Circus in town or town in circus? Magical time of the Festival will fill the streets of the Old Town with joy and wonderful atmosphere. For three days forgotten and unavailable places will open their gates to the public and the common ones will grow a new meaning. The unique atmosphere of the Festival will be created by true masters and artists who travel around the world making spectators smile, admire and awe. Sky these days will be cut by the highlines hanging in the Market Square and the Castle, circus tents will add color to the city and a warm glow of fire shows will turn the Amphitheater into red.

This year’s OFCA festival will be held on August 12-14th! We cannot express how ecstatic we are!
We hope the pandemic will not ruin our plans. We’ve started to work on it by the sweat of our brow
so that you – longing for the festival – could plunge into the world of circus. Do you remember
what it feels like?!

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Artists 2021

Pan
Ząbek/
Król
Cyrku

Performance refers to the well-known Disney story about a young, brave lion, in which he becomes a king. In the interpretation of Pan Ząbek the protagonist’s fate is quite different. Our festival Simba as a little lion cub goes to the circus, where he grows up under the guidance of a trainer, master, director.

Wise
fools
/
Trashpeze

This circus trio will distract you from mundane things. Artists from Wise Fools specialize in aerial acrobatics. Their signature act consists of virtuoso choreographics on triple trapeze, dance trapeze and cloud swing. But there’s also place for a story – three characters get stuck in the land of trash.

Fundacja
Sztukmistrze/
Wardrobe
Show

It is a crazy and unpredictable street fireshow. Three characters - Ninja, Panda and Circus Director - at first seem like they come from different tales, but they will take you for an unusual journey with surprising ending. The show is full of gags and interactions with audience.

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Oleśnica

Oleśnica is one of the oldest and most charming cities of Lower Silesia. For over 750 years, the paths of Poles, Germans, Czechs and Jews crossed here. They left us a remarkable legacy – a unique arrangement of streets of the old town and noteworthy monuments.

During OFCA festival, the entire potential of the city as well as its residents is used. Street performances take place not only in the main square with 12 streets running out of it but also in the immediate vicinity of the oldest monument in the city – the Column of the Golden Wedding, in the basin of the only memorial in Lower Silesia commemorating space expeditions by a Wrocław sculptor – Jerzy Boronia, or in the courtyard of Oleśnica castle whose architecture shows the influence of all ruling dynasties in the principality of Oleśnica.

Numerous princely families crossed their fates through the long history of Oleśnica. Starting from the Silesian Piasts – each named Konrad, through the Czech Podiebrady family deriving from the famous Czech king George, to the German Wirtembergs and Welf dynasties. Till date, we can find their traces in the structure of the city, its architecture and works of art which are found even in the Oleśnica basilica. Contemporary Oleśnica also bears the marks of the Jewish community. It was in the Jewish printing house of Chaim Schwarz and Dawid ben Jonathan where the Torah, the oldest print published in Oleśnica, was created. On its title page there is the coat of arms of the princes of the Podiebrady dynasty.

Another major festival venue is the historic church of St George, connected with the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, founded in the XIV century for the Benedictines of the Slavonic rite, the so-called Glagolitic Order, who use the Old Church Slavonic language in the liturgy.

You can easily get to know these and many, many more secrets of Oleśnica by starting a sightseeing tour from the Oleśnicki Dom Spotkań z Historią museum or joining specially organised guided walks, not to mention exploring the city’s nooks and crannies independently.

Slackline

There will be highlines suspended at the Oleśnica Castle’s courtyard and also at the Market Square between the windows of the City Hall and the surrounding townhouses. On them on a height of several meters above the ground highliners will be walking about.

Fire

Fire show during OFCA combines the elements of pyrotechnics and lightshow. We are more than happy to invite you to this event that will be prepared by excellent professionals.

Programme 2021

piątek, 15:30 Matteo Galbusera, The Loser Rynek, 3 Maja (2), 40 min
piątek, 16:30 Cie Balltazar, Orkest Bazar Rynek, Kościelna (4), 30 min
piątek, 16:30 PilkoPilko, One Ball Flash, Plac Książąt Śląskich (5), 30 min
piątek, 17:00 Les Paraconteurs, ConSéquences, Kościół Św. Jerzego (7), 60 min *
piątek, 17:30 Pan Ząbek, Król cyrku, Fosa zamkowa (11), 40 min
piątek, 17:30 Compagnia La Fabiola, Pay attention to those two, Dziedziniec Ratusza (15), 35 min
piątek, 18:30 Critical Mess, Dodai, Sala widowiskowa (8), 65 min *
piątek, 18:30 Compañia Per Se, Trashedy, Rynek, 3 Maja (2), 35 min
piątek, 18:30 Mimo Huenchulaf, Anything can happen, Plac Książąt Śląskich (5), 30 min
piątek, 18:30 Wise Fools, Trashpeze, Poczta (14), 30 min
piątek, 19:30 Wydmański Show, Incredible Equilibrium, Rynek, Kościelna (4), 40 min
piątek, 19:30 Cie Balltazar, Balls of Balltazar, Pomnik Ery Kosmicznej (9), 35 min
piątek, 19:30 Kamil Żongler, Jarzyna, Plac pod kościołem Św. Jerzego (7), 40 min
piątek, 20:00 Kolektyw Kejos, Epitafium błazna, Duży namiot cyrkowy (13), 60 min *
piątek, 20:30 Light Chilli, Koncert, Rynek, 3 Maja (2), 60 min
piątek, 20:30 Tres de la Nada, H2Oooops, Plac pod kościołem Św. Jerzego (7), 40 min
piątek, 21:15 Warszawski Kolektyw Cyrkowy, Świetlna przygoda, Kościół Św. Jerzego (7), 50 min *
piątek, 21:30 Gala Fireshow: Szafa Show i przyjaciele, Amfiteatr nad stawami (10), 60 min
piątek, 22:00 Kapela Timingeriu, Koncert, Namiot Bar Żongler (12), 45 min*
piątek, 23:00 After Party, Dj Ganz Privat aka Taki Mały Lew, Namiot Bar Żongler (12) *
piątek, 23:00 Combat Fight Night – walka na maczugi, Namiot Bar Żongler (12) *

sobota, 10:00 Warsztaty dla dzieci, Amfiteatr nad stawami (10), 240 min
sobota, 12:00 Pan Ząbek, Król cyrku, Amfiteatr nad stawami (10), 40 min
sobota, 14:30 Cie Balltazar, Orkest Bazar, Rynek, Kościelna (4), 30 min
sobota, 15:00 Wybory Miss Highline, Podzamcze (12), 120 min
sobota, 15:30 Light Chilli, Koncert, Rynek, 3 Maja (2), 60 min
sobota, 16:30 PilkoPilko, One Ball Flash, Rynek, 3 Maja (2), 30 min
sobota, 16:30 Wydmański Show, Incredible Equilibrium, Plac Książąt Śląskich (5), 40 min
sobota, 17:00 Les Paraconteurs, ConSéquences, Kościół Św. Jerzego (7), 60 min *
sobota, 17:00 Strefa GKN – Spotkanie z Panem Ząbkiem Rynek, Kościelna (4), 60 min
sobota, 17:30 Compañia Per Se, Trashedy, Fosa zamkowa (11), 35 min
sobota, 17:30 Compagnia La Fabiola, Pay attention to those two, Dziedziniec Ratusza (15), 35 min
sobota, 18:30 Critical Mess, Dodai, Sala widowiskowa (8), 65 min*
sobota, 18:30 Kapela Timingeriu, Koncert Rynek, 3 Maja (2), 45 min
sobota, 18:30 Wise Fools, Trashpeze, Poczta (14), 30 min
sobota, 18:30 Pan Ząbek, Król cyrku, Fosa zamkowa (11), 40 min
sobota, 19:30 Mimo Huenchulaf, Anything can happen, Rynek, Kościelna (4), 30 min
sobota, 19:30 Cie Balltazar, Balls of Balltazar, Pomnik Ery Kosmicznej (9), 35 min
sobota, 19:30 Kamil Żongler, Jarzyna, Plac pod kościołem Św. Jerzego (7), 40 min
sobota, 20:15 Matteo Galbusera, The Loser, Rynek, 3 Maja (2), 40 min
sobota, 20:00 Warszawski Kolektyw Cyrkowy, Świetlna przygoda Kościół Św. Jerzego (7), 50 min *
sobota, 20:30 Kolektyw Kejos, Epitafium błazna, Duży namiot cyrkowy (13), 60 min*
sobota, 20:30 Fundacja Sztukmistrze, Szafa show, Plac Książąt Śląskich (5), 50 min
sobota, 21:00 Light Chili, Koncert, Namiot Bar Żongler (12), 60 min*
sobota, 21:30 Tres de la Nada, H2Oooops, Plac pod kościołem Św. Jerzego (7), 40 min
sobota, 22:00 After Party, Dj Taki Mały Lew aka Złe Nawyki Namiot Bar Żongler (12) *

niedziela, 10:00 Warsztaty dla dzieci, Amfiteatr nad stawami (10), 240 min
niedziela, 12:00 Compañia Per Se, Trashedy, Amfiteatr nad stawami (10), 35 min
niedziela, 14:00 Kamil Żongler, Jarzyna, Plac pod kościołem Św. Jerzego (7), 40 min
niedziela, 14:30 Olimpiada żonglerska, Rynek, 3 Maja (2), 60 min
niedziela, 15:30 PilkoPilko, One Ball Flash, Rynek, 3 Maja (2), 30 min
niedziela, 15:30 Compagnia La Fabiola, Pay attention to those two, Dziedziniec Ratusza (15), 35 min
niedziela, 16:30 Wydmański Show, Incredible Equilibrium, Fosa zamkowa (11), 40 min
niedziela, 16:30 Les Paraconteurs, ConSéquences, Kościół Św. Jerzego (7), 60 min *
niedziela, 16:30 Cie Balltazar, Orkest Bazar, Rynek, Kościelna (4), 30 min
niedziela, 16:30 Matteo Galbusera, The Loser, Plac Książąt Śląskich (5), 40 min
niedziela, 17:30 Pan Ząbek, Król cyrku, Rynek, 3 Maja (2), 40 min
niedziela, 17:30 Kapela Timingeriu, Koncert Plac pod kościołem Św. Jerzego (7), 45 min
niedziela, 18:00 Critical Mess, Dodai, Sala widowiskowa (8), 65 min*
niedziela, 18:30 Compañia Per Se, Trashedy, Rynek, Kościelna (4), 35 min
niedziela, 18:30 Wise Fools, Trashpeze, Poczta (14), 30 min
niedziela, 19:00 Warszawski Kolektyw Cyrkowy, Świetlna przygoda, Kościół Św. Jerzego (7), 50 min*
niedziela, 19:30 Mimo Huenchulaf, Anything can happen, Rynek, 3 Maja (2), 30 min
niedziela, 19:30 Cie Balltazar, Balls of Balltazar, Pomnik Ery Kosmicznej (9), 35 min
niedziela, 20:00 Kolektyw Kejos, Epitafium błazna, Duży namiot cyrkowy (13), 60 min*
niedziela, 20:30 Light Chilli, Koncert, Rynek, 3 Maja (2), 60 min
niedziela, 20:30 Fundacja Sztukmistrze, Szafa show, Plac Książąt Śląskich (5), 50 min
niedziela, 21:30 Tres de la Nada, H2Oooops, Plac pod kościołem Św. Jerzego (7), 40 min
niedziela, 21:00 After After Party, Namiot Bar Żongler (12) *