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Flying Trapeze, Trampoline, and Aerial Classes in Chicago. Open to everyone 6+, beginners welcome! No prior experience necessary -- come fly with us!
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Get A Grip is a Chicago based Flying Trapeze & Aerial Arts School. We're located on beautiful Foster Beach in the summer & in the Broadway Armory in the winter.

27/05/2026

It’s the best way to spend a summer day in Chicago 🧘‍♀️🎪🌞

Save this video for the next time you’re looking for something to do outside! We have classes open every day, no previous experience necessary to try flying trapeze 🎉🏖️☀️

Come fly with us — it’s an experience you’ll never forget ❤️

19/05/2026

3, 2, 1 — Outdoor Flying Trapeze classes have officially begun for the summer! 😍🎉☀️

We had beginner students & frequent flyers join us for our Opening Weekend — and what fantastic weather we had to kick off the season! 🎉😎☀️
Wanna try it yourself? Sign up for a Flying Trapeze class — no experience necessary! We’ll teach you all you need to know to get up there & try your first tricks.

All of our Flying Trapeze classes are now OUTDOORS for the season. If a class has to be moved indoors due to bad weather, we’ll let you know 1-2 hours before class time.

Summer!!!

16/05/2026

Flying trapeze & trampoline will be OUTSIDE at Foster tomorrow! (5/16)

15/05/2026

It’s opening weekend!

Flying Trapeze classes at Foster Beach start May 16! The weather is looking wonderful and we might have just a few spots remaining 👀👀👀

Get your summer started with flying trapeze! We can’t wait to see you in the skies!

08/05/2026

Flying Trapeze at Foster Beach starts on 5/16! 😍🎪🏝️

The views, the thrills, the new skills you’ll learn — we’ve been waiting all winter for flying weather to arrive & it’s finally here!

Starting May 16th, Flying Trapeze classes will take place OUTDOORS at Foster Beach! Classes are weather dependent, so in case of rain or chilly temps we will move indoors. If that happens, we’ll contact you 1-2 hours before start time to let you know. Classes moved indoors due to weather can’t be rescheduled.

As the summer moves on, aerial classes (with the exception of silks) will also move outdoors.

We can’t wait to spend summer with you at Foster Beach. Come fly with us!

01/05/2026

Lots of spots to fly at 11:45am tomorrow. Come fly with me, Brian, and James catching!!

30/04/2026

The CUTAWAY 🤩

This is what we call a stick trick because the catcher holds another bar for the flyer to catch instead of grabbing their wrists.

It’s a fun, flippy trick & a classic one to learn with a turn around swing.

Wanna try it yourself? Come take a class (or even a workshop!) While this isn’t the first trick you learn, you can start to work towards it. Everyone starts with a knee hang, & who knows how far you can go!

Come fly with us!

25/04/2026

Our next FREE Student Show is next Saturday 5/2 at 2:45 PM🤩🎪

Join us for JAZZERCISE! A Flying Trapeze & Circus Arts show! There will be trapeze! Silks! Neon! Spandex!

After the show, we’ll be offering single swings for all friends & family who’ve been wanting to try flying trapeze themselves!

We can’t wait to show off what our students have been working on!

21/04/2026

It’s so impressive & exhilarating!

There’s nothing like that feeling when you’ve been working so hard at something, building to just this moment. A moment that seemed so far away when you first started — but now it’s HERE and you can do it so well!

That’s what flying trapeze is like: each moment is a milestone, each new trick, new catch, every time you take off the safety lines is something new to be proud of.

A huge shout out to Vinh for his first ever catch out of safety lines! Go Vinh!

Think you could do this? Come sign up for a class & we’ll get you up on the bar (in safety lines) fast to teach you everything you need to know. Come fly with us! All it takes is that first step of signing up for class 😁

18/04/2026

What does circus mean to YOU?

For us it means freedom, community, creative expression, strength, & teaching what we’re passionate about to others It’s a place where life long friendships are formed & memories that last a lifetime are made.

Whether you practice flying trapeze, aerial silks, hammock, lyra, straps, trampoline, or anything every day, or just fondly remember the one time you did a knee hang on flying trapeze, today is the day we all celebrate circus & what it means to us all!

Happy World Circus Day!

Address

5200 N Lake Shore Drive

60640

Opening Hours

Monday	10:00 - 19:00
Tuesday	15:30 - 20:00
Wednesday	17:00 - 21:00
Thursday	17:30 - 20:00
Friday	09:30 - 20:00
Saturday	09:00 - 18:00
Sunday	09:00 - 18:00

Telephone

+18152777515

Website

http://getagriptrapeze.com/

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