Welcome to the 2025 Women’s Circus Open Day!

Drop in and give circus a try at your local Women’s Circus! Bring the whole family, connect with your community and see what makes social circus so special– and it’s completely FREE.

This community event invites you to come inside the iconic Footscray Drill Hall and check out Women’s Circus, a social circus and not for profit arts organisation founded in Footscray in 1991. Women’s Circus runs year round social circus term classes for ages 2-75+, along with a range of creative programs including shows and developments. We seek to empower people of a marginalised gender to shape community and culture through circus.

At our Open Day we will have non-stop drop in circus workshops for all ages, so you and your family can try your hand at a whole range of circus skills including aerials, juggling, acrobalance and more. We will have Auslan interpreters on site all day for social interpreting and to interpret any circus instructions for d/Deaf community members who would like to come and try. All ages and all genders are welcome, and of course there will be a coffee cart on site serving free coffee and a bake sale!

We can’t wait to meet you all and welcome you into your local circus!