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Running from 9–30 October 2025 across Bristol, this year’s festival explores health, wellbeing and social justice through bold, physical performance.

This festival, we have introduced a sliding-scale ticket structure so you can choose the price that reflects your means, with tickets starting at £10.

Gather your friends and try something new, embrace the breadth of the programme with our new festival passes, and join us in celebrating Bristol as the UK’s city of circus.

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“I was absolutely transfixed by the performers, the chemistry between them and the trust that they had was palpable”. The third and final week.

“I am changed. The most visually breathtaking, moving, impactful show i’ve seen in years”. What a second week. Everything from contortion to bike balances,

“Wonderful variety of performances! “Armour” was so touching, powerful and unique, I have never seen anything like it and I felt so privileged to

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Wes Peden performs original tricks inspired by rollercoasters and their high-tech seatbelts. A spinning plate ceremony becomes a celebration of the great rides of

Winner of Best Family Friendly Show at Brighton Fringe 2025 A visual comedy spectacle featuring world class tricks, contagious laughter and a show-stopping, toothbrush-wielding,

One dancer, one aerialist, and one rope tethered together in R-evolving relationship. In this performance, the artists fight for time to care for themselves,

“A conjurer is not a juggler; he is an actor playing the part of a magician; an artist whose fingers have more need to

Gather around the fire and let us remind you of what it was to be afraid of the dark. Don’t build the fire too

‘Come for a new perspective on bicycle riding. Stay for the heartwarming humour and charisma of the brilliant acrobatic pair.’ Acrobatic duo Alta Gama