![]() “Our free summer programming is wonderful, but it barely pays for itself, and doesn’t really cover the day-to-day operating costs of running the organization.” “I think this expansion for the company is really exciting and actually essential to our stability and longevity as a tiny company on a shoestring budget,” Munn says. Now Circus Bella is branching out into doing winter shows as well, starting with “Kaleidoscope 2023,” its indoor seated show in a heated circus tent at the Crossing at East Cut, the downtown recreation area perhaps best known as the site of the temporary Transbay Terminal when the current terminal was under construction. ![]() And now at this point, there’s kids that have now grown up coming to Circus Bella, which is so amazing.” There are a lot of things that we do differently than the Pickles, but some of the same core values are there. I grew up with the Pickle Family Circus as a kid, and that was such an important part of my childhood. “And we got this idea of could we bring open-air free circus for the people back to the Bay Area. “We were touring with a very traditional style circus called Zoppé Family Circus,” recalls artistic director Munn. ![]() Founded in 2008 by Abigail Munn and David Hunt, the band of clowns, aerialists, jugglers and contortionists been doing free shows in the parks around the Bay Area ever since (minus a pause for COVID, like most performing arts organizations). Going back to the Pickle Family Circus in the 1970s, various circus troupes such as Make*A*Circus or Sweet Can Productions could be found doing summer shows in the parks or indoor shows during the holiday season.įor the last 15 years, one troupe that’s taken up the torch is Circus Bella. Homegrown circuses are a San Francisco tradition.
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