April 4th @ 8 p.m. (Strathmore)
April 5th/6th @ 8 p.m. and April 7th @ 3 p.m. (Meyerhoff)
Behold great feats of acrobatics, aerials, juggling and more by Troupe Vertigo, set to live Hollywood hits played by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Get tickets at this link.
The Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane
Bethesda, MD 20852
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
1212 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
March 6th-9th @ 8 p.m.
In Limits, Cirkus Cirkör examines how artificial barriers — walls, fences and barricades — constrain our natural human impulses to travel and to explore. Take home your own unbounded message from what reviewers call ‘contemporary circus activism.’ This is the only opportunity to see the renowned Swedish circus company in the United States in 2019.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20566
February 8th, 9th, 15th, 16th, 22nd and 23rd, March 1st and 2nd @ 7:30/8 p.m.
TBD Immersive, D.C.’s premier creator of choose-your-own-adventure, interactive theatrical experiences, is turning back the clock on its previous shows to bring you Ouroboros: Dawn of the Cabaret. Featuring their usual cast of high-brow aristocrats, circus misfits and undercover renegades, this show tells the origin story of a hidden cabaret with revolutionary motifs.
If you enjoy mysterious plot lines, pop-up circus performances and bizarre twists of fate, then this show is for you.
Get tickets at this link. Note: VIP ticket holders receive early admission to the venue and a special tour at 7:30 p.m., while regular admission is at 8 p.m.
The Whittemore House
1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
January 25th @8 p.m.
Momix is a Connecticut-born dance company that blurs the lines between dance, circus and visual architecture. Drawing on the acrobatic maneuvers of partner balancing, wheel apparatuses, pole vaulting and aerial arts, their creation Opus Cactus brings to life the stark landscape of the American Southwest.
During the federal government shutdown, federal employees with valid government-issued ID get up to two $5 tickets per ID shown at the box office. Subject to availability.
GMU Center for the Arts
4400 University Drive, MS2F5
Fairfax, VA 22030
February 14th – March 24th @ National Harbor
Behold the latest edition of the Big Apple Circus, featuring ringmaster Stephanie Monseu (Bindlestiff Family Cirkus), the high-flying Tunizianis and many more awe-inspiring acts including trampoline wall, horizontal juggling and freestanding ladder.
Get tickets to their afternoon or evening performances at this link.
Note: Autism friendly performances are available on 2/22 and 2/23 at 11 a.m. ‘Circus of the Senses’ — for audience members with vision or hearing impairments — will take place on 3/14 at 11 a.m.
National Harbor
165 Waterfront St.
Oxon Hill, MD 20745
December 20th and 21st @ 7:30 p.m.
December 22nd and 23rd @ 2 p.m.
Enjoy a world full of talented circus artists in the form of penguins on rola bolas, reindeer skipping rope, toy soldiers on slack wire and more in Cirque Dreams Holidaze. This two-hour holiday-themed show brings ornaments to life, with live singing and hundreds of props and costumes to delight the whole family.
Theater at MGM National Harbor
101 MGM National Ave.
Oxon Hill, MD 20745
