The Big Top

Circus Flora is going underground! The caves beneath St Louis have fascinated the city’s residents for generations. Each cave has its own story, its own mystery, its own secrets. In The Quest for the Innkeeper’s Cask, Circus Flora’s troupe seeks an ancient relic, rumored to have mystical powers, and believed to be somewhere beneath the city’s streets. But it seems that someone does not want the Cask to be found — the closer it is, the more obstacles and boobytraps seem to be in the way.

Acrobats, daredevils, aerialists, comedians and more tell this wondrous story in a way that only Circus Flora can. Remind your family that adventure and excitement are everywhere, even underneath our city’s streets!

THEME NIGHTS:

Wednesday, June 15, 7pm – Baseball Night
First 100 guests receive a baseball-themed item + chance to win St. Louis Cardinals tickets!

Wednesday, June 22, 7pm – Hockey Night

Wednesday, June 29, 7pm – Pride Night
Circus Flora’s first annual Pride Night, featuring post-show drag show in the Big Top!

werQfest 2022
July 9, 2022
5pm Gates 5:30pm Show
18+
*$2 Cash Minor Surcharge
www.werqfest.com

VIP tickets include: Reserved Bleacher Seating, 2022 werQ VIP Package, Commemorative Poster

Julian King
Sevndeep
Bates & The Strangers
Frankie Dowop
Eldraco + Free Nation
Noah Fence
DJ Nico Marie
Jay-Marie is Holy
DDare Bionic
A.M. Strings

Hosted by Maxi Glamour

Proceeds to benefit THISTL and The Trevor Project

Sponsored By: N2Existence | Kranzberg Arts Foundation | RAC | RedBull | B. Elite Dance Academy | Kode Redd Studio | Hot 104.1 | Grow Active Solutions | City Gear
2pm – 10pm
All Ages
$3 Cash Minor Surcharge
Kids 6 & under free

Fun night of laughs brought to you by hilarious local Comedians that you won’t want to miss!

Von & Dat Dude Present:
Summertime All-White Affair
ft. Cupid (the creator of The Cupid Shuffle)

Ages 21+ only

$1 from every ticket sold will be donated to Ghetto Youth Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to creating social change and equity, with a focus on providing opportunity to young people, seniors, and families from compromised communities and challenging situations.

For more than two decades, the Family of the legendary Bob Marley — artist, prophet, world-renown messenger of peace and equality — have very quietly and humbly created life-changing, innovative, and impactful outreach initiatives across the globe.  Today, the Ghetto Youths Foundation proudly carries on this legacy of giving through charitable works and programs.

“And down here, down here in the ghetto… and down here, we suffer.”

Bob Marley

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Stephen Marley is an award-winning singer, songwriter and producer. From his solo works to family collaborations and production credits, Stephen Marley’s music has earned him eight Grammy Awards. He is the second eldest son of reggae legend Bob Marley and Rita Marley, raised in Kingston, Jamaica. Stephen started singing professionally at 7 years old with his elder siblings Ziggy, Sharon and Cedella in The Melody Makers.

Stephen has garnered recognition as a solo artist for his Grammy-winning albums Mind Control (dubbed “the best Marley album in a generation” by Entertainment Weekly), Mind Control Acoustic and Revelation Part I: The Root of Life, while also receiving multiple Grammys as as a producer – most notably for Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley’s massive cross – over hit Welcome To Jamrock. The second installment of Stephen Marley’s Revelation album series, Revelation Part II: The Fruit of Life, was released in 2016 on the Marley family’s Ghetto Youths International label.

Whereas The Root of Life offered a traditionalroots reggae album, The Fruit of Life emphasized the far-reaching impact Jamaican music has had on various genres – especially hip hop. Album guests included Rick Ross, Pit Bull, DJ Khaled, Busta Rhymes, Wyclef Jean, Shaggy and more. In 2018, Stephen Marley released a five-track EP, One Take: Acoustic Jams, which showcased raw, deconstructed versions of his and his father’s original songs. He took that stripped-down set on the road, performing for thousands during three North American tours, before the pandemic hit in 2020.

Summer 2022 marks the triumphant return of Stephen’s North American “Babylon By Bus” Tour which includes a cavalcade of hand-picked support artists appearing at various venues across the country, including a sold-out tour kickoff at Red Rocks Amphitheater with Ziggy Marley and Ben Harper. Additional dates will include Skip Marley, Kabaka Pyramid, Hirie and Mike Love with more to be announced.

Stephen continues to champion charitable endeavors centered in Jamaica as a co-founder of Ghetto Youths Foundation, along with his brothers Damian and Julian Marley.

With a prolific work ethic in his Lion Den Studios, Stephen just released an EP collection of songs he produced with female vocalists as an homage to legend Nina Simone, Celebrating Nina: A Reggae Tribute to Nina Simone, and is currently putting the finishing touches on his own new album projects, with the first solo LP slated to release in fall of 2022.

The End of Isolation Tour presents The BOX, a play written by Sarah Shourd, a survivor of solitary confinement, in collaboration with other survivors. The BOX is a play about collective resistance and personal transformation inspired by stories in US prisons collected through years of in-depth letter correspondence and visits with incarcerated people across the country. The BOX is a rare glimpse at the intimate bonds forged in the deep end of our prison system, the ripple effects of systematic torture, and what it means to be human. The End of Isolation Tour will bring immersive, transformative theater to communities across the country on the front lines of imagining a world without prison and the torture of solitary confinement. We are more than theater alone. We are a catalyst for building, strengthening, and knitting together communities across the country on the frontlines of ending torture and isolation.

House opens at 7pm. The performance will begin promptly at 7:30pm and will last for one hour and thirty minutes. At 9pm, we will hold a 30 minute post-performance engagement circle that will focus on using our bodies to collectively process the experience. We will wrap up at 9:30.

Please bring your own mask to wear during the performance, N95s are preferred. All our actors and crew members have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and we ask that audience members come to our show fully vaccinated as well. This is an outdoor venue. Limited socially-distanced seating is available on a first-come-first-serve basis.

This is an immersive theater experience. You can opt to sit in close proximity to the actors but will not be required to participate in the show. Be advised that the performance includes profanity, sexual language, and violent content which may not be appropriate for all ages. Should the show trigger you, we have ushers on hand to support you.

NOTE: A limited number of complimentary tickets are available for formerly-incarcerated and system-impacted people. To request a free ticket email Seneca ([email protected]) your full name and the city and date of the performance you would like to attend. Media inquiries are also welcome.