Frostbite Follies

Hot off their performances at NYC Department of Transpiration’s 2021 Summer Streets, please chill with us for a free outdoor winter performance by the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus along the Pell & Doyers Street corridor, starting off with a ice sculpting demonstration in front of 18 Doyers Street at 6pm, followed by Magician Juggling Duo, Clown Troupe, Rola Bola & Unicycle Comedy Feature beginning at 7pm.

Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts, Inc., founded by Keith Nelson and Stephanie Monseu in 1995, prides itself on being an integral part of America’s outstanding folk traditions of circus, sideshow, vaudeville, storytelling, and burlesque. The first Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret took place in 1995 in Brooklyn, New York. Each year since then, Bindlestiff has produced original Cirkus shows, festivals, and other public events. Bindlestiff has presented hundreds of the world’s top artists in the circus and variety fields. In 2017 Bindlestiff was invited to represent the art of circus at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, celebrating the cultural heritage of the American circus on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.