All Access Pre-Show

If you've ever dreamed of joining the circus, then our FREE All Access Pre-show – free to every ticket holder – is your chance. And you don't even have to run away! Step onto the magical, marvelous arena floor one hour before each performance of the 138th Edition of The Greatest Show On Earth^® and meet our awesomely astounding and athletic Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey^® stars!

Pre-show Host, John Schroeder tickles funny bones large and small as Children Of All Ages get in on the act. Step into a circus closet and slip on a costume, bulk up with those wonderfully wacky muscle men of Clown Alley, jump rope with the super-charged Bombastic Bouncers, and hob-knob with miniature horses. Take a sneak peek into the world of Ringling Bros.^® and meet many of the characters from the magical circus journey about to unfold. Mix and mingle with an amazing amalgam of acrobats, aerialists and animals, delight in pre-show performances by plate-spinning clowns, Chinese jugglers and hand-balancers, Frisbee fetching canines. Sign up for a chance to win a “mammoth masterpiece” painted by the Picasso of Pachyderms. You may even be chosen as a volunteer! There's so much to do and see, and the show hasn't even started!

Join our popular FREE All Access Pre-show, a one-of-a-kind Ringling Bros experience beginning one hour before The Greatest Show On Earth.