If you're going to be a clown in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, you can't just go out there and fool around. There are rules. No smoking or drinking while in costume. No sitting on the floats. No ...

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Sixty years ago, the Great Circus Parade filled the streets of downtown Milwaukee with colorful wagons, marching bands and clowns. The parade showcased Wisconsin’s history as the birthplace of many ...

Wisconsin may be the jolliest state in the union: Where else can you find Clown Camp, Clown College, the Clown Hall of Fame, Circus World Museum and the Great Circus Parade? There's a reason so much ...

Imagine the streets of Milwaukee filled with gold-leafed wagons, enthusiastic clowns and performers, wild animals, barkers and thousands of onlookers. You may say ‘that sounds like a circus,’ and you ...

Houston will honor the life and legacy of famed circus clown Emmett Kelly with Emmett Kelly Day on Saturday, April 25, 2026. The week‑long celebration begins April 18 with a Scramble Golf Tournament, ...