July 4, 1963 marked the debut of Milwaukee's Great Circus Parade, which would become a beloved, if relatively short-lived, tradition. These photographs take us back to that day. Just months before the ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will be coming to Milwaukee in October. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus will be back in town at Fiserv Forum in October, six years after it ...

Sixty years ago, the Great Circus Parade filled the streets of downtown Milwaukee with colorful wagons, marching bands and clowns. The parade showcased Wisconsin’s history as the birthplace of many ...

The Great Circus Parade was staged 30 times in Milwaukee between 1963 and 2009. The Great Circus Parade was staged 30 times in Milwaukee between 1963 and 2009. It was known as Wisconsin's National ...

MILWAUKEE, July 6 (UPI) -- Organizers of Milwaukee's Great Circus Parade said the event's future is in doubt beyond this coming Sunday's parade. William Fox, co-chairman of the Great Circus Parade, ...

Imagine the streets of Milwaukee filled with gold-leafed wagons, enthusiastic clowns and performers, wild animals, barkers and thousands of onlookers. You may say ‘that sounds like a circus,’ and you ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- After a 25-year absence, a Milwaukee audience will get to see what's billed as "The Greatest Show on Earth." It's a circus with Wisconsin roots that dates back to 1882. Fiserv ...

MILWAUKEE—The Great Circus Parade will return to Milwaukee next year after a six-year hiatus caused by a shortage of funds for what had been an annual event for years. Mayor Tom Barrett and circus ...

The Tripoli Shrine Circus is back in Milwaukee.It'll be the first show at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in more than two years.The circus features acts like the cage of death, trapeze artists, ...

MILWAUKEE, July 14 (UPI) -- The Great Circus Parade in Milwaukee may a thing of the past unless the state provides $1.5 million to fund the Circus World Museum. The Circus World Museum houses a one-of ...

You've seen the blessing of the motorcycles and the beer. Gary Nosacek blesses elephants and horses and tigers and the humans who handle them. He talks to clowns about Christianity and to jugglers ...