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Arts & Entertainment

Circus Heads to Great Mall

Catch the show at the Great Mall from July 7 - 12. Nine shows featuring trapeze artists, acrobats and clowns.

Performers from the Circo Hermanos Caballero will perform under the Big Top in the parking lot near Marshall's from Thursday, July 7 through Tuesday, July 12. The circus is currently at Hilltop Mall in Richmond.

The show features a motorcycle "Death Globe", clowns, trapeze artists 11-year-old Ruben Caballero III and his partner Marco Antonio, camels, jugglers, contortionists, and a mini ponies act according to Executive Promoter Bill Mendosa.

Circo Hermano Caballero, a six-generation circus family, is originally from Mexico, according to Mendosa. This is their first time in Milpitas.  

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He said, “We were in Las Vegas Circus Circus for 10 years, with Ringling Brothers for 6 years, 4 years in Japan, and 4 years in Russia.”

On Wednesday, Mendosa and Ringmaster Ruben Caballero appeared before the Milpitas Planning Commission at a special meeting to obtain a last-minute permit.

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Show times are:

  • Thursday, July 7 at 7 p.m.

  • Friday, July 8 at 7 p.m.

  • Saturday, July 9 at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.

  • Sunday, July 10 at 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., and 7 p.m.

  • Monday, July 11 at 7 p.m.

  • Tuesday, July 12 at 7 p.m. 


  • Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 children ages 10 and up. Free children's tickets can be found at retail stores inside the Great Mall.

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