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For more than a century, the Shrine Circus has dazzled audiences around the U.S. with family-friendly delights. Shriners chapters all over the country sponsor these circuses annually, offering their members a chance to reach out to the community and giving children of all ages the chance to see thrilling stunts and exotic animals at reasonable prices. The Shrine Circus has been a bedrock of many American communities' yearly calendars for decades, creating a long-lasting tradition that builds bonds both in and between families.
Shrine Circus Background
Established in 1872, Shriners International has been one of America's premier fraternities promoting fellowship and brotherhood. Known throughout the world for their philanthropic efforts with Shriners Hospitals for Children, which offers sliding-scale medical services to children in need of orthopedic, cleft lip and palate, burn, and spinal injury care, the Shriners have also been beloved for the circuses they put on around the country.
Similar to the mission of the Shriners Hospitals, the Shrine Circus puts the idea of affordability for all families front and center. The first Shrine Circus was held in 1906 in Detroit at the Moslem Shrine Center. Since then, Shrine chapters all around the country have put on their own versions of the big show. While the circuses are more often held inside arenas than under big tops, attractions remain familiar, varying from city to city but usually including massive elephants, kooky yet friendly clowns, and high-flying acrobats.
Circus stars like the Wallendas, Clyde Beatty, and the Zacchinis have all been included in the Shrine Circus' past lineups. In 2019, the Detroit Shrine Circus featured the Dominguez Motorcycle Stunt Show, made up of former Ringling Bros. daredevils who perform death-defying tricks while encased in a steel globe. The St. Paul Osman Shrine Circus is the longest continuously running Shrine Circus in the U.S.
We bought tickets for our daughter and son in law and granddaughter. My granddaughter was so excited. To me, this is what it was all about. For the adults there were a few acts that were entertaining. Would I do it again? Definitely.
The Shrine Circus was awesome! Famiy friendly, so entertaining! The Shriners engaged with the audience from young to old! The Circus acts were exciting and we loved the Buffalo! We will certainly be back!
Circus was okay.Some good acts and only 2 animals.Seemed like a carnival and circus combined.
Overall we really enjoyed it. We enjoyed the before events. We found the clown from Argentina or wherever he was from great! Keep him around! We didn’t really enjoy the other clowns. The buffalo training was really cool! We hated the vendors during the show. They kept stopping right in front of us right at all the cool parts so we couldn’t see them. They need to bend down during the show if they are in the middle of a sale. It happened 3 times. The worst was during the bow show where he was going to set off a bunch of other bows to shoot. Right as he set up, a cotton candy vendor stood right in front of us completely blocking it. Frustrating. They need to stay away during high action parts and only come out during act transitions. One other thing I didn’t like was it felt like all the acts faced one side of the auditorium more than the other. When the elephants posed. It was always with their butts towards our side. Overall, we enjoyed everything, vendors aside.
I wanted my grandkids to experience a real circus, with three rings, elephants, aerial feats and lots of funny clowns. That’s what I got. I’ve never heard my eight year old laugh so hard. Stephen King ruined clowns for a whole generation. I wanted that magic back for my grandchildren. 5 stars for a wonderful experience!
This experience was definitely a good one! I love how long the whole performance actually lasted and how inexpensive the tickets were!
We were so excited to go se the circus and we wasn’t disappointed at all! A lot of the acts were new and some dangerous. I was nice to see and experience kind people as well. We would love to attend another shrine circus especially since most of the proceeds go to helping children.
Don’t recommend waste of money thought it be as great as 20 years ago waste of money and freeman infested with roaches not sure if that was part of show
This was our third time seeing this circus. It was wonderful and had something for everyone! My 11 year old loved the dirt bikes, my 9 year old loved the aerial acts, and my 4 year old loved the animals. We left with 3 happy kiddos. The concessions were also affordable which is appreciated. I highly recommend this show to anyone, especially families who want to make some memories!
Everyone was pleasant, even the security guards! The show was great and the fun stuff before, during intermission, and after the show was diverse and most enjoyable for the kids. Don't head here without at least $100 in your pocket tho!