event El Circo Cheapo

If you have a deep love for circuses but detest the sprawling three-ring aspect of them, then El Circo Cheapo might be the ideal alternative: It’s an entire circus at an affordable sawbuck to boot. Self-billed as a “poor man’s Cirque du Soleil,” ECC backs that up with acrobats, clowns, and yes, freak shows, all milling about and entertaining. It can be a crapshoot who performs—an audience “might see five silk acts from five different companies or… a 6-year-old Russian trapeze artist”—but the price is hard to beat.

If you have a deep love for circuses but detest the sprawling three-ring aspect of them, then El Circo Cheapo might be the ideal alternative: It’s an entire circus at an affordable sawbuck to boot. Self-billed as a “poor man’s Cirque du Soleil,” ECC backs that up with acrobats, clowns, and yes, freak shows, all milling about and entertaining. It can be a crapshoot who performs—an audience “might see five silk acts from five different companies or… a 6-year-old Russian trapeze artist”—but the price is hard to beat.