Erin Carman

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Reborn Ringling Bros. Circus bringing Tour to Chicagoland… Minus the Animals

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has been reimagined and reborn without animals as a high-octane family event with highwire tricks, soaring trapeze artists, and bicycles leaping on trampolines.

Feld Entertainment, which owns the, “Greatest Show on Earth,” revealed to The Associated Press what audiences can expect during the show’s upcoming 2023 North American tour kicking off this fall and arriving at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont on November 3rd – 5th. Get your tickets available through Ticketmaster.

A scene from the 2017 production of Circus XTREME presented by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. The company announced it would be reviving its touring circus show in the fall of 2023 Tampa Ringling Bros And Barnum Bailey Presents Circus Xtreme © THOMAS BENDER/HERALD-TRIBUNE STAFF PHOTO / USA TODAY NETWORK

The 75 performers from 18 countries will include performers on a triangular high wire 25 feet off the ground, crisscrossing flying trapeze artists, a spinning double wheel powered by acrobats and BMX trail bikes, unicycle riders, and skateboarders doing flips and tricks.

The show is a complete rethink of a modern circus. Feld Entertainment has been working on everything from how to integrate clowns, the branding, and merchandise over the past four years.

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