Arts & Entertainment

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to Perform at Barclays Center

The "greatest show on Earth" will have 23 shows from March 20 through April 1.

You no longer have to travel to Manhattan to get your fill of elephants and acrobats.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will come to Barclays Center for 23 shows from March 20 through April 1. 

In its 143rd year, the circus will bring its new show “Built to Amaze!” to the new arena. Buy tickets here.

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So, get ready for the circus to bring elephants, tigers, acrobats and aerialists from around the world to the County of Kings, with a modern twist that will entertain today’s kids:

"We spend a lot of time trying to understand what kids' attention spans are like today," Nicole Feld, executive vice president and producer of Feld Entertainment Inc., the Vienna, Va.-based company that bought the circus in 1967, told the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce.

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Usually Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus plays at Madison Square Garden.


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