Pole-a-Palooza is a creative space for pole enthusiasts from all over the world to meet, share, connect, learn, and reflect.
Whether your specialty is Chinese pole, aerial pole, or dance pole, you bring your excitement and the skills you want to practice. We’ll provide the space to jam with your community!
Pole-a-Palooza is a participant-driven apparatus meeting in the tradition of NECCA’s Rope Meeting. That means you create the vibe. While we provide the space, organize workshops, and keep the coffee coming — the skill shares, jams, and creative energy during open training come from YOU.
The cost of registration covers:
This event is open to enthusiasts with a intermediate training level through professional-level pole artists ages 18 and up with a regular pole practice. Participation is what drives Pole-a-Palooza, so everyone is expected to be physically involved. To support a creatively safe environment, there will be no auditing or public viewing.
There are some absolute legends attending Pole-a-Palooza this year! Register in these workshops to save your spot!
Find all of the event details here!
Ticket & Workshop Pricing
*hours of jam sessions every day
*free work-in-progress showing
*10% off workshops
*snacks, coffee & community
The mini workshops that are offered during Pole-a-Palooza will be an additional cost, but you get a discount as a Pole-a-Palooza participant!
Workshops will be scheduled before jams start on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Need support? Financial aid is available HERE.
Meeting Schedule
Thursday
5-8 pm Spotting workshop w/ Sandra Feusi & Levi Helton (cPole)
6:30-8 pm Workshops (aPole & dPole)
Friday
11:30-1 pm Workshops
1:30 pm – 3 pm Workshops
3 pm – 3:30 pm Sign in & general warm up
3:30 pm – 4 pm Welcome & Orientation
4 pm – 9 pm Pole jam session
Saturday
9 am – 10:30 am Workshops
11 am – 4 pm Pole Jam Session
3-4 pm improv challenge: Whose pole is it anyway?
4 pm Swimming or WIP prep
5:30 pm Dinner
7 – 9ish pm Work in Progress
Sunday
9:45 am doors open
10 am Bagel & Coffee Breakfast & general warm up
10:30 am – 3:30 pm Pole jam session
3:30 pm – 4 pm Wrap up and “see you down the road”
What’s Included
Your registration covers hours of open jam sessions each day, a Works in Progress showing, and plenty of time to connect with other pole artists. Workshops are available for an additional fee — and meeting participants receive a discount.
We’ll have both ‘dead’ rigged and guyed-out Chinese poles with rubber covers, two types of aerial poles, and stage X poles. Due to our high ceilings, we will not have tension dance poles. We’ll provide 4 Chinese poles, 2 aerial poles, and 2 dance pole stages. Participants are welcome to bring their own equipment to add to the mix — just reach out to us in advance.
Who is Pole-a-Palooza for?
This event is open to enthusiasts with a intermediate training level through professional-level pole artists ages 18 and up with a regular pole practice.
Participation is what drives this event, so we ask everyone to be physically involved. To support a creatively safe environment, there will be no auditing or public viewing.
Younger participants are welcome with a participating adult mentor/coach — email esmith@necenterforcircusarts.org for details.
About Brattleboro
Check out our Visit NECCA page for the low-down on getting to Brattleboro. And please feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
Summertime is beautiful in Vermont, and we have plenty of rivers and outdoor activities for you to check out during your trip here, when you’re not roping of course!
PS. Our favorite coffee shops are Patio Coffee and Duchess Coffee 😉
Provide high-quality circus arts training for students and artists while facilitating greater access and programming to everyone.
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