The Flotsam River Circus floated into Keokuk on Thursday and brought a wonderful cast of characters. A very large crowd came to watch the spectacle just south of the George
Like a homegrown Cirque du Soleil, members of the Flotsam River Circus poured their talents into a unique performance on the shores of the Mississippi River at Fort Madison.
“There's some aerial stuff, and it has people clowning, bits of magic and other circus tricks. But it's not at all a conventional circus,” he said. “There certainly are no trained animals. It's kind of a weird, slightly surreal show."