LITTLE ROCK, AR – The circus is coming to central Arkansas this summer.

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey will present “Built to Amaze” at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock August 20-23.

The performance schedule is:
  • Thursday, August 20 at 7 p.m.
  • Friday, August 21 at 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, August 22 at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
  • Sunday, August 23 at 2 p.m.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 22. Prices range from $21 to $51,

Groups of 12 or more $4 off each adult ticket (Not valid on floor or VIP seats). Special scout discount available for Friday evening performance. Contact the Verizon Arena group sales office at (501) 975-9131 for more information.

Tickets available at the Verizon Arena Box Office, all Ticketmaster Outlets, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.

Show overview:
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents Built To Amaze! ® — Experience all the things you know and love and be amazed by things you’ve never seen before! Witness superhuman stunts so close you can FEEL it! Astonishing performers, awe-inspiring athletes and amazing animals from around the globe have been assembled in one place providing a riveting display of unimaginable proportions that is Engineered for Excitement and Custom Built for Family Fun! Get your tickets today! 

The party starts at Ringling Bros.® Presents Built To Amaze!® with the All Access Pre-show an hour before show time, where everyone is invited to join the fun on the arena floor and meet the international cast of performers. Audiences can pick up hip dance moves during the dance party, try on custom costumes, learn circus skills like juggling from the famous Ringling Bros. Clown Alley and even have the opportunity to witness and win a one-of-a-kind masterpiece created by one of the world-famous Ringling Bros. painting pachyderms!

Ringmaster Andre McClain leads Ringling Bros. Presents Built To Amaze! as the funny and mischievous circus supervisor, constructing The Greatest Show On Earth alongside award-winning comedic clown Davis Vassallo. Ringling Bros. combines the high-energy and fiery competition of basketball with the next generation of whirling unicyclists, the legendary King Charles Troupe hailing from New York City! Building it big, an amazing aerial casting act performed by the Dobrovitskiy Troupe will stun audiences as they toss and flip through the air only by the catch and release of each other’s hands while standing on a stilt-like platform. The show is Engineered for Excitement and Custom Built for Family Fun and also features a single trapeze, a crossbow act and lots more!