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THE National Circus Festival Of Irelands began on Thursday in Tralee and will continue until Sunday afternoon, where there will be a parade through the streets of the town at 3pm.
Celebrating 20 years of circus skills and arts, the Festival features a jammed packed programme of both Irish and international acts performing a variety of shows with children’s workshops also taking place.
Festival goers can enjoy headline shows, the inimitable Nueveuno and the Circus Double Bill featuring world-renowned Wes Peden and Maleta Company over the course of the weekend while families can spend a Sunday afternoon experiencing a brand new festival-commissioned show “A Matter of Time” by Irish company, TeaTime.
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There will be festival favourites such as the Circus Convention, Renegade Stage, Circus Sideshow Festival Club, and the Irish Street Art Circus and Spectacle Network event “Share” back in action this year, while many will be intrigued by the new addition of Bachram, an Irish Circus Showcase and International Networking opportunity to meet the artists and programmers.
For all those little acrobats, jugglers and circus-mad kids in your life looking for a bit more of an active experience with circus skills, children’s workshops in juggling, object balance, hoop, plate spinning, poi and flower sticks instructed by Angelica Santander are taking place on the Saturday and Sunday of the Festival.
Options for individual event tickets and convention tickets are available and are on sale from www.circusfestival.ie
