List of circuses and circus owners

There have been many famous modern circuses since the first modern circus was staged by Philip Astley in London on January 9, 1768. Some of them are better known by the name of their principal owner. The following is an alphabetical list of both circuses and owners. For more information on circuses in general see Circus, or for information regarding the ancient Roman circus, see Circus Maximus.

• Abuhadba Circo Internacional^[1] (Bolivia)
• Adam Forepaugh (U.S.)
• Aerialize^[2] (Australia)
• Al G. Barnes Circus (U.S.)
• Albert & Friends Instant Circus^[3][4] (UK)
• Aloft Circus Arts ^[5] (U.S.)
• Antonio Franconi (Italy)
• Archaos (France)
• Artcirq^[6]
• Batty's Hippodrome (U.S.)
• Bertram Mills Circus (UK)
• Big Apple Circus (U.S.)
• Billy Smart^[7] (UK)
• Bindlestiff Family Cirkus (U.S.)
• Blackpool Tower Circus (UK)
• Bobby Roberts Super Circus^[8] (UK)
• Capital Circus of Budapest (Hungary)
• Carson & Barnes Circus^[9] (U.S.)
• Chaplin's Circus^[10] (UK)
• Chinese State Circus (UK)
• Chipperfield's Circus (UK)
• Circa^[11][12] (Australia)
• Circo Atayde Hermanos^[13] (Mexico)
• Circo de Teresa Rabal^[14] (Spain)
• Circo Osorio^[15] (U.S.)
• Circuba (Cuba)
• Circus Aotearoa^[16] (N.Z)
• Circus Amok (U.S.)
• Circus Avalon^[17] (Australia)
• Circus Bassie & Adriaan (Netherlands)
• Circus Carl Busch^[18] (Germany)
• Circus Contraption (U.S.)
• Circus Dire Dawa (Ethiopia)^[19]
• Circus Flora (Missouri)
• Circus Gatti^[20][21] (U.S.)
• Circus Hargeisa^[22] (Somaliland)
• Circus Herman Renz (Netherlands)
• Circus Joseph Ashton (Australia)
• Circus Knie (Switzerland)
• Circus Krone (Germany)
• Circus Mondao^[23][24] (UK)
• Circus Mundus Absurdus^[25] (Finland)
• The Circus of Horrors^[26] (UK)
• Circus of Tiny Invisibility^[27] (U.S.)
• Circus Olympia^[28][29](Australia)
• Circus Oz (Australia)
• Circus of Pepin and Breschard (U.S.)
• Circus Renz (Germany)
• Circus Roncalli (Germany)
• Circus Royale (Australia)
• Circus Smirkus (U.S.)
• Circus Sarasota^[30] (U.S.)
• Circus Sunrise^[31] (Australia)
• Circus Tyanna^[32] (UK)
• Circus Vargas (U.S.)
• Circus Vegas^[33] (Ireland)
• Cirkus Agora (Norway)
• Cirkus Cirkör (Sweden)
• Cirque Amar^[34] (Algeria)
• Cirque Berzerk^[35] (U.S.)
• Cirque de Flambé^[36] (U.S.)
• Cirque du Soleil (Canada)
• Cirque Éloize (Canada)
• Cirque Fernando (France)
• Cirque Medrano (France)
• Cirque Plume (France)
• Circus Redickuless (U.S.)
• Continental Circus Berlin (UK)
• Darix Togni^[37][38] (Italy)
• De La Guarda^[39] (Argentina)
• Dorato Circus^[40] (Israel)
• Dream Science Circus^[41] (U.S.)
• El Circo^[42] (U.S.)
• End of the World Cirkus^[43] (U.S.)
• Eroni's Circus (Australia)
• Flying Fruit Fly Circus (Australia)
• Fossett's Circus^[44][45] (Ireland)
• Foolhardy Circus Arts^[46] (UK)
• Franco Dragone (U.S.)
• FSU Flying High Circus (U.S.)
• Gerry Cottle^[47][48][49] (UK)
• The Great Pakistani Circus^[50] (Pakistan)
• The Great American Royal Circus^[51] (U.S.)
• The Bite-sized Circus - The Littlest Show on Earth^[52] (Australia)
• Great British Circus (UK)
• Gasaui ^[53] (Bolivia)
• Great Bombay Circus^[54][55] (India)
• Great Royal Circus^[56] (India)
• Hamid Circus^[57] (U.S.)
• Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus (U.S.)
• Hippodrome Circus^[58] (UK)
• Hungarian National Circus (Hungary)
• Humboldt Circus (U.S.)
• ISU Gamma Phi Circus^[59]
• Janbaz Circus^[60] (Pakistan)
• Jordan World Circus^[61][62] (U.S.)
• Jumbo Circus^[63][64] (India)
• Jim Rose Circus (U.S.)
• Kelly Miller Circus^[65] (U.S.)
• Lennon Bros Circus (Australia)
• Long Shadow Stilt Theatre^[66](AU)
• Loomis Bros. Circus (U.S.) ^[67]
• Lucent Dossier Experience (U.S.)
• Lucky Irani Circus^[68] (Pakistan)
• Midnight Circus ^[69](U.S.)
• Moscow Circus (Russia)
• New Pickle Circus^[70] (U.S.)
• Nofit State Circus (Wales)
• P. T. Barnum (U.S.)
• Pablo Fanque (UK)
• Perry Bros Circus^[71][72] (Australia)
• Pickle Family Circus (U.S.)
• Ringling Brothers Circus (U.S.)
• Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (U.S.)
• Royal Hanneford Circus (U.S.)
• The Royal London Circus (Malaysia)
• Sarrasani (Germany)
• Shrine Circus (U.S.)
• Silvers Circus (Australia)
• Sole Brothers' Circus (Australia)
• Stardust Circus (Australia)
• Stilt Circus^[73] (U.S.)
• Steel City Clown Brigade (U.S.)
• Taylor Circus Stars^[74] (U.S.)
• Tbilisi Circus (Georgia)
• Teatro ZinZanni (U.S.)
• Tirana Circus (Albania)
• Turkmen State Circus (Turkmenistan)
• Tom Arnold (UK)
• Tom Duffy's Circus^[75] (Ireland)
• Travelling Light Circus^[76] (UK)
• Two Bit Circus ^[77] (U.S.)
• UniverSoul Circus (U.S.)
• Vau De Vire Society^[78]
• Wanderlust Circus (U.S.)
• Webers Circus (Australia)
• Circus Gerbola^[79] (Ireland)
• Will-o'-the-Wisp Fire Circus^[80] (AU)
• Zippos Circus^[81] (UK)
• Zirka Circus^[82] (N.Z.)
• Zoppé Family Circus^[83] (U.S)

References

1. Abuhadba Circo Internacional
2. Aerialize - Sydney Aerial Theatre
3. Albert & Friends Instant Circus
4. Barbara Rosen. "A Short Course in the Circus". New York Times. March 6, 1998.
5. http://www.aloftaerialdance.com/Aloft_Aerial_Dance/Welcome.html
6. Linda Matchan. "Bringing circus – and new hope – to a remote Arctic village". The Christian Science Monitor. December 22, 2009.(Canada)
7. Billy Smart - Circopedia
8. Laurence Cawley (23 November 2012). "What next for the Bobby Roberts Super Circus?". BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
9. Ryan Boldrey (9 May 2012). "Controversy under the Big Top". Our Colorado News. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
10. Chaplins Circus
11. Circa
12. Sarah Frater. "Circa shows more wizards from Oz". London Evening Standard.
13. Circo Atayde Hermanos
14. Reuters (12 December 2012). "El circo de Teresa Rabal consigue levantar el telón". Diario Vasco. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
15. Jeff Pope. "Circus a way of life for family: American Crown Circus and Circo Osorio perform in Summerlin". Las Vegas Sun. March 7, 2009.
16. Circus Aotearoa
17. Circus Avalon
18. Circus Carl Busch
19. http://www.lefourneau.com/artistes/circus/ethiopie/cirques/circushargeisa/hargeisaddexch.htm
20. Circus Gatti
21. Carl Kieke. "Circus Gatti Performance Entertains, Enthralls Youngsters of All Ages". Abilene Reporter-News Mobile. February 29, 2008.
22. Circus Hargeisa - Somaliland
23. Circus Mondao
24. Douglas McPherson. "Reviews: Circus Mondao". The Stage. 23 March 2009.
25. Circus Mundus Absurdus
26. The Circus of Horrors
27. The Circus of Tiny Invisibility
28. Circus Olympia
29. "Circus back in town". The Advocate. 5 May 2009.
30. Sarasota, Florida: Home of the American Circus
31. "Work and family balancing act". The Age. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
32. Circus Tyanna
33. Yvonne Gordon. "Behind the scenes at the big top". The Irish Times. 12 February 2003.
34. "Les 85 ans du cirque Amar". La Dépêche du midi (in French). Retrieved November 26, 2016.
35. Cirque Berzerk
36. Cirque de Flambé
37. Raffaele De Ritis. "Darix Togni". Circopedia. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
38. Circo Darix Togni
39. Robert Dominguez (16 August 1998). "Flying Circus Our Reporter Soars To New Heights At Off-broadway's 'Villa Villa'". NY Daily News. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
40. Dorato Circus
41. Dream Science Circus
42. El Circo
43. J. Dee Hill (2004). Freaks & Fire: The Underground Reinvention Of Circus. Soft Skull Press. pp. 162–165. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
44. Fossett's Circus
45. Anthony Garvey. "Fossett’s Circus show honours Irish arts minister O’Donoghue". The Stage. 23 May 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
46. Foolhardy Circus
47. Stroud, Clover. "Big top, bigger life". Telegraph. September 17, 2006. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
48. "Cottle leaves big top behind". BBC. October 4, 2003. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
49. "Gerry Cottle and Gerry Cottle Jr". Interview in The Sunday Times. May 1, 2005. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
51. The Great American Royal Circus
52. The Bite-sized Circus
53. http://www.circogasaui.com
54. Great Bombay Circus
55. Kannadasan, Akila. "The circus comes to town". The Hindu. July 18, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
56. "Great Royal Circus begins soon". The Times of India. March 24, 2004. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
57. Hamid Circus
58. Hippodrome Circus
59. ISU Gamma Phi Circus
60. Fawad Ali Shah. "Female artists perform at Janbaz Circus in Peshawar after 5 years". Daily Times. June 04, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
61. LeRae Haynes. "Elephant protest grows in Williams Lake". Welcome to Williams Lake. 4 August 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
62. Jordan World Circus
63. "Jumbo Circus hits Bangalore after six years". Thaindian News. January 10, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
64. Bindu Shajan Perappadan. "Good old Jumbo Circus is back to enthral Delhiites". The Hindu. September 30, 2004. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
65. "Kelly Miller Circus is coming to town today". South Coast Today. June 26, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
66. Long Shadow Stilt Theatre
67. Loomis Bros. Circus
68. Lucky Irani Circus
69. http://www.midnightcircus.net/
70. Karina Ioffee (21 January 1999). "Big-Top Pickle". Metro Santa Cruz. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
71. Claudette Vaughan. Robert Perry Interviewed: "Perry's Circus Is In Town".
72. Perry Bros Circus
73. Stilt Circus: Media/Press
74. Kimberly Kapilovic (17 October 2012). "The Taylor family is a real family circus in Arizona". abc15.com. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
75. Tom Duffy's Circus
76. Travelling Light Circus
78. "Interview with Vau de Vire Society's Mike Gaines". CultureFlux. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
79. Circus Gerbola
80. Will-o'-the-Wisp Circus and Fire Performances
81. Zippos Circus
82. Zirka Circus