1. Big Top Festival

Big Top Festival

2 - 3 May 2026

Roll Up! Roll Up! Big Top Festival Brings World‑Class Circus Magic to Southport

📅 2 - 3 May 2026
📍 Southport Town Centre
🎟️ Free event

Big Top Festival is coming to town and is turning Southport into a stage for some of the best circus performers in the world on 2-3 May!

With incredible acrobatics, spellbinding live shows, the chance to learn your own circus skills and lots of people being very silly, this totally free event builds on Southport’s history as a renowned home for circus and clowning.

With shows happening across five different spaces in the town centre, audiences can pick and choose what they watch while exploring the shops, cafés and restaurants.

You don't need a ticket — just grab your family and friends, find your funny bone and prepare to be dazzled!

Download the Big Top programme

Head to Visit Southport for further information

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