Guilford Fair Circus

Featuring The Flying Wallendas

Circus showtimes:

Friday: 5:00pm, 7:00pm
Saturday:  1:00pm, 4:00pm, 7:00pm
Sunday: 1:00pm, 4:00pm

All times subject to change. Please check website for updated info.

The Flying Wallendas

The Flying Wallendas have been walking across tightropes since 1922, and are known for their impressive feats of 4 person, 3 level pyramids and 7 person pyramids. The Flying Wallendas is a family act which has incorporated seven generations of family members throughout the years since the start of their circus debut.

How it all got started: Karl Wallenda was born in Magdeburg, Germany, in 1905. He was performing in the family show at age six and doing stunts in beer halls at age eleven. His feature was stacking several chairs and doing a handstand on the top chair. In the early 1920s, he answered an ad in a trade paper for “an experienced hand balancer with courage.” The job consisted of following behind a wire-walker, Louis Weitzmann, out to the middle of the wire and doing a handstand on Weitzmann’s feet as he lay down on the cable. Karl learned the art from him and in 1922, began to develop his own act, recruiting his brother Herman, an aerialist named Josef Geiger, and a teenage girl, Helen Kreis, who would eventually become Karl’s wife.

The Great Wallendas were headliners with Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus during much of the 1930s and 1940s.  

Now the faces representing the Wallendas are grandchildren, Tino and Delilah, Tino’s wife Olinka and their daughters Alida and Aurelia, Alessandro, Sacha Pavlata (a fifth generation performer of an esteemed circus family), Robinson Cortes (a third generation circus performer and native of Columbia), Trevor McNabb, Rietta (6th Generation Wallenda), Lyric (7th Generation Wallenda, Rietta’s daughter).

Visit wallenda.com to learn more about the Wallendas!

Bello Nock

Bello Nock is a living legend, having been called “The Greatest Working Clown on Earth.” The direct descendant of entertainment royalty, he is the modern-day representative of a family that has produced the finest live circus and thrill shows for over 9 generations, dating back to early 18th century Switzerland.

It’s Bello’s unique blend of endearing comedy and jaw-dropping daredevil stunts that makes him one of the most exciting live performers in the world today! Whether he’s performing a death-defying stunt or his critically acclaimed theater show or presenting one of his inspiring speeches, Bello is always incredibly engaging and entertaining!

Bello’s innumerable awards and accolades include Guinness World Records and a Circus Ring of Fame induction, and his unique blend of endearing comedy and jaw-dropping stunts has been seen by over 100 million audience members in over 20,000 live performances in every corner of the world.

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