Behold the buskers of tomorrow! This special youth showcase features young performers from BCA’s School of Foolery, a week-long summer camp preceding the festival. Each year, professional circus artists teach street performance, building confidence while engaging in a cherished and historic artform. This year, Circus Smirkus' renowned Rob Crites leads the pack in a relaxed … Continued
Sip on a refreshing beverage in a secret garden under the stars while our Twilight concerts light up City Hall Park. Presented by our friends at Hendrick's Gin, the Radio Bean bar will be serving up top-shelf drinks to pair with the top-shelf view of the City Hall Park stage.
Fools on parade! Join performers and friends of the festival as we officially kick off an incredible weekend. Join our ragtag processional up Church Street, with paraders lining up at City Hall. March to the music of Moon Hooch toward the Ben & Jerry's Pitch, where Arc Bender's Circus Opera and Obliquestra perform. Come dance … Continued
Twilight Series is BCA’s summer-long evening concert series in City Hall Park. For Fools, we go all out, and are thrilled to welcome eccentric horn and drum trio Moon Hooch on Friday, with Omega Jade spinning tunes to kick things off at 6:30 pm. On Saturday, wrap up an amazing day of Foolery with the … Continued
Get looped into local folklore by creating a paper chain Lake Monster Puppet. PuppetKabob hosts an imagination station for kids to design their own unique creatures to twirl and swirl, flip and dip, and swoosh and sploosh up and down Church Street.
Sip on a refreshing beverage in a secret garden under the stars while our Twilight concerts light up City Hall Park. Presented by our friends at Hendrick's Gin, the Radio Bean bar will be serving up top-shelf drinks to pair with the top-shelf view of the City Hall Park stage.
Arc Benders Circus Opera perform a condensed production of Mozart's beloved opera "The Magic Flute," featuring a small instrumental ensemble, a tiny hardworking cast, aerial and ground acrobatics, and audience participation. This is going to be epic.
We’ll put the Fools to bed with a final sendoff in City Hall Park. The Last Laugh is famous for spontaneous magic and improvisational hilarity. Never rehearsed, never to be repeated, the full weekend roster comes together to present vignettes, accompanied by longtime Fool folks the Hokum Brothers, with special guests Obliquesta.