Festival ZirQus

04 – 08 September, 2024

ZirQus – Festival for current Swiss circus creation

Five days of shows and workshops – this year for the first time in cooperation with the Chnopf circus.

The Festival ZirQus celebrates the diversity of artistic forms of expression, cultural exchange and shared experiences.

Come along and enjoy the relaxed circus atmosphere at Güterbahnhof. There is circus to marvel at, to try out, to exchange – the program is varied. The bar invites you to hang out and offers a delicious range of food!

Program 2024

This year with Zirkus Chnopf, Raum 305, Cie Hot Lines, Bill and Fred Productions, duo GingerMoustache, Théâtre de l’extrême and Artist in Focus: Isaline et Yu-yin. You can expect a variety of shows and lot of crash courses to discover circus for yourself!

Wednesday 04.09.2024

Festival site opens at 13:30

14.00 – 16.00: Vertical dance trial workshop
(4 workshops of 30 minutes each)
14.00 – 14.30 | 14.30 – 15.00 | 15.00 – 15.30 | 15.30 – 16.00
With Naomi and Anja | from 5 years | training hall | with registration

16.30 – 17.30: Le cours des choses
Circus Chnopf | from 5 years | outdoor area

17.45 – 18.45: Acrobatics workshop with Zirkus Chnopf
from 5 years | outdoor area | without registration

19.00 – 19.50: The Human Factor | Premiere
Hot Lines | from 5 years | ZQ-Halle

20.30 – 21.30: Vertical dance trial workshop
With Naomi and Anja | from 14 years | training hall | with registration

Thursday 05.09.2024

Festival site opens at 13:30

14.00 – 17.00: Circus course
With Franziska and Julian | ages 5 and up | training hall | no registration required

17.45 – 18.05: Artist in Focus: Isaline & Yu-yin
Isaline et Yu-yin | Tout public | ZQ-Halle

18.45 – 19.45: Aerial trial workshop
With Naomi and Anja | from 14 years | training hall | with registration

20.15 – 21.05: Parole en l’air
duo GingerMoustache | from 6 years | ZQ-Halle

Friday 06.09.2024

Festival site opens at 15:30

16.15 – 17.15: Trampoline taster workshop
(2 workshops of 30 minutes each)
16.15 – 16.45 | 16.45 – 17.15
With Eulalie | from 6 years | trampoline room | with registration

16.45 – 17.25: The Grannies
Bill and Fred Productions | Tout public | outdoor area

17.30 – 18.30: Trampoline taster workshop
(2 workshops of 30 minutes each)
17.30 – 18.00 | 18.00 – 18.30
With Eulalie | from 14 years | trampoline room | with registration

17.45 – 18.35: douceur de la ville
Théâtre de l’extrême | from 6 years | Walk: start outside square

19.00 – 20.00: Le cours des choses
Circus Chnopf | from 5 years | outdoor area

21.00 – 22.10: Wir wollen nie nie nie
Room 305 | from 12 years | ZQ-Halle

Saturday 07.09.2024

Festival site opens at 12:00
12.30 – 13.30: Circus-Zwärgli Family-Acro
With Laura | from 2.5 years with accompanying person | Training hall | with registration

14.00 – 14.40: The Grannies
Bill and Fred Productions | Tout public | outdoor area

15.00 – 15.20: Artist in Focus: Isaline & Yu-yin
Tout public | ZQ-Hall

16.00 – 17.00: Circus trial workshop for children: clowning
With Luisa and Elysia | from 5 years | outdoor area | without registration

17.30 – 18.20: douceur de la ville
Théâtre de l’extrême | from 6 years | Walk: start outside square

18.45 – 19.45: Le cours des choses | Dernière
Circus Chnopf | from 5 years | outdoor area

20.30 – 21.40: We never want never never
Room 305 | from 12 years | ZQ-Halle

from 20.30: Nicky B Fly
Concert with Musikwoche Hard | Galotti outdoor area
(Hohlstrasse 290)

from 21.45: DJ Residual risk
Party | with Musikwoche Hard | Galotti outdoor area
(Hohlstrasse 290)

  

Sunday 08.09.2024

Festival site opens at 10:00
10.00 – 11.30: Circ-Exchange Brunch
for professionals | outdoor area | with registration

11.30 – 13.00: Circ-Exchange
Exchange
for professionals | Training room

12.15 – 13.15: Circus trial workshop
With Eulalie and Julian | from 5 years | outdoor area | without registration

13.15 – 14.30: Circ-Exchange movement
workshop

for professionals | training room | with registration

13.30 – 14.20: douceur de la ville
Théâtre de l’extrême | from 6 years | Walk: start outside square

14.45 – 15.35: Parole en l’air
duo GingerMoustache | from 6 years | ZQ-Halle

16.20 – 17.00: The Grannies
Bill and Fred Productions | Tout public | outdoor area

17.15 – 18.15: Partner acro trial workshop
Workshop

With Eulalie and Julian | from 14 years |
Training hall | with registration

18.45 – 19.35: The Human Factor
Hot Lines | from 5 years | ZQ-Halle

The ZirQus festival is looking for helpers!

Will you help make the festival an unforgettable experience?

We are looking for helping hands at the bar, in the kitchen, setting up, decorating and in many other areas!
Would you like to take part? Then sign up and we will get back to you. For your commitment you will receive food and drink vouchers, a crew shirt as a memento and lots of gratitude!

Accessibility

Everyone is welcome at the ZirQus festival. The festival site is wheelchair accessible. Contemporary circus usually works without language. All shows are based on hat collection, which means you decide your ticket price.

Awareness

The ZirQus festival aims to be a place of experience and joy. To ensure that everyone feels comfortable, we hope that you will visit the festival consciously and mindfully. The Zirkusquartier is opposed to any form of discrimination. Everyone needs to help if we are to live together respectfully.

Music Week Hard | Galotti

Our neighbors from Musikwerkstatt Galotti are organizing the Music Woche Hard from 3 to 8 September with concerts and music workshops at various locations in the Hard-Quartier. On Saturday evening we join forces: After the Zirkus Chnopf finale, we celebrate the weekend with a concert and DJ! All about the Galotti Music Workshop and the Musik Woche Hard at: galotti.ch

Galotti Music Workshop
Hohlstrasse 290
8004 Zurich

The ZirQus 2024 festival is supported by:

Snippets of the Festival ZirQus 2019-2023