All American Circus -

Ashleah

The acts were good (both stars go to them), but I felt like I was at a used car lot with salesman trying to take my money, very skeevy.

When I bought tickets online, it said to come an hour early for "face painting & fun." What it didn't say was that face painting was $10 PER KID, one circle on the pony was $10 per kid, light-up toys were $20 a piece, popcorn $10, gas station nachos $10, $3 cans of pop, & the tiny bouncy house was $5 per kid.

I spent an additional $20 walking in the door. I was also bombarded by the toy salesman as soon as I stepped inside, he starred at me and asked about buying toys multiple times, even though there was a booth to buy toys in the back, they still had him walking around hounding people. My 2 toddlers jumped for less than 5 mins in the bouncy house, got out to eat a handful of popcorn, & weren't allowed back in, I paid $10 for 5 mins of "fun." Then we had to sit there doing nothing for an hour in an unairconditioned barn, the air became more & more stale as more people came in.

The show started & they made the kids sit on the dirty concrete around the ring, calling it "kid's VIP seats" for the purpose of selling as many seats as possible. They then escorted the people standing in the back, to my kid's seats that I PAID FOR, so my kids couldn't come back & sit with me.

The entire show, the toy seller walked in front of you, blocking the show & trying to sell more toys. The ringleader asked the kids if they wanted a "special suprise," all the kids raised their hands, they brought out helium balloons on a stick (all blue) and announced to the kids to get $5 from their parents to buy one, they stopped the show for 5 mins for this, way overpriced & very manipulative. Then again the show was stopped after the gorilla suit was brought out, the ringleader acted like the kids were getting something, he then said that kids could take a pic with the gorilla suit for $5. It wasn't a print, they were charging parents $5 to take a pic on their phones. They took a 15 min break for this, many people left.

The finale was the dirt bike cage... in an unairconditioned barn, we were all choking on fumes. For $32 I think they could have at least given a free balloon. I would rather pay more for tickets to get more out of the show. This wasn't about entertainment, it was a money grab without a care of disappointing kids.

If you buy tickets, don't come early, bring lots of cash or have a talk with your kids about not buying insanely priced items. The money grubbing ruined the whole experience, had I known, I would have just taken my kids to the fair twice rather than spending the money on this.

Weaver Family Farms

Left early, total money grab. Get kids excited about balloons and stuff then try to sell them to the parents once kids are excited. Stopping the show to do this multiple times for overpriced junk is ridiculous. Some of the acts were pretty good and talented but overall the show was a money grab like trying to be sold a car at a used car lot. Would not recommend. Have seen a circus in the past, this was not even close to a real circus. Money wasted. Most of all, kids upset because we wouldn’t buy them the $20 bubble guns & $5 ballon’s that were way overpriced and basically shoved down our throats getting kids excited about them first. Sad experience. Also when we got there, the two employees doing the tickets were speaking and laughing with each other in Spanish and didn’t tell us, hey enjoy the show or nothing at all.

Val Flowers

Waist of money. Just a money gimmick. Can't enjoy the show without having salespeople walk in front making kids cry for balloons and toys. Intermission is a gorilla suit coming out and having people pay 5 dollars just to take pics with the gorilla off their own phones... it's nothing for the family to truly enjoy just all about money. The acts are even short and just plain dumb.

Daniel Hubbs

The whole vibe was eerie at best. They tried scamming me out of my change twice and were successful the second time. It felt like it was all about the money or like a band of traveling gypsies. This was the B movie of Circus’s. The performers were rude and it seemed like the whole cast has been taught how to scam money. No animals at all other than 1 tiny pony. I would not recommend and won’t ever go to it again.

Bradley Moss

This was an AMAZING SHOW!!! Each act had amazing talent and our family enjoyed every second!!!!! Will definitely be looking out for their next act that’s close by!

Alainna Dietz

Terrible experience! Acts were very short and dumb. During one of the acts the girl was going to shoot a bow and arrow with her feet. Before she did that though, she drew the loaded bow (arrow did have a sharp end) back and pointed it all around in the crowd!!! SUPER dangerous and very bad influence on the children watching. The atmosphere also smelled of marijuana and we saw many of the staff take substances both oral and snorting. Would NOT recommend!

Kathy Crow

A good show. Lots of acts. Mostly acrobatics and small comedy acts. The performers were very professional. We were apprehensive at first but glad we went. However the food and side things for kids to do and the balloons, toys etc were expensive. The pony ride lasted less than a minute and cost $5. Face painting $10, you get my drift. The show drew a full house.

All in all it was pretty good for a small show.

Holly Cokkinias

Really nice little show. It was pretty awesome that it came to our little fairgrounds 3 minutes from home. I believe this was well worth what we paid. We ordered tickets online early, our 2 year old was free and we got our 4 year old in free with adult admission. The show wasn't "as long" as we thought it would be with all of the breaks, but with 2 little kids, it was probably also just enough. We were also on some super uncomfortable bleachers (no fault of the circus itself), but it made me okay with not being there super long. Both of our kids enjoyed the show and seemed to be paying close attention to the acts (it's not always easy to get my 4 year old's attention). If you're expecting a HUGE production like an old-time circus, this isn't it.....but, it's an entertaining night that's well worth it, in my opinion. Very talented acts, and I like the "family" feel of it. It was pretty amazing what they were able to do in an old open barn: They really "pushed the limits" of the facility. We are glad we went! A great experience/memory for our family. 🙂