Parks Aren’t Clowning Around with Fall Fundraisers

The Midnight Circus is a whimsical assortment of acrobats, aerialists, clowns and contortionist that will tour five North Side Chicago parks in September and October. The circus won’t really appear at the late hour of midnight, instead shows will be in the afternoons (see the schedule below) to delight the crowds. The circus is coming to town, or at least five Chicago neighborhood parks, and you can get your tickets at CircusInTheParks.com. Tickets are $15 per person, with children under 2 years-old being free. Discounts are also available for groups of 20 or more people.

This is a grass roots community effort by the local park advisory councils to raise much needed funds for their parks improvements. All ticket proceeds from Circus in the Parks will be equally split between all participating parks. The Circus will move into the Park Field House in the case of rain, and there’s limited seating available for pre-sale. To purchase tickets on-line www.CircusintheParks.com

This collaborative approach to community fundraising is brought to you by the participating parks advisory councils. These are the Chase Park Advisory Council, Grow with Gompers, Friends of Holstein Park, Friends of Portage Park, and Welles Park Advisory Council with help from Chicago Park District, Parkways Foundation, The Midnight Circus and some aldermen, of course. Thanks to Alderman Gene Schulter (47th), Alderman Tom Allen (38th), Alderman Margaret Laurino (39th), and Alderman Scott Waguespack (32nd.)

Gompers Park – 4222 W. Foster – 773-685-3270
- September 11th – 2pm & 5pm
- September 12th – 1pm & 4pm
Welles Park – 2333 W.Sunnyside– 312-742-7511
- September 18th – 2pm & 5pm
- September 19th – 1pm & 4pm
Holstein Park – 2200 N. Oakley – 312-742-7554
- September 25th – 2pm & 5pm
- September 26th – 1pm & 4pm
Portage Park – 4100 N. Long – 773-685-7235
- October – 9th – 2pm & 5pm
- October – 10th – 1pm & 4pm