(Lewiston, NY) – Artpark’s Cirque Festival will feature internationally acclaimed cirque troupe, Flip Fabrique and additional performers throughout Artpark’s Lower Park (South 4th St. entrance), on Sunday, August 17, 2025 from 4PM to 8PM.
Flip Fabrique, heralding from Quebec, Canada, will bring the “Summer Break” performance atop their “Summer Break Bus” while showcasing a circus-styled acrobatic performance of what it was like being at summer camp for the very first time. From meeting new friends, to hijinks and all the nostalgia from a Summer Break! Also featured at Artpark’s Cirque festival will be American professional solo swinging-trapeze and acrobatic artist Violet Defiant and the Buffalo, NY-based music, art and dance performers of Slyboots Circus.
This fun-for-all-ages festival combines multiple cirque performers and performances that Artpark fans have come to experience and love each Summer at Artpark.
Advance tickets go on sale Friday, April 18 at 10AM.
This festival is presented by Artpark.
Tickets will be available for purchase online at ticketmaster.com and the Artpark box office. The Artpark Box office, located via South 4th Street, is now open Tuesday-Friday 10AM- 4PM and Saturdays 10am-2pm.
More on Flip Fabrique
FLIP Fabrique is a circus company based in Québec, Canada. Born out of the dreams and the friendship of circus performers in 2011, this troupe is renowned around the world for its beloved production combining astonishing feats to true visual poetry.
Composed of world-class artists, the troupe crafts contemporary circus shows with an uncanny ability to have fun and move the audience. In addition to its large-scale shows presented every summer in Québec City since 2015, the troupe performs around the globe in the most prestigious circus institutions and festivals.
More on Violet Defiant
Experience the breathtaking thrill of our Solo Swinging Trapeze act! Violet Defiant is one of the only swinging trapeze performers in the US. Watch in awe as she swings, twists, and flips in a jaw-dropping, daring, dynamic spectacle.
More on Slyboots Circus
The Slyboots Circus is the premier performing ensemble at the Slyboots School which features music and dance from around the world, story telling, puppetry and circus arts to captivate and excite audiences around the world. The Slyboots Circus specializes in performances, workshops, festivals, school assemblies, lecture demonstrations and celebrations of all shapes and sizes.
Additional 2025 events and programs at Artpark currently on sale include:
Wine & Wheels (multiple dates in June & July); The Driver Era (June 6); The String Cheese Incident (June 18); Gary Clark Jr. (June 24); Artcamps (three sessions in July); George Thorogood and The Destroyers & 38 Special (July 1); Todd Rundgren (July 3); Rick Springfield: I Want My 80’s Tour with John Waite, Wang Chung & Paul Young (July 5); Juanes (July 10); Artpark Fairy House Festival (July 12); Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue (July 17); Rainbow Kitten Surprise (July 29); Lucy Dacus (July 30); Blackberry Smoke and Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs (July 31); Slightly Stoopid (August 1); Chicago (August 8); Fitz and The Tantrums (August 12); Yacht Rock Revue (August 13); Toad The Wet Sprocket (August 15); Gregory Alan Isakov with Ocie Elliott (August 24); “Wicked Sing-Along” Movie Night (August 26);The Australian Pink Floyd: 50th Anniversary Wish You Were Here Tour (August 27); UB40 (8/29); Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood: Asking for Trouble Tour (August 30); Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas (September 21);and Vance Joy (September 26)
Please visit artpark.net for additional events and information.