The Big Top
- Free preview at 9 a.m. Thursday
- Discount, advance tickets may be purchased from Talmer Bank & Trust and Ruf's Confectionery or online at www.carsonbarnescircus.com.
MONROE - The Carson and Barnes Circus will perform at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, at the Green County Fairgrounds, 2600 10th St.
The general public and school field trips are welcome to come to the fairgrounds - free of charge - at around 9 a.m. to watch as the first units of the caravan begin arriving, circus organizers said in a release. More than two dozen types of exotic and domestic animals will be unloaded, fed and watered, and made available for viewing.
The 2000-seat Big Top will then be erected for the two evening shows. At the evening show, performers from around the world, including the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Russia and Italy, will perform acts consisting of aerial trapeze, high wire, acrobatic teams, jugglers and clowns, along with performing elephants, camels, dogs, horses and more.
The general public and school field trips are welcome to come to the fairgrounds - free of charge - at around 9 a.m. to watch as the first units of the caravan begin arriving, circus organizers said in a release. More than two dozen types of exotic and domestic animals will be unloaded, fed and watered, and made available for viewing.
The 2000-seat Big Top will then be erected for the two evening shows. At the evening show, performers from around the world, including the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Russia and Italy, will perform acts consisting of aerial trapeze, high wire, acrobatic teams, jugglers and clowns, along with performing elephants, camels, dogs, horses and more.