Garden Brothers Circus

Was a great show. Not too long so my kids never lost interest.Not too crowded so it was comfortable. Loved the elephants, gymnasts and bikes, my kids loved the clowns and jugglers and seeing all the animals. Great experience.

I have a 12yo, 7yo, 4yo & 2yo. All enjoyed it & laughed at the clowns.

Drove 5 hours to see the Garden Bros Circus and sat in the B section VIP. Great seats and we recommend the VIP section. It was amazing and had the best time. We were right there at all the action and the wife even rode the camel and elephant! The clowns were more like comedians and they were funny, the acrobats were amazing, motor cycle riders were fantastic and the magic show was professional. The animals were our favorite but all the acts made it a wonderful time. Thank you so much to all the workers and entertainers for such a great time!

Wish there was more animals at the circus! Upsetting to know the elephants have their last show based upon hearsay and video's that could have happened anywhere else.

Amazing show! Unbelievable stunts! The motorcycle cage took my breath away and the acrobats flew around like they had wings!

We took my grandchildren to the Garden Brothers Circus and we were pleasantly surprised! It was a really great circus! The acts were top notch! A few years ago we took the kids to the Barnum and Bailey Circus and were not very impressed. The Garden Brothers Circus was much better! The grandkids loved the train ride and other activities offered before the circus started. Granted, it was expensive - but this is a rare treat , not something we would do every weekend. The talent was superb.

No disrespect to the performers but the show didn't come close on any level to matching the cost.

Biggest waist of time and money. So disappointed! Very disorganized. I would absolutely not recommend this to anyone!

Entertaining show for $10-$15 tickets. UCF did not do a good job at letting people in though security, but that was not the circus's fault. Great seats with first come first serve. We sat 5 rows up and were only 30' from the ring. They had elephants and camels. The performers were good as well. The prices of the merchandise, rides, etc are expensive but that is how they make their money with the cheap tickets. I do not fault the circus there. You expect this at every circus or concert or sports venue for that matter. Well worth it.

Garden brothers Circus is over-priced for the show we got. The ring was way over to the left of the stadum. There were only two different types of animals. All of the toys and snacks were outrageously priced, such as a small bag of popcorn for $8.00 - really? It was definitely not worth the $50 we paid to get in. The only plus was the acrobatic show. Other than that, I would not recommend bothering with this show. You also could not understand any words the announcer spoke.

Mixed feelings about the event. Most of the acts were really good. Others were far less entertaining. The guy that drove the little train was great! The guy 'helping' people into the elephant should not work with people much less small children. The guy that made the boys' snowcones (in extremely cool cups) has left the ice freeze his face 'like that' as my Momma woulda said!

The circus was not worth the money. It was very short and not priced for families. There weren't a lot of animals at al. I have been to much better circuses here in Rockford.

Spend your money else where! This was not worth it. There's was mostly acrobatics and very little clowns. Don't get me started on the pricing, a container of popcorn for $20?! No. The kids were bored about 15 minutes in an it seemed very unprofessional. I'd recommend th Ringling Brothers before I ever recommend them again.

Wasn't for sure how it would be, being a small show. But I'm kids loved it as did us parents!

The circus ring was too small. We could barely see anything. The acts weren't interesting. My 5 year old daughter who actually loves the circus did not enjoy this.

This was one of the poorest examples of a circus I could imagine. Two tired elephants and 5 dopey camels comprised the animal portion of the circus. A good reason to rid circuses of animals and rely on human talent. This patchwork quilt of gymnasts, two aerialists (one mediocre, the other good), and some other gimmicky stunts constituted the program. Throughout hawkers were trying to sell overpriced souvenirs to the audience. The circus ring was poorly placed -- not in the center among the three sections of viewers but to the far side of the audience. Ridiculous.

I didn't expect the show will be so horrible and there were 2 animal shown for the entire 1.5hrs show. Don't waste your money.....

Great show! Very exciting! My girls(4 & 6) loved it. I think it would have been even better if there were more animals.

The show was pretty good, although I've seen much better performances. The issue I had with it was that they were so money hungry. The great majority of the time (after starting 45 minutes late) was used to make extra money by kids riding the elephants, camels, etc. Having those accessible is awesome, but they wouldn't start the show because people still wanted rides. Then, their entire 40 minute "intermission" was bringing all of that out again. The "second half" consisted of 15 minutes and 2 acts!

We left at intermission. Really disappointing. Very shabby and entertainment was subpar.

For a show aimed at children to start 35 minutes late and then have an equally late intermission was unacceptable. It was almost 10:00 pm when the second act started and my daughter was so tired, we left. The website said an hour and a half. We should've been gone by 9:30, not starting a second act at 10.

Was a phenomenal show. Would give 5 stars for all performances. Can't remember when I had so much fun at a circus. The clowns were laugh out loud hysterical. Everything was first class show. The animals were an added bonus to show. Loved every minute of show Friday night

When you have a General Admission event, usually the event goers show up around an hour early. With kids in tow, we showed up at 615 for a 730 start. We expected to wait an hour. When that hour turned in to almost two... we got a little irritated, mostly cuz the kids were irritated as well. Suggestion. START ON TIME.

It's a good thing this was my daughter's first time at the circus because she would have been disappointed otherwise. The 1 ring was in the middle of the area and was too far to see much. Then the acts were really lame, like ladies spinning umbrellas with their feet. We left at intermission. Save your money and go to Ringling.

ABSOLUTELY THE WORST PERFORMANCE I HAVE EVER SEEN. I WATCHED OVER 60 PEOPLE INCLUDING OUR GROUP OF 5 GET UP AND WALK OUT. SEATING WAS TERRIBLE, COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING, ALL OF THE ANIMALS WERE IN THE VERY FRONT ALONG WITH A CART SELLING ITEMS AND THE LIGHT AND SOUND BOARD. UNLESS YOU WERE SITTING ON THE VERY FAR SIDES YOU COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING. SO DISAPPOINTING FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT.

Well planed , organized and executed. Ringside seats were wonderful and put us a matter of feet from the action. I don't know who enjoyed it more, me or my grandson. I have it 4 stars but only because it was a small circus, but it had all of the elements of the big top. Clown, animals, high wire, balancing acts, and rides on the elephants and camels. The performers were skilled and very professional. Two shows on this one, several hours each. I highly recommend.

Show was fun! As always, once inside, food and extra events were overpriced, but tickets were cheap and the show was exciting!

I had more of a expatiation's than what we saw. The flyer advertised Elephants and Elephant rides. We showed up early to ride the Elephant and they did not have any elephants. Only Camels. Everything for the children was overpriced. They should have had the prices at $5 but instead charged $10. It is a CIRCUS, you expect to see clowns but not one clown was there except for maybe one who was in the show. Would I take my kids back to this circus, NO would be my answer. Not at the VIP price I paid anyways. I paid for VIP seating, I was on the corner and they put the chairs to close to the other row. Leg space was very uncomfortable for me and the other guy on other rows corner.

This was a fun night. Small enough to be intimate, a nice change from the crazy huge circuses. And it is clearly family based and the troupe worked hard to make us smile. It was an easy task in the end. Go support these good people.

The overall experience was fun. My youngest was thrilled. There were several really cool acts, but it felt like something was missing. They advertise a big show with elephants and camels and tons of crazy acts, but they only had a couple horses, two camels, and some trained dogs. Oh- they did have a (random) zebra. The tricks they performed were decent. Overall it wasn't bad and the cost for front row, center stage tickets was not too outlandish. Everything else was insanely overpriced. All food, souvenirs, and extra activities were ridiculously prices. $15 for face painting, and they reuse the same sponges and brushes on everyone.

It was an amazing show but I think that the elephant rides could of been cheaper

Great stunts and the animals were super cute! Great put together! Fair prices and variety of products

If your able to pay to upgrade to Vip ring side seats I recommend doing so they not only keep you intertained the whole show but the interact which the one who have are ring side. It was deffinatly worth the extra $10. Plus your Like 2 feet away from the ring so you don't miss a thing you get to see ever detail of the circus!!

Simply the best CIRCUS I have ever seen! Thank you We will see you next year!

We got our tickets early, so it only cost $30 for me, my wife, and my daughter to go. At that price you can't complain to much. If we had paid full price, which would have cost us over double that, I would have felt ripped off. In previous years we had gone to the Ringling Brothers show. Ringling Brothers was far superior to Garden Brothers. First off, both had a pre-show "Party". The Ringling Brothers party allowed you to go back stage and see the animals and they had a clown dancing and playing games with the kids. The Garden Brothers "party" was a few bounce houses and animal rides that you had to pay for and were not cheap. The performers at the Garden Brothers were good. Not as good as the ones at the Ringling Brothers, but still entertaining. In a way you felt more fright at the Garden Brothers because you seriously thought someone might get hurt, because they seem to be uncertain themselves on what they were doing. Over all the performers were good. But, the sound guy needs some work. The music and sounds for the performance seemed to be malfunctioning the whole show. Music was randomly stopping or change abruptly. The lights seemed to some times turn off when they weren't suppose too. There was a lot of down time between scenes. The show didn't move smoothly and you spent a lot of time just watching them setup got the next thing. At the intermission they setup the bounce houses and rides again, and they had someone dressed as a Minion. My wife took my daughter down to meet the Minion. There was no line to meet the Minion and my wife quickly found out why. They wanted $12 just to meet the Minion. I think the entire time only one person actually paid to see the Minion. I think lots of people would have paid a dollar or two to see the Minion, they would have made more then $12, and people would have been happier. But greed stopped all of that. (The Minion wasn't that great of a costume either, I'll attack a photo) Again, for the price we paid it was worth it. But many people their paid much more than us. My three year old loved it since she had never seen anything like it before. And again, I don't want to pick on the performers. They work hard and did a good job. Just the whole setup seemed poorly put together. If the same performers got jobs at a better organized circus I think they would be great.

This is a type of circus that travels from town to town. It was not what I expected at the venue we were at. We went to a circus there a few years ago and it was awesome. This was just basic stuff. Plus the activities on the floor were very pricey. They had 2 bounce houses and they cost $6 each per child to jump....and a 2 minute elephant ride with multiple other kids on it was $18 per child.

The Garden Brothers Circus was exactly what I thought it would be. It was a one ring circus that was entertaining and fun. Not the biggest circus I have seen but it was still well done and fun. We purchased VIP tickets and I thought they were a good value. It is extremely cheap (or free) to get into this event, so don't be surprised at $12 giant bags of cotton candy and other high priced up-sales, that's how they make their money. They got to feed those elephants somehow!

Circus was entertaining for the kiddo...there was a little too much smoke for the NON VIP. EXPENSIVE...$36 for two people to ride the elephant?? Wow.

This is all a money making scam. The circus was one ring, not three like they said it would be. Did they have three rings, yes, but it was one large ring, and then two small raised circle platforms were sometimes an act would use it but nothing remarkable at all. The acts were okay, but it was lacking in so many areas. There were only 2 clowns and not a headmaster. They took a 40 min. intermission just so people could pay 18$ to ride elephants, 12$ to get your face painted, or $6 to bounce in a jumpy house. My children enjoyed it, and I'm glad we went, but it really was terrible.

Was not worth the money that was spent! My 5 year old kept asking if we could go home but my 8 year old was somewhat into the show.

I am 63 years of age and sadly recently widowed, so when I received in the mail advertising for this wonderful Garden Bros Circus complete with real elephants, I felt extremely driven to purchase tickets, which I did online immediately. I kept pinching myself, because I could not believe that I had been lucky enough to secure a ticket for this show. Thank you TicketMaster. This magnificent show with elephant and camel rides for the children fulfilled my dreams and created new dreams for the children whose eyes were as big as saucers at this glorious show. What a treat. Thank you Garden Bros Circus. May your show be enjoyed by many wide eyed children for many years to come. A truly professional act. The Animals were magnificent and extremely well cared for and the motorcycle performers, acrobats and delightful performing dog in his Panda suit, all was superbly executed. A wonderful lesson in discipline and practice Your show was perfect. Simply divine entertainment. Please everybody take your children to this show. I have not seen a circus since I was a child and I was completely entranced and entertained, with it providing me with so much happiness the likes of which I had forgotten since my husband's tragic unexpected passing. I still radiate so much joy from this fun, family show. Well done the Garden Circus Bros. A BIG THANK YOU.

They are using live animals boring old circus! Not a fun experience

The show was absolutely amazing! The only reason I m not giving 5 stars is because the prices of tickets to be able to do fun things is too high, I saw so many kids getting sad because their parents couldn t afford for them to ride the elephants or the horses. The tickets were $6 each and it took 3 tickets to ride the elephants so $18 just seems a little outrageous. I mean I know they need to make money but that s just too much.

Great show and entertaining, fun for the kids and had a good time

It felt like the only authentic circus act was the elephants at the end and the woman acrobat with the bow and arrow.

The show itself was good, it didn't start on time more like 630 instead of 6. Doors wasn't open at 5, we were left outside sweating. It was rediculous that you had to pay $6 to ride each animals & to do bouncy house. One ticket for all activity. Rediculous concession stand prices ($5) for water....

I was a bit disappointed. The first show ran late so we stood in the heat with the kids waiting to get in. Very few vendors to buy anything. 12 bucks for cotton candy. From a kid perspective, it was entertaining. For the parent, we were underwhelmed for the price we paid. Lucky we only paid the 13 dollars for tickets. I'd be really upset if i had paid 30 for a gen admin seat. I was expecting more amazing things and animals and got beautiful horses, a dog, and some sad looking elephants. We were almost in tears for those old men. Best part was the Circle of Death. Motorcycles galore in a small spere. I was actually on the edge of my seat fpr that. Even with that, I know I won't be gping back.

The circus was good but I think the Clown's could use some improvement everything else was awesome.

Not the 3 ring extravaganza of olden days, but a nice smaller circus with some good performers. Our age group was from 6 to 73 and everyone enjoyed it. If they come back we will go again.

Over priced for tickets, started late, intermission way to long, and fliir activities expensive

Not as good the last 2 years, needs more animals, cost too high for rides and toys, had to wait in line to exchange free tickets and was unaware, 1 coliseum staff rude checking tickets waving his hand in my face, appreciate free kids tickets, plenty of good seating

I would highly recommend seeing this amazing circus show! The pole climbers, motorcycle ball, and horse riders were some of my favorites. There's so much to see. They really put on a fantastic show. The show ran smoothly. I really didn't want it to end i was enjoying myself so much. My kids thought it was fantastic as well. Concession items are normal skyrocketed prices, just as they are at all these type of shows.

I remember when I was a kid the circus was huge and seemless. Tons of entertainment to keep your attention. While it was ok there were definitely flaws and it was basic, small, and $15 for popcorn is rediculous. Not something I would go see agian.

It was a good show. My kids really enjoyed it and the members were very talented with some crazy tricks

I haven't been to a circus in 15 years. Oh, what a disappointment! The attendees were more entertaining than the circus. There were 2 elephants, a camel and a few horses. The same actors appeared in most of the segments. Intermission was almost longer than the show. I felt people like my family paid for ourselves and all the free tickets that were given out. A kiddy petting zoo and blow up fun houses would be a more apt description.

For the price, this was not worth it at all! I would not recommend this event to anyone for the price. Even our kids kept asking, "Is this it?!" We stood in line for nearly 30 minutes at the concession line just to get a drink!! Highly disappointed!

Show was decent, but if you're not up close, you can't see anything due to all the merch displays, so we couldn't see much. Would highly recommend getting VIP seats so you can see better.

We were excited to receive free tickets for our 3 children (4, 2, and 11 mths) and thought it would be a fun family activity. The first problem was that the free tickets we received had to be traded in for a ticket with a barcode so even though we bought and printed our adult tickets at home we had to wait (eith 3 kids) in a 45 minute line with all the other parents doing the same thing. The acts were only okay but sadly, the speakers were incredibly poor and we couldn t hear what was being announced about the performances. We couldn t hear the music being played during the acts and our attention was not kept. Though my husband and I thought the acts were somewhat impressive (riding unicycles while juggling, carrying large wooden beams, etc) our children were not impressed at all. Intermission was a 25 minute scam to get you to pay more money. They filled the arena with blow up jump castles and charged for admission to each. So, if you didn t want to spend more money you had to torcher your kids by making them watch all the other children jump while they waited on the show to start again. We ended up leaving early. We spent over $100 total on tickets, parking, and souvenirs and feel like we wasted our money. We were expecting animals, funny clowns, things that would amuse our children - but we didn t get any of that. We will not be going back to this circus wig our famil again.

By far worst circus ever . Was more like a backyard show at a kids birthday , definitely not worth the price. Don't waste your money or time.

Unless you feel that animal abuse and maltreatment is okay... This was so bad that I literally took all 3 of my kids right out before the show even started. Both elephant trainers were carrying bullhooks and one used his right in front of us on one of the elephants...as if the elephant standing there was bad or something?! I am so appalled at what I saw that yes, I left there with my kids and educated them the entire way home about the importance of treating animals fairly, respectfully and lovingly. I also got to teach them about how government works and how to try hard to put a stop to so called "entertainment" like this. It is not worth your money. They don't care about the animals. They don't care about anything there (obviously) except for money. The popcorn guy wasn't using gloves, ran his hand through his hair and then had both hands in the popcorn mixing it. This other lady had gloves on and wiped something from her nose and then went back to working with the cups for the "snow cones". This was despicable. Please do not support this circus. They really need to be put out of business.

Circus was great. It had face painting, pony rides, horse rides. The attractions were great and ticket prices were reasonable

Awesome experience! A little costly but so worth it in the end.

Was not worth the $52 i paid for just my ticket and the rides and concessions prices were ridiculous! First and last

I wish there were more animals to the show.I loved the elephants.A circus isn't a circus without animals.So atleast garden bros has some.

This entire performance was Horrible!! Do no waste your money... It was amateur performances that my kids could of put on.. don't know why it's called a circus hardly any animals were in it.. u could ride an elephant 2 times around a garbage can for 20.00.

The circus was a huge disappointment. We ended up leaving during intermission after buying the $12 cotton candy and a couple $3 bottles of 20 oz Coke. The only redeeming factor was that my kids got their tickets for free.

I didn t like to show. Nothing was special. And tickets in the show extremely expensive.

I only saw 2 elephants, 2 camels. Expected more. Way too much money.

This appeared to be the same Circus that was in Kountze, TX several years ago. . It was under $15 to see it there and had allot more events and lasted allot longer. We basically saw less than an hour for almost $40. Pitiful... the drinks were highly overpriced. The blinky lights were extremely overpriced. Would not recommend to anyone and would not attend again! Highly disappointed! The venue could have more than 1 bathroom facility.

The family had a great time. This is a smaller circus, which is not a bad thing at all. We found it very enjoyable. We purchased seats in the front row which put everything right in front of us. I saw some complaints that the prices of the extras are high, but what do you expect when you can get tickets for $8.00? You know, they need to make money too. The bottom line is we had a really good time, I found it well worth the money, I recommend going, and we will make this a regular event when they come in our area.

I went their for the family experience. My children had fun and were thrill to see the circus. My little girl kept saying "it's not outside" and I told her it's an inside circus. Besides that It was ok for my self and my wife. I wish I would of paid a little extra for the better seats. Anyway good job Guys and hope to see you guys again! The Camel show was a little disappointing.

They were unable to scan the qr code at the door. Had to wait in the will call line then wait in the security line. Show started almost 40 minutes late then had a 30 minute intermission. Show overall good. Experience not so much.

Not very good. Circus days are gone. Everything is over priced. $12 for face painting is just one example. $12 for a bag of cotton candy...on and on. The ring is very very small. the acts are sub par. ok for little kids but beware this is going to cost you a bundle. Give your kid $100 and go to Dave and Busters and you will come out way ahead. Circus days are gone.

This was the worst show I have ever been to. A complete waste of time and money. So beyond overpriced it's not even funny.

I couldn t believe how poor this show was. Very few acts and not enough to call themselves a circus. Reminded us of a talent show. $12 for a snow cone is also ridiculous!

The event started late and the intermission way too long,announced 15 min. but lasted more than 30min.Expected more presentations and a much bigger group.

They left more than half the circus behind and then charged higher prices than they do in the lower 48 states. Total crap show and WAY overpriced.

Paying for kid zone bouncy house slide and pictures and anything circus was too much for an average show.

An enjoyable show for our nearly-seven year old kiddo. As someone who's seen a few Ringley Bros. shows in my youth, this one was absolutely amateur by comparison. It's a single ring. No ring master. Very mediocre production value. There was zero cohesiveness or "flow" to the show. Basically it felt like a dozen or so different acts that were randomly sent to the ring to do their thing for several minutes each. All things considered, the ticket prices were reasonable for the enjoyment level of the show. The show had an intermission that was easily more than 30 minutes long, which is where they make their money by charging for horse rides, bouncy house minutes, photographs, and the like. Plus the usual blinky plastic souvenirs. Bottom line? Would recommend up to age eight. Don't expect a mind-blowing experience, but a good way to spend an hour or two.

I was expecting a lot more. I had looked at their website before buying tickets and was very disappointed that they didn t bring the elephants and camels because my kiddos were looking forward to it. The intermission was supposed to last 15 minutes and ended up being almost an hour. My husband found the circus employees to be very rude. The told a lady that she couldn t go outside to get diapers for her baby unless she wanted to buy another ticket because they would not let her back in. I definitely won t be going back if they return.

Ugh. Other than the couple of acrobats that were pretty amazing individual artists, this was a complete waste of time and unbelievably overpriced. Plus the 50 minute intermission was a joke because you had to pay to do anything... To. Touch. A. Horse! I'm hoping Anchorage can get a better company next year.

Way over priced to watch a 40 minute intermission of everyone who paid to ride horses in a circle.

Most of the performers should retire the prices were way too high $25 for a plastic light up wand and $12 for two circles on a horse. They spent 15 min setting up for a 1 min stunt. Only 4 horses and dogs were in the show. Must have made PETA happy.

Small Circus but was very child friendly. Concession price too high but the tickets were inexpensive so I guess it all comes out. Our grandkids had a great time.

If I could go into negative stars I would. It was an absolutely horrible experience. We left halfway through! The performers looked completely disinterested in interacting with anyone for the floor "scam" where they charge ridiculous prices for activities. None could understand a single question. Spent over $200 to try and entertain the kids with something memorable and gave up half way through and took them home.

The lamest show on earth. A complete waste of time and 320 dollars. Supporting shows like this will make me not trust you will put on quality shows. The only time I laughed was when the elephant defecated in the ring. Not happy.

This event was not worth the money. They did not do the motorcycle show, the clowns weren t on stage for that long, and they weren t funny. The acts in this circus were just not entertaining. Not worth the price of tickets for what we got.

I see why kids get in free...and it's frustrating that the adult tickets were supposed to be discounted but weren't. Between adult tickets and snacks, we spent almost $80. We left at intermission because my kids were bored. I would spend your money and time elsewhere.

The Arena is a wonderful place for events, this review applies to the circus ONLY! I understand now how they can afford to let most of the children in for free with a paid adult. Once you get in there, EVERYTHING is so outrageously priced! All the extra things for the kids to do requires tickets, including ONE trip down an inflatable slide, which will cost you $6 each trip, as that is the cost of EACH ticket! Facepainting, camel or elephant ride, tiny snowcone, or a bag of cotton candy, all $12 EACH! Not to mention rude people trying to shove $10 glow swords in your face all evening, when you have repeatedly told them you do NOT want one! I will NEVER go back to this circus again unless someday I have more money than I have sense, and I don't see that happening anytime soon!

Me and my 7 year old son loved the circus! All of the performances was amazing!