On July 6, 1944, a blaze broke out at a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey show in Hartford, Connecticut. At least 167 ...

This evil circus tent we are trapped in is held together with chicken wire and gaffer tape, and the sky has turned dark and bilious, the sure signs of an imminent tornado all around.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The Florida State University Flying High Circus is working to once again take the stage after their iconic tent was destroyed in the May 10 tornadoes.

The circus, now in its 54th year, showcases acts like aerial ballet, trapeze, high wire, juggling, unicycling and more.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Florida-based circus operator has agreed to pay $24,000 in fines issued by federal safety officials for a tent collapse that killed two people and injured dozens in New ...

Five circus performers were seriously injured in an accident while practicing a high-wire act Wednesday, authorities said.

Ready to run away to the circus? The Do Portugal Circus tent is set up in the parking lot of the Mesilla Valley Mall and ready to welcome Las Cruces audiences to their 10-show stay in the city.

Faded gold and white stripes decorate the roof of beloved Sacramento restaurant Pancake Circus, resembling a circus tent. The circus-themed diner at the corner of 21st Street and Broadway and has ...

Flames shoot from the top of the main tent of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus during performance at Hartford, Connecticut on July 6, 1944.

In 1949, LIFE magazine sent famed photographer Nina Leen to document the daily life of a sassy troupe of young women who had run off and joined the famous Barnum & Bailey Circus in Sarasota, Fla.

At the Deschutes County Fairgrounds this weekend, don't be fooled by the circus tent. The show inside is more fright than fun, and far from family-friendly.

This show is in tents! Beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, a gigantic flying saucer–style tent has landed, filled with high-flying trapeze acts and acrobats. But the leaders of the NoFit State Circus, which ...