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 ...

I love the Circus Parade festival event because it touches all ages. 2 year-olds love it and 82 year-olds revel in the memories. It's free, family fun in the true spirit of the great Milwaukee summer.

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 ...

After more than a decade helping to organize the Big Top Parade as executive director of Circus World, Scott O’Donnell will lead this year’s event as grand marshal. Last fall O’Donnell finished his ...

Fifty brightly-colored circus wagons again will roll through Milwaukee's streets to the delight of the crowds after local parade promoters and Circus World Museum announced Thursday the 30th Great ...