![]() ![]() Each Bindlestiff Flatbed rolls in to present live performances by incredible contemporary circus artists. The repurposed parade floats are equipped to showcase incredible and eclectic talent from clowns, jugglers, wire walkers, acrobats, aerial acts and more.īindlestiff’s Flatbed Follies is a new concept in live entertainment and is perfectly suited for 2021. Harkening back to the days when the grand circus parade came through towns across the country and captivated everyone who saw it, the Flatbed Follies will bring much-needed celebration and art back to the streets. The performances will take place on Open Streets, Open Culture, and Open Boulevards sites and other public plazas and parks. CIRKUS CITY SERIESNYC’s Department of Transportation and the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment are supporting this series of performances, which will employ artists and performers whose livelihoods have been affected by COVID, and remind New Yorkers of the importance of live performance to our city. Shows continue in various locations around the city throughout August. 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. The first stops for this new summer-long series take place Saturday, July 17 with shows at E. ![]() There will even be a calliope wagon providing authentic circus music. Performances will take place upon an innovative series of parade float stages featuring circus artists from all five boroughs. New York City (July 14, 2021) – 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. Bindlestiff Family Cirkus to launch Flatbed Follies, an innovative collection of mobile performance stages, bringing world-class circus talent to neighborhoods across New York City First stops are in Manhattan on July 17 and Queens and the Bronx on July 18 Program is supported by NYC’s Department of Transportation and Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment ![]()
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