The Picklewater Free Circus Festival

The Picklewater Free Circus Festival brings back free circus to Bay Area Families throughout July at San Francisco's Union Square.

Presented by Union Square Live, The Picklewater Free Circus Festival returns for its sixth year at Union Square. The Picklewater Free Circus Festival is a free festival of circus arts featuring some of the best in Circus Arts from around the bay area, the festival will entertain and inspire bay area families while celebrating the rich tradition of circus in San Francisco and around the bay.

Presented on select Sundays this summer, the Picklewater Free Circus Festival returns to Union Square. Offering a mix of professional and student performers, free circus lessons and spectacular shows filled with danger, excitement, laughter and awe, the festival celebrates the long rich tradition of Circus Arts in the bay area.

San Francisco has along rich tradition of circus arts, producing some of the greatest circus artists in the world today, with hundreds of performers living and studying here in the bay area. The Picklewater Free Circus Festival, was founded 5 years ago by Abraham Dover, local clown  and circus producer, who wanted to celebrate the history and future of circus around the Bay, while providing free and low cost entertainment to Bay Area families.

The Festival is sponsored by MJM Management Group, San Francisco Parks Trust, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, and Picklewater Circus.
The Picklewater Free Circus Festival will be presented as part of the
2012 Union Square Live concert season at 2 pm on the Union Square main stage.

Dates and Performers for the 2013 Picklewater Free Circus Festival to be announced shortly!

For more information please mail us at gherkin@picklewater.com