Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to return

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FILE - A Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey clown does a somersault during a show Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, successful Orlando, Fla. Four years aft the “Greatest Show On Earth" unopen down, officials are readying to bring backmost the The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. But animals volition nary longer beryllium featured successful their shows. A spokesperson for Florida-based Feld Entertainment says an announcement is expected sometime adjacent year. The three-ring circus unopen down successful May 2017 aft a 146-year run. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, file)

Posted at 6:00 PM, Oct 28, 2021

and past updated 2021-10-28 19:00:34-04

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is preparing for a comeback.

Feld Entertainment's main operating serviceman Juliette Feld Grossman made the announcement during a sheet treatment astatine the VenuesNow Conference.

“In 2023 we volition beryllium relaunching Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus,” she said. “You tin spot it’s affectional and breathtaking for america arsenic a family. We truly consciousness that Ringling Bros. has unthinkable relevance to today’s audience.”

Feld Entertainment owns and operates the circus, which was unopen down successful May 2017.

The circus had been a staple successful America for 146 years.

However, it was taxable to protests from carnal rights groups who claimed the circus mistreated animals.

Grossman told VenuesNow that the caller circus volition absorption connected quality performances.