"It's circus Jim, but not as we know it!"
Convention Ticket: €36
Includes: Friday show, 5pm Show on Saturday, entry to the Festival Club on Friday night, access to The Convention Space & Workshops (Excluding Childrens Workshops) on Saturday and Sunday and access to the Renegade Show on Saturday night.
Festival Ticket: €36
Includes: Thursday and Friday shows, 2pm Show on Saturday and entry to the Festival Club on Friday night.
Ticket Booking
Ticket Booking is available at Siamsa Tíre please call 066 7123055 to book or for more information. Tickets for the Festival Club only will be available at the club door on the night, Festival Club tickets are still included in both convention and festival tickets purchased at Siamsa Tíre.
Festival Parade: FREE
Join us for the festival's closing event spectacular featuring LUXe - Free street show by the Lords of Strut, the Circus Olympic Games and a host of performers, music, madness, mayhem and great fun!
Visual Arts
This year there is a visual arts element to the Circus Festival curated by Áine Ní Chíobháin. Circus themed performance and pop-up art will celebrate this vibrant, emerging festival centered in Siamsa Tíre.

Festival Club & Fire Space

Carlton Hotel

Friday 10:30pm

After Chez Leandre,continue your Circus  Festival experience by  joining us at “Circus Sideshow,” a bespoke festival club, where you will be entertained by bands, DJs, performance art and variety entertainers. Bands for this year’s event are NanuNanu, electro pop from Dublin, with Bell X1′s keyboard player alongside Laura Sheeran. Our second band for the night are the Naildrivers. Playing together for over 10 years to rave reviews, including sharing the stage with such luminaries as The Undertones, Bad Manners and The Selecter.

The Tralee Circus Festival is brought to you by Fanzini Productions thanks to support from our sponsors:
                  
Come to Tralee Circus Festival & pick up the “Laugh and Splash” offer from the Aqua Dome! Bring your Circus tickets and only pay half the normal adult and junior admission prices (one admission per ticket - offer not valid with any other offer or promotion)
Festival Timetable
Thursday 22nd
Lords of Strut - Sell Out Tour
8pm, Siamsa Tíre

Friday 23rd
Convention Space
From 10am, Brandon Hotel
Lords of Strut Street Rave
7:30pm, Penny's Lane
Leandre Ribera - Chez Leandre - Irish Premier!
9pm, Siamsa Tíre
Festival Club & Fire Space
10:30pm, Carlton Hotel

Saturday 24th
Convention Space & Workshops
From 10am, Brandon Hotel
Childrens Circus Workshops
11am & 12pm, Carlton Hotel
Circus Siamsa
2pm & 5pm, Siamsa Tíre
CAFE Showcase
9pm, Brandon Hotel
Renegade
10pm, Brandon Hotel

Sunday 25th
Convention Space & Workshops
From 10am, Brandon Hotel
Childrens Circus Workshops
11am & 12pm, Carlton Hotel
Festival Parade
2pm, From Brandon Hotel
ISACS Seminar 2012
The Irish Street Arts, Circus and Spectacle Seminar will be held in Tralee this year on November 25th to coincide with the fantastic Tralee Circus Festival! Aimed at all those working professionally in the area of Street Arts, Circus or Spectacle, the day will include a workshop on EU opportunities and an evening reception and is not to be missed.