — your generosity truly helped us make this festival possible. 🌟
From the bottom of our hearts — thank you for helping us dream big and fly high. 💫
With gratitude & love,
The UpDown Circus Festival family 🎭✨

12/09/2025

Research Residency 🤸
During this residency, Lidija Šola @ is exploring experimental group acrobatics with mentors Daniel Seabra & Mafalda M. Gonçalves , alongside Henrik Gard & Ali Stranger .

With the support of lighting designer Tim Feehily, the research dives into conjuring illusions where bodies, light, and movement bend time and memory.

Though not public just yet, we’re excited to see this darkly comic and innovative work-in-progress grow and look forward to sharing more in future years. 👀

Photography by: Alex Maronna

07/09/2025

From our first event of the festival 🥂
Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for Apocalypse Clown at The Pavilion with and to writer Shane O’Brien for such a brilliant Q&A 🤡👏