Austin Shrine Circus

Austin Shrine Circus is returning to the Cedar Park Center January 18-21, 2013. Tickets just went on sale to the public but I haven't bought mine yet.  Why?  The good seats appear to be blocked off.  No matter what day or time I try, I cannot get a seat in the center section.  I've gone to the Shrine Circus for several years and I've always been able to find decent seats.  I doubt they are all sold out already (I was having this problem during the presale yesterday).  With money being extra tight now I'm not going to pay for bad seats so at this point it looks like I'll be skipping it this time.  That's too bad because it's one of my favorite photo opportunities.

If anyone knows why the seats are blocked off or how I can get seats in the center section please drop me an email.  Thanks!

Cirque is coming to town!

Cirque is coming to town!
Originally uploaded by DigiNik13

I saw this ad for Cirque du Soleil in Barton Creek Square. I hope the mall doesn't mind that I snapped a quick photo. I can't wait to see Saltimbanco! 

Some Circus Events in Austin this month

Sorry I've been negligent about updating the blog.  Some personal issues have limited my time and resources but I definitely want to mention some events coming up in Austin:

1.  Blue Lapis Light is doing a student showcase November 30th and December 1st.  More information is here: http://bluelapislight.org/performances/

2. Sky Candy is doing a show called "Land Without Evil".  It happens to be the same weekend of Cirque Du Soleil (darn!).  More info on Sky Candy's show here: http://skycandyaustin.com/performances/

3.  Trapeze Austin is doing 3 shows in the near future:  December 15th, January 12th and January 26th at their Circus tent.  I live very north so the tent is even harder for me to get to than the Soccer Zone, thus I haven't been out to their tent yet.  But I really enjoyed the show they did at the Soccer Zone and hopefully I can make it out to the tent some day.  But December 15th is Cirque du Soleil weekend and I believe January conflicts with the Shrine Circus (not confirmed yet).  So I may be missing this batch of shows again.  Why does everything in Austin happen on the same weekend?

4. Cirque Dreams will be doing their show "Holidaze" at the Long Center November 20-25.  I always enjoy Cirque Dreams and this looks to be a great show!

**Update** Now that I've joined the ranks of the unemployed I'm going to have to miss Cirque Dreams this year :-(

5.  Cirque du Soleil brings the final performances of Saltimbanco to the Cedar Park Center December 12-16th.  Yay!!  This is within driving distance for me and fortunately I already have my tickets :-)