The all new Chicago Circus & Performing Arts Festival features a variety of performing artists from around Chicago, celebrating the diversity and creativity of our city. Shows include traditional circus, avant-garde sideshow and burlesque, family friendly juggling and clowning, and several evening-length productions pushing the bounds of traditional dance and circus shows to deliver fully developed narratives. Tickets range from 10-35 depending on the show; some shows include pay-what-you-can amounts. For more information about the specific shows, please visit ccpaf.org.
Schedule:
Thursday
Bookspan Stage:
5:30-7:00 Surface Tension
7:30-8:30 Bo(ix)y(e) Division-Such Creatures
Theater 2B:
5:30-7:00 Stop Trying to Make Sketch Happen
7:30-9:00 The Princess Strikes Back
Friday
Bookspan Stage:
5:30-7:00 BIPOC Circus Alliance Midwest - Tickets
7:30-9:00 Surface Tension - Tickets
9:30-10:30 Bo(ix)y(e) Division-Such Creatures - Tickets
Theater 2B:
5:30-7:00 The Princess Strikes Back - Tickets
7:30-9:00 Freaklesque: A Yes Ma'am Circus Cabaret - Tickets
9:30-11:00 Beef2Beef - LegLand - Tickets
Saturday
Bookspan Stage:
5:30-7:00 Shoop - Whisper Theatre - Tickets
7:30-9:00 Alice in CircusLand - Yes Ma'am Circus - Tickets
9:30-11:00 BIPOC Circus Alliance Midwest - Tickets
Theater 2B:
3:30-5:00 Double Feature - Amazing Prizzini Brothers and Poised
5:30-7:00 Masquerade - Laughingstock Theatre
7:30-9:00 Stop Trying to Make Sketch Happen
9:30-11:00 Beef2Beef - LegLand
Sunday
Bookspan Stage:
2:00-3:30 Shoop - Whisper Theatre
4:00-5:30 Alice in CircusLand - Yes Ma'am Circus
Theater 2B:
2:00-3:30 Double Feature - Amazing Prizzini Brothers and Poised
4:00-5:30 Masquerade - Laughingstock Theatre
