Every year since 2009 Circus Bella has been delighting audiences across the San Francisco bay area with its annual Circus in the Parks series.

We caught the 1pm show in Salesforce park today. There was another show at 3pm, and they’ll finish their season at Radium Runway in Alameda next weekend (July 26, 2025).

Shows run for about an hour and are all free of charge, so spaces may fill up quickly. It’s a smaller circus so don’t expect Cirque-do-soleil type escapades. But the acts were all enjoyable, and it was a delight to see kids playing along.

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