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What is Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s Circus schedule?

They're back, and the number of rings they have will shock you.

After five years, emerging from a haze of elephant empathy and Skarsgård-induced coulrophobia, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is back on the road, kicking off a two-year tour with a new, more modern sensibility. This time, there’s no ringmaster. Animal performers have been eliminated from the proceedings, resulting in an estimated 60% drop in mid-act, onstage bowel evacuations. Perhaps most importantly, thanks to a decades-long shift in attitudes toward men in disguises smiling wordlessly at children, all of the clowns are gone.

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What’s left? Enthusiasm, talent, and modernized Americana showmanship, that’s what. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus promises hours of exceptional performances – featuring breathtaking stunts, acrobatics, choreography, and traditionally clown-y acts minus the face paint and promises that you’ll float, too. There’s also a robot dog. Everyone loves a robot dog.

Where can you see the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus?

A robot dog performing at the circus
Photo via Feld Entertainment/CBS

Here’s a look at the shows that the circus has booked so far:

Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum – Oct 13 – 15, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena – Oct 20 – 22, 2023

Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center – Oct 27 – 29, 2023

Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena – Nov 3 – 5, 2023

Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center – Nov 10 – 12, 2023

Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena – Nov 17 – 19, 2023

Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena – Nov 24 – 26, 2023

Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse – Dec 1 – 3, 2023

St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center – Dec 9 – 10, 2023

Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center – Dec 15 – 17, 2023

Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena – Jan 5 – 7, 2024

Orlando, FL – Amway Center – Jan 12 – 15, 2024

Jacksonville, FL – Veterans Memorial Arena – Jan 19 – 21, 2024

Sunrise, FL – Amerant Bank Arena – Jan 27 – 28, 2024

Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum – Feb 2 – 4, 2024

Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena – Feb 9 – 11, 2024

Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center – Feb 16 – 19, 2024

Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center – Feb 22 – 25, 2024

Newark, NJ – Prudential Center – Feb 29 – Mar 3, 2024

Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena – Mar 8 – 10, 2024

Bridgeport, CT – Total Mortgage Arena – Mar 15 – 17, 2024

Boston, MA – Agganis Arena – Mar 28 – Apr 7, 2024

Worcester, MA – DCU Center – Apr 12 – 14, 2024

Wilkes Barre, PA – Mohegan Sun Arena – Apr 19 – 21, 2024

Providence, RI – Amica Mutual Pavilion – Apr 26 – 28, 2024

Hartford, CT – XL Center – May 3 – 5, 2024

Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center – May 10 – 12, 2024

Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center – Mar 22 – 24, 2024

Interested parties can check out ticket prices here. Additionally, shows in multiple cities — like Phoenix, AZ, Austin, TX, and Ontario, CA — have been announced, with dates and specifics still in the works.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus packed up its tents for what was thought to be the last time in 2017, following years of allegations of animal cruelty and declining ticket sales. Their new format aims to bring the show’s roughly 150 years of tradition into the new millennium, allaying the concerns of the public and moving “at the speed of TikTok,” according to company COO Juliette Feld Grossman’s recent interview with CBS Sunday Morning

Across a litany of names and iterations and putting aside the five-year hiatus, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has been performing across the United States since 1871. It purports to be “the Greatest Show on Earth,” but honestly, have you seen Yellowjackets? 


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Tom Meisfjord
Tom is an entertainment writer with five years of experience in the industry, and thirty more years of experience outside of it. His fields of expertise include superheroes, classic horror, and most franchises with the word "Star" in the title. An occasionally award-winning comedian, he resides in the Pacific Northwest with his dog, a small mutt with impulse control issues.