Garden Bros Nuclear Circus is running shows in the north lot at Mall of America through the weekend, with a schedule that runs Thursday, July 16 through Sunday, July 19. Thursday and Friday each have two shows, at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday adds a matinee, with shows at 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday closes it out at 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The show bills itself as a five-ring layout with more than 60 performers, concert-style lights and sound, and a pace built to hold attention across all ages. Garden Bros traces its roots to a Canadian circus outfit founded in the 1930s, and in 2021 it merged with Cole Bros to form Garden Bros Nuclear Circus, a combination the company has called the largest circus merger since Ringling Bros.
For families weighing the cost, there's a built-in discount: every paid adult general admission ticket comes with a free kids ticket. Tickets are sold through the circus's own ticketing site rather than the mall's box office.
With the run already underway and only through Sunday, anyone hoping to catch it should plan around this weekend's remaining showtimes rather than wait.
