Circus Routes, Ringling-Barnum 1960-67

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, 1960 Route

January

23-31 Miami Beach, Fla.

February

5-7 Montgomery, Ala.
9-10 Columbus, Ga.
12-14 Nashville, Tenn.
16-18 Greenville, S.C.
20-21 Winston-Salem, N.C.
26-28 Raleigh, N.C.

March

2-3 Huntington, W. Va.
5-6 Charleston, W. Va.
11-13 Greensboro, N.C.
16-20 Charlotte, N.C.
23-24 Haddonfield, N.J.
25-29 Philadelphia, Pa.
Mar. 31 - May 15, New York City
Madison Square Garden

May

17-22 Boston, Mass.
23-25 New Haven, Conn.
27-30 Hershey, Pa.

June

3-12 Chicago, Ill.
14-15 Troy, O.
17-19 Fort Wayne, Ind.
21-22 Toledo, O.
25-26 Evansville, Ind.
28-30 Atlanta, Ga.

Month of July off

August

5-7 Omaha, Neb.
11-14 Denver, Colo.
16-17 Salt Lake City, Utah
19-21 San Francisco, Calif.
23-24 Oakland, Calif.
26-28 San Francisco, Calif.
31 - Sept. 1, Fresno, Calif.

September

3-4 San Bernardino, Calif.
7-18 Los Angeles, Calif.
21-25 San Diego, Calif.
28 - Oct. 2 Dallas, Tex.

October

4-5 Ardmore, Okla.
7-9 Springfield, Mo.
11-12 Owensboro, Ky.
14-16 Louisville, Ky.
19-23 Detroit, Mich.
26-30 Milwaukee, Wis.

November

4-6 Green Bay, Wis.
8-9 Waterloo, Ia.
11-13 Des Moines, Ia.
16-20 Cleveland, O.
24-27 Birmingham, Ala.
End of season
Home run

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, 1961 Route

January

25-29 Miami Beach, Fla.

February

2-5 Jacksonville, Fla.
7-8 Montgomery, Ala.
10-12 Columbus, Ga.
17-19 Winston-Salem, N.C.
20-22 Greenville, S.C.
24-26 Nashville, Tenn.

March

1-5 Charlotte, N.C.
6-8 Raleigh, N.C.
9-12 Greensboro, N.C.
15-20 Washington, D.C.
23-26 Haddonfield, N.J.
Mar. 29 - May 14 New York City
Madison Square Garden

May

16-21 Boston, Mass.
24-28 Buffalo, N.Y.
30-June 3 Toronto, Ont.

June

6-7 Muskegon, Mich.
9-11 Toledo, O.
13-14 Fort Wayne, Ind.
16-25 Chicago, Ill.
28 - July 1 Kansas City, Mo.

July

27-30 Denver, Colo.

August

2-3 Bozeman, Mont.
5-6 Butte, Mont.
10-13 Spokane, Wash.
15-20 Portland, Ore.
23-25 Oakland, Calif.
26-27 San Jose, Calif.
29-30 Fresno, Calif.

September

1-3 San Francisco, Calif.
5-6 Bakersfield, Calif.
8-10 San Francisco, Calif.
13-17 San Diego, Calif.
20 - Oct. 1 Los Angeles, Calif.

October

3-5 San Bernardino, Calif.
7-9 Las Vegas, Nev.
12-14 Albuquerque, N.M.
16-18 Lubbock, Tex.
20-23 Oklahoma City, Okla.
26-29 Dallas, Tex.
31 - Nov. 1 Tulsa, Okla.

November

3-5 Des Moines, Ia.
6-8 Lincoln, Neb.
10-12 Canton, O.
14-19 Cleveland, O.
21-25 Pittsburgh, Pa.
28 - Dec. 3 Philadelphia, Pa.

December

6-10 Knoxville, Tenn.
End of season
Home run

From Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 1969 Route Book. Provided by John Polacek.

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, 1962 Route

January

24-28 Miami Beach, Fla.
31 - Feb. 4 Jacksonville, Fla.

February

6-7—Columbus, Ga.
9-11 Montgomery, Ala.
13-14 Nashville, Tenn.
16-18 Birmingham, Ala.
20-21 Winston-Salem, N.C.
22-24 Greenville, S.C.

March

1-4 Greensboro, N.C.
7-11 Charlotte, N.C.
14-18 Philadelphia, Pa.
21-22 Haddonfteld, N.J.
23 - April 1 Washington, D. C.

April/May

April 4 - May 13 New York City
Madison Square Garden

May

14-15 New Haven, Conn.
16-20 Boston, Mass.
23-27 Buffalo, N.Y.
29 - June 3 Toronto, Ont.

June

5-6 Ottawa, Ont.
8-10 Muskegon, Mich.
12-17 Detroit, Mich.
21 - July 1 Chicago, Ill.

Summer Layoff

July

17-18 Sioux Falls, S.D.
20-22 Omaha, Neb.
26-29 Denver, Colo.

August

2-5 Spokane, Wash.
7-12 Seattle, Wash.
14-19 Portland, Ore.
22-23 San Jose, Calif.
24-26 San Francisco, Calif.
28-29 Oakland, Calif.
30 - Sept. 2 San Francisco, Calif.

September

4-5 Bakersfield, Calif.
7-9 Las Vegas, Nev.
12-16 San Diego, Calif.
19 - Oct. 7 San Diego, Calif.

October

9-10 San Bernardino, Calif.
12-14 Long Beach, Calif.
16-18 Albuquerque, N.M.
20-23 Oklahoma City, Okla.
25-28 Dallas, Tex.
30 - Nov. 1 Jackson, Miss.

November

3-5 Memphis, Tenn.
7-11 Milwaukee, Wis.
14-18 Cleveland, O.
20-24 Pittsburgh, Pa.
27-29 Louisville, Ky.
End of season
Home run

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, 1963 Route

January

24-28 Miami Beach, Fla.
30 - Feb. 3 Jacksonville, Fla.

February

5-6 Columbus, Ga.
8-10 Montgomery, Ala.
12-13 Nashville, Tenn.
15-17 Knoxville, Tenn.
19-21 Greenville, Tenn.
23-25 Raleigh, N.C.
28 - Mar. 3 Greensboro, N. C.

March

6-10 Charlotte, N.C.
12-19 Washington, D.C.
20-26 Baltimore, Md.
27-31 Philadelphia, Pa.

April

April 3 - May 15 New York City
Madison Square Garden

May

17-19 Boston, Mass.
24-26 Boston, Mass.
20-22 New Haven, Conn.
28-29 Syracuse, N.Y.
30 - June 2 Buffalo, N.Y.

June

4-5 Steubenville, O.
7-9 Canton, O.
11-12 Toledo, O.
14-16 Fort Wayne, Ind.
19-30 Chicago, Ill.

July

3-7 Milwaukee, Wis.
10-11 Bozeman, Mont.
13-15 Spokane, Wash.
17-21 Portland, Ore.
22-23 Tacoma, Wash.
24-28 Seattle, Wash.

August

1-13 Los Angeles, Calif.
15-18 San Diego, Calif.
21-25 Long Beach, Calif.
29 - Sept. 1 San Francisco, Calif.

September

2-5 Oakland, Calif.
6-8 San Francisco, Calif.
10-11 Bakersfield, Calif.
13-15 San Bernardino, Calif.
17-19 Lubbock, Tex.
21-23 Springfield, Mo.
25-29 St. Louis, Mo.

October

1-2 Sioux Falls, S.D.
4-6 Lincoln, Neb.
8-10 Amarillo, Tex.
11-13 Albuquerque, N.M.
16-20 Denver, Colo.
22-24 Oklahoma City, Okla.
26-27 Tulsa, Okla.
28-29 Ardmore, Okla.
31 - Nov. 4 Dallas, Tex.

November

6-7 Jackson, Miss.
9-11 Louisville, Ky.
13-17 Detroit, Mich.
20-24 Cleveland, O.
End of season
Home run

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, 1964 Route

January

16-21 Miami Beach, Fla.
23-27 Jacksonville, Fla.
30 Greenville, S. C.

February

Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 Greenville, S.C.
5-9 Greensboro, N.C.
10-11 Winston-Salem, N.C.
14-16 Raleigh, N.C.
19 - Mar. 3 Washington, D.C.

March-May

5-16 Baltimore, Md.
18-20 Philadelphia, Pa.
Mar. 24 - May 10 New York City
Madison Square Garden

May

15-17 Boston, Mass.
19-21 New Haven, Conn.
22-24 Boston, Mass.
27-31 Toronto, Ont., Can.

June

2-3 Syracuse, N.Y.
5-7 Buffalo, N. Y.
9-10 Toledo, O.
12-14 Muskegon, Mich.
18-28 Chicago, Ill.
30 - July 4 Milwaukee, Wis.

July

8-11 Des Moines, Ia.
15-19 Dallas, Tex.
July 22 - Aug. 4 Los Angeles, Calif.

August

6-9 Long Beach, Calif.
12-16 San Diego, Calif.
21-23 San Francisco, Calif.
25-27 Oakland. Calif.
28-30 San Francisco, Calif.

September

2-7 Denver, Colo.
11-13 Tulsa, Okla.
15-16 Hutchinson, Kans.
18-20 Springfield, Mo.
23-27 St. Louis, Mo.
29-30 Rock Island, Ill.

October

2-4 Green Bay, Wis.
7-11 Indianapolis, Ind.
14-18 Detroit, Mich.
20-22 Knoxville, Tenn.
24-25 Nashville, Tenn.
28 - Nov. 1 Charlotte, N.C.

November

3-4 Montgomery, Ala.
5-8 Birmingham, Ala.
11-15 Kansas City, Me.
18-21 Pittsburgh, Pa.
24-26 Memphis, Tenn.
28-29 Mobile, Ala.
End of season
Home run, Venice, Florida

From Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 1969 Route Book. Provided by John Polacek.

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, 1965 Route

January

9-10 Venice, Fla.
13-17 Miami Beach, Fla.
20-24 Jacksonville, Fla.
29-31 Greenville. S. Car.

February

4-7 Raleigh, N.C.
10-14 Greensboro, N.C.
17-21 Charleston, W. Va.
23-24 Steubenville, Ohio
26-28 Johnstown, Pa.

March

3-16 Washington, D.C.
18-24 Baltimore, Md.
25-30 Philadelphia, Pa.
25-26 Utica, N.Y.
28-30 Syracuse, N.Y.

April/May

1 - May 9 New York City, N.Y.

May

11-13 New Haven, Conn.
14-16 Boston, Mass.
19-23 Boston, Mass.

June

2-6 Toronto, Ontario
10-13 Houston, Texas
16-29 Chicago, Ill.

July

2-4 Milwaukee, Wisc.
8-10 Calgary, Alberta
12-14 Edmonton, Canada
16-18 Portland, Oregon

July

20-21 Spokane, Wash.
22-25 Seattle, Wash.
30 - Aug. 1 San Francisco, Calif.

August

11-24 Los Angeles, Calif.
(Race riots at nearby Watts forced
cancellation of many performances)
26-29 Long Beach, Calif.

September

1-5 San Diego, Calif.
7-8 Las Vegas, Nev.
10-12 Lubbock, Texas
15-19 Denver, Colo.
22-26 St. Louis, Mo.
27 - Oct. 4 Kansas City, Mo.

October

8-10 Fort Wayne, Ind.
12-13 Toledo, Ohio
14-17 Cleveland, Ohio
18-20 Dayton, Ohio
22-24 Knoxville, Tenn.
26-27 Memphis, Tenn.
29-31 Louisville, Ky.

November

3-7 Pittsburg, Pa.
10-14 Charlotte, N.C.
16-18 Birmingham, Ala.
19-21 Montgomery, Ala.
23-24 Mobile, Ala.
20-28 Tampa, Fla.
End of season
Home run, Venice Florida

From Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 1969 Route Book. Provided by John Polacek.

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, 1966 Route

January

15-16 Venice, Fla.
18-19 St. Petersburg, Fla.
21-25 Miami Beach, Fla.
28-30 Jacksonville, Fla.

February

1-2 Columbus, Ga.
4-6 Greenville, S.C.
9-13 Greensboro, N.C.
16-20 Raleigh, N.C.
23-27 Charleston, W. Va.

March

3-13 Baltimore, Md.
15-28 Washington, D.C.

April/May

1 Philadelphia, Pa.
5 - May 15 New York, N.Y.

May

17-19 New Haven, Conn.
20-22 Boston, Mass.
24-29 Boston, Mass.

June

1-5 Detroit, Mich.
7-8 Nashville, Tenn.
10-12 Little Rock, Ark.
16-19 Houston, Texas
23-28 Dallas, Texas

July

1-4 Oklahoma City, Okla.
6-7 San Angelo, Texas
9-10 Albuquerque, N. Mex.
13-17 Phoenix, Ariz.
20 - Aug. 2 Los Angeles, Calif.

August

4-7 Long Beach, Calif.
10-14 San Diego, Calif.
18-21 San Francisco, Calif.
22-25 Oakland, Calif.
26-28 San Francisco, Calif.
30-31 San Bernardino, Calif.

September

2-4 Las Vegas, Nev.
7-11 Denver, Colo.
15-18 Tulsa, Okla.
21-25 St. Louis, Mo.
27 - 2 Kansas City, Mo.

October

4-16 Chicago, Ill.
19-23 Cleveland, Ohio
26-30 Pittsburgh, Penn.

November

1-6 Dayton, Ohio
9-13 Charlotte, N.C.
15-16 Montgomery, Ala.
17-20 Birmingham, Ala.
End of season
Home run - Venice, Florida

From Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 1969 Route Book. Provided by John Polacek.

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, 1967 Route

January

10-11 Venice, Fla.
13-15 St. Petersburg, Fla.
18-22 Miami, Fla.
24-25 Tampa, Fla.
27-30 Jacksonville, Fla.

February

2-5 Greenville, S.C.
7-12 Greensboro, N.C.
16-19 Charleston, W. Va.
22-26 Raleigh, N.C.

March

2-12 Baltimore, Md.
14-27 Washington, D.C.
28 - April 2 Philadelphia. Pa.

April/May

4 - May 14 New York
16-28 Montreal, Canada (Expo '67)
30 - June 1 New Haven, Conn.

June

2-11 Boston, Mass.
12-13 Providence, R.I.
16-18 Knoxville, Tenn.
22-25 Houston, Tex.
27-28 Shreveport, La.
30 - July 2 Little Rock, Ark.

July

5-9 Dallas, Texas
12-16 Phoenix, Arizona
19 - Aug. 1 Los Angeles, Calif.

August

3-6 Long Beach, Calif.
8-13 Anaheim, Calif.
16-20 San Diego, Calif.
23-24 Fresno
25-29 Oakland
30 - Sept. 3 San Francisco

September

6-10 Portland, Oregon
12-13 Spokane, Wash.
15-17 Butte, Montana
21-24 Duluth, Minn.
27 - Oct. 1 Madison, Wisc.

October

3-15 Chicago, Ill.
18-22 Detroit, Mich.
24-26 Toledo, Ohio
28-29 Dayton, Ohio

November

1-5 Pittsburgh, Pa.
8-12 Charlotte, N.C.
14-19 Birmingham, Ala.
End of season
Home run - Venice, Florida

From Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 1969 Route Book. Provided by John Polacek.

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