The first thing that comes to mind when anyone thinks of a Juggalo is the clown make up: sometimes garish, usually bold, and pretty much always on. But unless Insane Clown Posse are rolling through town, most Juggalos don’t paint up. It’s a matter of identification, belonging and being inside the disparate family culture of ICP. Usually, the only place to do all that is at a show.
Once a year, though, everything changes. At the Gathering of the Juggalos, there’s a full week of it all: clown make-up, family, everything. Now in its 17th year, the Gathering of the Juggalos took itself to Thornville, Ohio this year. We captured the faces of the people who make it what it is.
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