Circus Vargas Opens at NewPark Mall on Thursday

Are you ready for clowns, aerialists, acrobats and more? The circus is coming to the Tri-Cities.

Circus Vargas will host eight shows between Thursday and Monday at the  in Newark.

Orchestrating it all will be singing ringmaster Kevin Venardos who, as Master of Ceremonies, will bring a touch of Broadway extravagance to the event which is designed appeal to adults and children.

The tent is also an attraction that will be hard to miss. It consists of 90,000 square feet of fabric and is supported by 500 individually placed stakes and over four miles of rope and cable weighing more than 17 tons. It’s large enough to accommodate 1,500 people comfortably in theater-style tent seats.

The circus opens Thursday and continues through Sept. 17. Show times will be:

Thursday, Sept. 13
8 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 14

5 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 15

5 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 16

4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 7
7 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased through the League of Volunteers or at . Call 510-793-5683 for more information or visit www.lov.org.

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Patch contributor Rob Klindt contributed to this report.

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