Some of my favorite all-time childhood memories were spent at the circus with my grandpa. We used to go every year. The latest generation of circuses by Ringling Brothers is an eye-popping thrilling delight that has all the spine tingles while, at the same time, being almost wholly unrecognizable to my little kid self. They stopped animal acts in 2018 and reimagined the show with an incredible range of human talents.
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® The Greatest Show On Earth® comes to Oakland Arena for six shows from Aug. 30 through Sep. 1. Buy tickets now >
The Legendary Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey has reinvented The Greatest Show On Earth for a modern audience with 75 performers from 18 countries performing so many thrilling stunts that you won’t know where to look at any given time. I struggled to choose a small sample of the coolest-looking acts to give a sense of the range of what’s going to happen.
Coming to Oakland Arena for 6 shows on August 30-September 1
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Video Footage from the New Ringling Bros. Circus
“The one thing that has always defined a Ringling show is the sense of wonder, awe, and authenticity. Each member of the audience, spanning multiple generations, will find moments within the performance they can relate to, providing the exhilarating, inspiring feeling only Ringling can deliver.” ~ Juliette Feld Grossman, Producer of The Greatest Show On Earth
See you at the circus? Maybe… my kids don’t have the same hard-boiled nostalgia!
