Flotsam River Circus

08/27/2026

Hello Hardin! We're here!
Show at 6:30!

08/27/2026

Three cheers for the Grafton Pub!!!

Thank you Flotsam River Circus for visiting us in Grafton! The show was amazing, and we loved hosting you for dinner! Safe travels in the rest of your journey ❤️

08/26/2026

Thank you ALTON!
We're heading upriver today to Grafton and we're going to miss you. So many amazing people trusted us and brought us into your homes over these past two weeks while we set up and rehearsed for this tour!

Thank you to Charles, Taryn, Jennifer, Meredith and Jesse - for hosting us! Also to Caleb and Holly at The Conservatory for setting up our pretour show. And to Kooliverse’ Michael Snider for being our anchor when we got into town and being such an inspring artist. And a HUGE thank you to Rob Honke and everyone at The Alton Marina for giving our ramshackle crew a space to rehearse on the water!

And there are so many others...
Thank you, thank you, thank you!

(Photo by Dan Rogers)

08/25/2026

Alton tonight! Grafton tomorrow!

08/24/2026

Wow! Thank you, Saint Louis!
What a lovely opening weekend. It felt so good to see such huge, responsive crowds along the riverfront. We feel like the city gave us a big hug!

Special thanks to our local river and circus friends - Muddy Mike and Big Muddy Adventures, Jessica Hentoff and Circus Harmony, and Circus Flora. Thank you to everyone in town who helped house us, feed us, and collect donations. And a huge thank you to Mayor Cara Spencer and the St. Louis Port Authority for welcoming us!

Tell your friends upstream we are on our way! We're in Alton on Tuesday, Grafton on Wednesday - and then headed up the Illinois all the way to Chicago!

(Photo by Vil Villa)

08/23/2026

St Louis! You've already been amazing, and we have one more show Sunday night at 630PM. Come early for the best seats we had more than 1000 smiling faces tonight. Free show/donations appreciated. Link in profile for info, see you there!
💜📸 Jan Damm of the incomparable Shannon Gray

08/21/2026

Hello, St Louis!!!!!

08/18/2026

Saint Louis - here we come!

08/16/2026

ST LOUIS - Here we come!
We'll be at the St. Louis Riverfront (just north of the Arch, near the Eads Bridge) on August 21, 22, and 23. The shows start at 6:30 pm and last about one hour. Bring a chair or blanket! The show is FREE to attend, but donations keep us afloat!

More info at:
www.rivercircus.com

Flotsam! River Circus will bring its floating, donation-supported show to the St. Louis Riverfront Aug. 21-23, followed by stops in Alton and Grafton.

The troupe performs from a raft mounted on a pontoon boat, combining music, acrobatics, juggling and a post-apocalyptic story about mutant fish and the last surviving humans.

🔗 More details at the link in comments and stltoday.com.

📰 Daniel Neman, Post-Dispatch
📸 Christian Gooden, Post-Dispatch