Calamitous carny, Samson Y Hiss, the award-winning composer and record-holding one-man band, brings his psychotic ooze of ...

The heyday of the circus sideshow act exists in the 21st century as a distant memory, usually preserved by grainy sepia photos and folklore that rarely impresses today’s historical skeptics. Yet, the ...

Step into Coney Island on a summer day and you’ll hear it — screams from the Cyclone, music blasting from boardwalk speakers. Walk down Surf Avenue and you’ll see a different kind of spectacle: ...

Welcome to the freak show! All summer long, the Coney Island Circus Sideshow is hosting events that embrace what makes Coney Island unique. From burlesque shows to pop-ups, you never know what kind of ...

The carnival is in town. Fun turns to horror when one of the sideshow acts is murdered. The carnival is in town. Fun turns to horror when one of the sideshow acts is murdered. Phryne poses as the ...

Has the calm before the edible storm that is Thanksgiving got you down in the dumps? Revolution Circus, a huge compendium of bands, freaks, sideshow acts, burlesque girls, body painters, acrobats, ...

Nowadays, the circus is more than clowns just pouring out of a car. Some of the body-bending acts can blow you away. Next week, Les Ailes du Désir Foundation, Miami’s only nonprofit dedicated to ...

Expect to see butterflies, moons and flaming skulls in Chinatown this weekend — all in ink, of course. The Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Festival returns Friday through Sunday for its 26th year at the ...