Hey, all you circus fans, the Big Top is back!
After a three-year hiatus, the Gibtown Showmen’s Club Circus is returning for three shows, Saturday, Jan. 18, at 1, 4 and 7 p.m., rain or shine. Advance tickets are on sale now in the main office at the sponsoring International Independent Showmen’s Association, 6915 Riverview Drive, Riverview; at The Observer News office, 210 Woodlands Estate Ave., Ruskin; and at Paradise Pet Salon, 10614 Riverview Drive, Riverview.
Tickets are $20 before Jan. 18 and $25 at the door. One child under 12 is admitted free with one paid adult.
Each roughly 80-minute show will feature a variety of acts, including the perennially popular performing elephant, Oka; horses trained in dressage; Johnny Peers’ comedy dog act; new, rising circus stars performing aerial and hula hoop acts; clowns; Chilean father-daughter high-wire act; Lamont, the fire eater, another perennial favorite; a sword swallower; and lots of surprises…