Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Circus

August 17-21

Tempting Fate Daily!

The 134th Edition of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® is a place where "Tempting Fate Daily" isn't a tagline, it's a mandate! Never-before-seen thrills appear alongside iconic circus moments; pastoral barnyard numbers give way to entrancing sway pole displays; clown gags are buffeted against dangerous daredevil acts; an adventurous, far-reaching original score fills the arena with everything from country-and-western to hard rock numbers.

Legendary Prince of Laughter, David Larible, unveils three rings of illusions including a disappearing act, a sawing-in-half routine and an escape-from-shackles. But Larible doesn't stop there - he also plays seven musical instruments and leads an impromptu orchestra peopled with unsuspecting members of the audience.

How does a man earn "Crazy" as a professional moniker? Is it by tempting fate daily with never-before-seen feats of demented daredevilry? “Crazy” Wilson performs running somersaults atop the 42-foot-long, two-feet-wide, gyroscopic Pendulum of Pandemonium!

For the first time in over 20 years, the center ring is rife with magnificent male lions as they tango with talented animal presenter Jason Peters! A lion presenter can only be followed by an equally amazing animal presenter with equally amazing animals. Sylvia Zerbini comes charging into the Center Ring with her stable of highly trained horses. Combining the physical strength of her aerial act with the special interspecies connection of her liberty act, beautiful Zerbini casts an otherworldly spell-soaring forty feet above arena skies without a net as she orchestrates a stable of extraordinary Arabian and Andalusian equines without the use of reins.