Peru Circus City Festival celebrates Peru’s circus heritage with youth circus performances, food, vendors, games and rides on the main streets of Peru. The Peru Amateur Circus features local young performers in costume, with acts that include traditional circus skills and family-friendly entertainment.
Festival Highlight
On the concluding Saturday of the festival, Circus City Festival hosts the only annually running circus heritage parade in the United States. Authentic circus wagons, clowns, calliopes, wild animals, floats and bands make their way through the center streets of town. The parade is the longest-running circus parade in the country and the second-largest parade in Indiana.