Gain a Junior Wildcard to perform at Street Festivals next summer!

The events agency 'Zeitenwanderer' is offering 2 Junior Wildcards for circus students or graduates to take part in Street Performance Festivals in Germany or Austria.

The Junior Wildcards program is a great opportunity to gain street theatre experience in a professional setting, without having a long list of references. The aim of this project is to promote young, new, talented street performers at the beginning of their career, who already have a promising street-show.

For next edition, Junior Wildcards are offered for 2 festivals:

• BRAVISSIMO St. Poelten (Austria, 10-11 July 2026)
• StreetFESTIVAL Werne (Germany, 28-30 August 2026).

The application call is open until 20 January 2026, through this online form: https://www.zeitenwanderer.at/application.

Benefits of participation

• Travel allowance.
• Free accommodation.
• Free catering… like all the other artists. 
• Opportunity to perform about 4 shows (in Werne even more if it’s a 3-days-festival).
• Feedback on your performance.

Testimonies from former participants

Liam and Ripley (USA, Junior Wildcard 2023)

„One of the things that I appreciated the most about being the Junior Wildcard was that it made it easy to embrace the role of the newcomer. It gave us space to ask a lot of questions and the festival team and other artists were very generous in giving advice. We came away with a lot of feedback about how to make our show more engaging and gathered so many useful tips about how to improve the promotion of our show next year."