Bindlestiff Family Cirkus

06/01/2026

🎪 Make Tracks with Bindlestiff! 🚲 This summer, we’re rolling through NYC and Columbia County on unicycles, stilts, flatbeds, and parade routes—bringing FREE circus arts, youth programs, and community celebrations to thousands. ✨

Our goal: $10,000

Your donation helps support:
⭐ FREE Sidewalk Follies shows
⭐ Summer Cirkus Stilt Residency
⭐ FREE youth circus arts programs
⭐ The annual NYC Unicycle Festival

Help us make tracks this summer ❤️ Every dollar helps keep the Cirkus joy rolling and circus arts accessible to all.

🔗 Donate through the link in our bio.

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06/01/2026

June is bursting with Cirkus magic! 🎪 Bindlestiff Family Cirkus is bringing wonder, laughter, and hands-on fun across New York this month.

✨ Sidewalk Follies in Williamsburg
✨ Queens Night Market
✨ World Cup Block Parties in Manhattan, Staten Island & Queens
✨ Hudson Juggling Club workshops
✨ Spring Cirkus student showcase
✨ Juneteenth Candle Vigil & Procession

Whether you’re catching a show, learning a new skill, or cheering on our young artists, there’s something for everyone under the Bindlestiff banner this June.

📍 Dates, locations, and showtimes in reel

🎟️ ALL of these events are FREE and open to all.

🎪 Entry to Spring Cirkus (June 10) is with RSVP, email [email protected] to get your name on the list.

🖤 For information about the Juneteenth Week events sponsored by Hudson Catskill Housing Coalition, Who We Be, Operation Unite New York, and community partners, visit: https://www.hudsoncatskillhousing.org/

🔗 For details on any Bindlestiff events, visit the link in our bio or here ➡️ https://linktr.ee/bindlestiff

See you on the streets, in the parks, and under the big sky! ❤️🤹🎭

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06/01/2026

What a day at Battery Park City! 🎪✨ On May 2, Bindlestiff Family Cirkus transformed Wagner Park into an outdoor playground of wonder, laughter, and jaw-dropping skill. With a massive crowd gathered along the waterfront, audiences of all ages joined us for an afternoon filled with circus arts, audience participation, and unforgettable performances beneath the New York skyline.

A huge thank you to our incredible artists:

🤹 Keith Nelson — host, comedy, juggling, and vaudeville wizardry
🪀 Ellie Steingraeber — hoops, juggling, and circus arts extraordinaire
🎪 Book Kennison — juggling and object manipulation
🔥 Diabolo Archie Ramlogan — high-flying diabolo mastery
🌀 Dia Seskin — breathtaking contortion and flexibility artistry
🪑 Ryan Shinji — chair stacking charm
🎭 Megumi Yamada — soaring stilt walking and larger-than-life circus spectacle
🚶 Logan Kerr — wire walking and circus thrills
✨ Lina Liu — foot juggling and precision circus artistry
🎭 Trudee — clowning, character, and comic mischief
👞 Mariko Iwasa — clowning and delightful absurdity

Special thanks to the Battery Park City Authority for helping bring this free community event to life and making it possible for thousands of New Yorkers and visitors to experience the joy of live circus in one of the city’s most beautiful waterfront parks.

📸 Photos by Maike Schulz , who brilliantly captured the energy, artistry, and smiling faces that made the day so memorable.

Thank you to everyone who stopped, watched, laughed, learned, and joined the fun. The crowd was enormous, the weather was beautiful, and the spirit of community was truly inspiring.

Until next time, Battery Park City! ❤️🎪

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05/30/2026

🎪 From the Bindlestiff vaults… Pictured in The New Yorker during Bindlestiff Family Cirkus’ legendary Palace of Variety run in 2004: High Heels and Red Noses.

Captured through the lens of acclaimed photographer Ruven Afanador, this image celebrates the bold, beautiful, and delightfully offbeat spirit that has always been at the heart of Bindlestiff.

Twenty-two years later, our Cirkus family continues. ❤️🤡

📸 Photo by Ruven Afanador

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05/30/2026

📍 Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY | The circus is escaping the tent again! 🎪 Join Bindlestiff Family Cirkus for Sidewalk Follies at the Berry Open Street in Williamsburg on Saturday, June 6.

⏰ Shows at 1 PM & 3 PM
📍 Berry Street between N. 12th & N. 13th Streets
🎟 Free & family-friendly

Enjoy an afternoon of FREE family friendly outdoor circus featuring wire walking, juggling, comedy, and impossible-looking feats from some of New York City’s finest performers 🤸

Featuring Keith Nelson , Logan Kerr , Archie Ramlogan , Lina Liu , Deborah Lohse , Dia Seskin , and Kyle Driggs .

A huge thanks to this event’s presenters, and .

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05/29/2026

🏰✨ Flashback Friday ✨🏰

Three young circus artists. One magical castle. Countless memories.

Throwing it back to 2023, when Kite’s Nest and Bindlestiff Cirkus After School students Jasiah, Serenity, and JuJu visited Amy Chen and Dave Cox at the Faery Castle.

Part adventure, part inspiration, and all magic. Moments like these spark imagination, curiosity, and creativity—the very qualities that help young people grow as artists, performers, and community members.

Thank you, Amy and Dave, for welcoming our students into your enchanting world and helping create memories that continue to inspire. 🎪💫

05/29/2026

📍 Hudson, NY ✨ Come support big top dreams, big talent, and big smiles! 🎪 Join us at Hudson Hall as youth from Bindlestiff Cirkus After School at Hudson Youth Center and Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood’s Team Tam Afterschool Program present SPRING CIRKUS - an original showcase created by the students themselves.

📅 Wednesday, June 10
🕓 4 PM
📍 Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY
🎟 FREE!

Come celebrate all they’ve learned and accomplished this season!

Special thanks to Hudson Hall, Friends of Hudson Youth, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Rheinstrom Hill Community Foundation, and Hudson River Bank & Trust Foundation for making this program possible. ❤️

05/29/2026

Some people collect stamps. Keith Nelson collects circus skills. 🎪✨

Here’s our co-founder spinning a diabolo with the skill, precision, and joy that have made audiences smile for decades.

What looks effortless is the result of years of practice—and a lifelong love of sharing wonder.

05/28/2026

Join us this Sunday, will ya?! RSVP here ⬇️
https://form.jotform.com/261145831720148

NYC circus folks! Inviting you to a gathering on May 31st at 6:30pm that will highlight companies that employ circus people of all kinds. This gathering is free and will include opportunities to meet and mingle with your colleagues, network and meet new people in your community, and share announcements and updates with the group.

To RSVP, please scan the QR code in the image or go to the link in the bio.

To inspire true community spirit, we ask - if you’re able - that you bring something to eat or drink for a community potluck.

Great thanks to the organizers and the featured companies who are helping put this together:





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