Circus Bella's STARLIGHT at East Cut, SF
From December 12 through January 4, join us in our starlight-drenched custom, heated Big Top Circus Tent right in the heart of San Francisco.
Circus Bella has created an *all-new* show for this winter season. A dazzling array of daring feats and sublime shapes and movement await you!
All the nostalgia and beauty of an old-timey circus combined with the eyebrow-raising savvy & modern look of 2025. And all underscored by the heartbeat of Circus Bella: The Circus Bella All-Star Band!
😮 Stunning tricks and artistry 🫢
😹 Really, really funny clowns 😄
✨ Unbelievable costumes 🎩
Snacks! 🍿 + 🥙 + ☕️ + 🍸 & more
🎶 Toe-tapping live band 🎷
Join San Francisco’s own circus this holiday season. Gather the family, don your most festive attire, bring your holiday spirit, and let the starlit sparkle of the season fill you with wonder.
The show runs 90 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Electric Squeezebox Orch. in Benicia
The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra is the Bay Area’s own 17-piece big band, led by trumpeter Erik Jekabson, playing music composed and arranged by its members. The composers and arrangers, some of the very best in the Bay, draw from a wide variety of influences but always come up with powerful music with groove, beauty and subtlety. The band has colloborated with a number of special guest artists, including John Santos, Kenny Washington, Alan Ferber, Dayna Stephens, Mads Tolling, Sandy Cressman, Kellye Gray, Avotcja, Spok and Ben Goldberg.
Oakland Samba Revue at UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley
Oakland Samba Revue is the San Francisco Bay Area’s premiere banda de gafieira. Featuring a full horn section with tightly crafted original arrangements and 3 vocalists, O.S.R. draws on the sounds of samba de gafieira–an eclectic form of traditional samba from Brazil–while creating their own unique brand with plenty of samba, funk, jazz, forró, bolero and more.
O.S.R. is a product of Grupo Falso Baiano co-founder Brian Moran – “Morangão” (guitar/cavaquinho/vocals and arrangements), backed by a rotating cast of some of the Bay Area’s best jazz and latin jazz musicians including vocalists/percussionists Catia Machado Lund and Katiana Vilá, Zack Pitt-Smith (reeds), Ian Carey (trumpet), Jeff Cressman (trombone), Brendan Neutra (bass), Zack Mondlick (drums).
Come enjoy a lively summer evening in the Redwood Grove!
Ian Carey Trio at Shuggie's Trash Pie, SF
Join trumpeter & vocalist Ian Carey, pianist Ben Stolorow, and bassist Tomoko Funaki for an evening of standards, original compositions, and jazz rarities.
Circus Bella at Radium Runway, Alameda
Experience the hypnotic hijinks and hilarity of HOOPLA! - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus… overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating 60-minute show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vibrantly colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band. Best of all, these performances are completely FREE, ensuring a memorable experience for all.
Written & Directed by Abigail Munn
Music Composed by Rob Reich
Costumes by Autumn Adamme
Feel free to bring picnic blankets and small folding chairs to all locations. Circus Bella does not provide audience seating at events.
Performances run approximately 60 minutes.
Circus Bella at Salesforce Park, SF
Experience the hypnotic hijinks and hilarity of HOOPLA! - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus… overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating 60-minute show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vibrantly colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band. Best of all, these performances are completely FREE, ensuring a memorable experience for all.
Written & Directed by Abigail Munn
Music Composed by Rob Reich
Costumes by Autumn Adamme
Feel free to bring picnic blankets and small folding chairs to all locations. Circus Bella does not provide audience seating at events.
Performances run approximately 60 minutes.
Circus Bella at PROXY Hayes Valley
Experience the hypnotic hijinks and hilarity of HOOPLA! - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus… overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating 60-minute show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vibrantly colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band. Best of all, these performances are completely FREE, ensuring a memorable experience for all.
Written & Directed by Abigail Munn
Music Composed by Rob Reich
Costumes by Autumn Adamme
Feel free to bring picnic blankets and small folding chairs to all locations. Circus Bella does not provide audience seating at events.
Performances run approximately 60 minutes.
Circus Bella at Reno Public Market
Experience the hypnotic hijinks and hilarity of HOOPLA! - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus… overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating 60-minute show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vibrantly colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band. Best of all, these performances are completely FREE, ensuring a memorable experience for all.
Written & Directed by Abigail Munn
Music Composed by Rob Reich
Costumes by Autumn Adamme
Feel free to bring picnic blankets and small folding chairs to all locations. Circus Bella does not provide audience seating at events.
Performances run approximately 60 minutes.
Circus Bella at Reno Public Market
Experience the hypnotic hijinks and hilarity of HOOPLA! - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus… overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating 60-minute show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vibrantly colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band. Best of all, these performances are completely FREE, ensuring a memorable experience for all.
Written & Directed by Abigail Munn
Music Composed by Rob Reich
Costumes by Autumn Adamme
Feel free to bring picnic blankets and small folding chairs to all locations. Circus Bella does not provide audience seating at events.
Performances run approximately 60 minutes.
Circus Bella at Lincoln Square Park, Oakland
Experience the hypnotic hijinks and hilarity of HOOPLA! - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus… overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating 60-minute show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vibrantly colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band. Best of all, these performances are completely FREE, ensuring a memorable experience for all.
Written & Directed by Abigail Munn
Music Composed by Rob Reich
Costumes by Autumn Adamme
Feel free to bring picnic blankets and small folding chairs to all locations. Circus Bella does not provide audience seating at events.
Performances run approximately 60 minutes.
Circus Bella at Burgess Park, Menlo Park
Experience the hypnotic hijinks and hilarity of HOOPLA! - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus… overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating 60-minute show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vibrantly colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band. Best of all, these performances are completely FREE, ensuring a memorable experience for all.
Written & Directed by Abigail Munn
Music Composed by Rob Reich
Costumes by Autumn Adamme
Feel free to bring picnic blankets and small folding chairs to all locations. Circus Bella does not provide audience seating at events.
Performances run approximately 60 minutes.
Circus Bella at San Bruno City Park
Experience the hypnotic hijinks and hilarity of HOOPLA! - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus… overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating 60-minute show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vibrantly colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band. Best of all, these performances are completely FREE, ensuring a memorable experience for all.
Written & Directed by Abigail Munn
Music Composed by Rob Reich
Costumes by Autumn Adamme
Feel free to bring picnic blankets and small folding chairs to all locations. Circus Bella does not provide audience seating at events.
Performances run approximately 60 minutes.
Circus Bella at Yerba Buena Gardens, SF
Experience the hypnotic hijinks and hilarity of HOOPLA! - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus… overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating 60-minute show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vibrantly colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band. Best of all, these performances are completely FREE, ensuring a memorable experience for all.
Written & Directed by Abigail Munn
Music Composed by Rob Reich
Costumes by Autumn Adamme
Feel free to bring picnic blankets and small folding chairs to all locations. Circus Bella does not provide audience seating at events.
Performances run approximately 60 minutes.
Circus Bella at Yerba Buena Gardens, SF
Experience the hypnotic hijinks and hilarity of HOOPLA! - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus… overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating 60-minute show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vibrantly colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band. Best of all, these performances are completely FREE, ensuring a memorable experience for all.
Written & Directed by Abigail Munn
Music Composed by Rob Reich
Costumes by Autumn Adamme
Feel free to bring picnic blankets and small folding chairs to all locations. Circus Bella does not provide audience seating at events.
Performances run approximately 60 minutes.
Saki Minamimoto Sextet at Bird & Beckett, SF
Vocalist Saki Minamimoto will be joined by bassist Lisa Mezzacappa, guitarist Matt Wrobel, saxophonist Beth Schenk, drummer Jon Arkin, and trumpeter Ian Carey, in a program including music by Minamimoto, Carla Bley, Fred Hersch, Lennie Tristano, and The Carpenters.
Ian Carey Quintet+1 at Calif. Jazz Championships, Folsom
Ian Carey brings his Quintet+1 to the California Jazz Championships for an evening of original jazz compositions from their four albums. The group includes Kasey Knudsen, alto saxophone, Adam Shulman, piano, Fred Randolph, bass, Eric Garland, drums, and Sheldon Brown, tenor saxophone and bass clarinet.
Ian Carey New Quintet at Bird & Beckett, SF
Bird & Beckett welcomes a new ensemble from Bay Area trumpeter, composer, and vocalist Ian Carey, featuring James Mahone and Kasey Knudsen, saxophones, Adam Shulman on organ, and Eric Garland on drums, performing original music plus new arrangements of music by Joe Henderson, Kenny Wheeler, and more.
Circus Bella's KALEIDOSCOPE at East Cut, SF
From the moment you arrive, let us transport you to a delightful world of magic and splendor…
Performed in the round in a 350-seat Circus Tent, the beauty of “Kaleidoscope” is the intimacy and immediacy of the one-ring circus. A diverse cast of 12 perform thrilling feats of balance and strength, demonstrations of grace and poise, outrageous humor, and slapstick antics. Original music is performed live by our beloved 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band. Let yourself be dazzled and join in the celebration.
“Kaleidoscope” is the perfect show for families and children of all ages, looking for a joyous holiday event that will stay with you all season long and beyond!
Our big top Circus Tent is located at the intersection of Main and Howard Streets, at the Crossing at the East Cut in Downtown San Francisco.
The show runs 90 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Electric Squeezebox Orch. at CJC, Berkeley
The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra is the Bay Area’s own 17-piece big band, led by trumpeter Erik Jekabson, playing music composed and arranged by its members. The composers and arrangers, some of the very best in the Bay, draw from a wide variety of influences but always come up with powerful music with groove, beauty and subtlety. The band has colloborated with a number of special guest artists, including John Santos, Kenny Washington, Alan Ferber, Dayna Stephens, Mads Tolling, Sandy Cressman, Kellye Gray, Avotcja, Spok and Ben Goldberg.
North Berkeley Jazz Quintet at The Cheese Board, Berkeley
East Bay drum legend Ron Marabuto’s long-running Saturday lunchtime gig features Ketih Saunders on piano, Robb Fischer on bass, and guest Ian Carey on trumpet, performing standards and jazz rarities. Free!
Ian Carey Quintet at Chez Hanny, SF
Trumpeter/composer Ian Carey brings a new ensemble to San Francisco’s Chez Hanny, with saxophonists James Mahone and Kasey Knudsen, organist Adam Shulman, and drummer Eric Garland, performing Carey’s original compositions as well as new material and underappreciated jazz classics.
Circus Bella at PROXY Hayes Valley, SF
Experience the mesmerizing magic of "WOW!" - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus … overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vivaciously colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of Rob Reich and the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band. Shows at 1 & 3PM.
Circus Bella at Salesforce Park, SF
Experience the mesmerizing magic of "WOW!" - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus … overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vivaciously colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of Rob Reich and the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band.
Circus Bella at Lincoln Sq Park, Oakland
Experience the mesmerizing magic of "WOW!" - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus … overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vivaciously colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of Rob Reich and the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band.
Circus Bella at Reno Public Market
Experience the mesmerizing magic of "WOW!" - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus … overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vivaciously colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of Rob Reich and the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band.
Circus Bella at Reno Public Market
Experience the mesmerizing magic of "WOW!" - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus … overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vivaciously colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of Rob Reich and the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band.
Circus Bella at Yerba Buena Gardens, SF
Experience the mesmerizing magic of "WOW!" - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus … overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vivaciously colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of Rob Reich and the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band.
Circus Bella at Yerba Buena Gardens, SF
Experience the mesmerizing magic of "WOW!" - a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus … overflowing with heart and soul. This exhilarating show promises to delight and astonish children of all ages in a cherished family event. Watch in awe as the vivaciously colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of Rob Reich and the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band.
Electric Squeezebox Orch. at CJC, Berkeley
The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra is the Bay Area’s own 17-piece big band, led by trumpeter Erik Jekabson, playing music composed and arranged by its members. The composers and arrangers, some of the very best in the Bay, draw from a wide variety of influences but always come up with powerful music with groove, beauty and subtlety. The band has colloborated with a number of special guest artists, including John Santos, Kenny Washington, Alan Ferber, Dayna Stephens, Mads Tolling, Sandy Cressman, Kellye Gray, Avotcja, Spok and Ben Goldberg.