Great Circus Parade to Return to Milwaukee in July 2009

The Great Circus Parade will return to Milwaukee on Sunday, July 12, 2009. Fifty authentic circus wagons from Circus World's world-class collection, 60 horse-drawn vehicles, 10 marching bands and more bands performing atop circus wagons will parade through downtown Milwaukee. A modern-day re-creation of circus parades from the early 1900s, the parade is a spectacle of color and glitz. The popular event will mark the 40th running of the Great Circus Parade — the 30th in Milwaukee — and will help Circus World celebrate its 50th anniversary season in 2009. Circus World's historic wagons will begin their trek to a staging area at Veterans Park on Milwaukee's Lakefront aboard semi trailers — eight wagons a day — from July 1-3 and July 6-10, 2009. Then, on Sunday, July 12, they will parade through the streets of downtown Milwaukee accompanied by the marching bands and other colorful vehicles, creating a spectacle that hasn't been seen in the city since the summer of 2003.