"It was absolutely thrilling," Kristen Michelle Wilson said on "GMA" — -- The famed Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has chosen its first female ringmaster in its 146-year history.

When circuses starting making their way to Dayton in the 1800s, they quickly became a major spectacle. We went back into the archives to see what the circuses were like throughout history and the ...

Performers for The Greatest Show On Earth were center stage recently at the Library of Congress, where historic items from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus were donated as part of a "Live ...

BARABOO — The weather was fair with light rain, the country was in the depths of the Great Depression, it was still illegal to buy alcohol and Herbert Hoover occupied the White House. Balloon sales on ...

From 1975: The latest grand plan for the old Expo ’74 site? ” The Riverfront Park Pavilion Circus.” This wasn’t a circus in the Ringling Bros. sense – it was a circular collection of attractions ...

Gravity deflying jumps, mid-air double flips and balancing acts high above the ground. No, it’s not gymnasts training in Colorado Springs. Ladies and gentlemen, the circus is in town. Back in the ...

Circus Campus Presents, a hub in collaboration with the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, will be presenting 12 amazing shows and three weeks of big top performances this September. These unique ...

International superstar Travis Scott has set a new milestone in live music, wrapping two historic CIRCUS MAXIMUS shows at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Drawing over 125,000 fans across both nights ...