Innovative FLATBED FOLLIES Kicks Off Summer Borough Tour This Weekend
Performances will take place upon an innovative series of parade float stages featuring circus artists from all five boroughs.by Alexa Criscitiello
New York City s acclaimed variety arts ensemble, the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, presents Flatbed Follies, bringing performing arts to neighborhoods that have minimal arts programming and those areas hit hardest by COVID. Performances will take place upon an innovative series of parade float stages featuring circus artists from all five boroughs. There will even be a calliope wagon providing authentic circus music.
The first stops for this new summer-long series take place Saturday, July 17 with shows at E. 101st Street and Plaza de las Americas in Manhattan and Sunday, July 18 at 34th Avenue in Queens and Fordham Plaza in partnership with the Bronx Night Market. Shows continue in various locations around the city throughout August. All performances are free.
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