ABOUT US

"As the chill of the night takes hold, the action inside the brightly coloured tent heats up in preparation for a night at the circus that doesn't disappoint."

- Canberra Critics Circle, 2022




Warehouse Circus and Canberra Circus Festival are in the place where they belong. Enjoy, and appreciate.

- Canberra Critics Circle, 2023






The Canberra Circus Festival is a project of Warehouse Circus Inc. - one of Australia's biggest youth circuses.


The festival exists to:

  • Provide the youth circus sector of Australia with a dedicated event for youth arts development, trainer training, networking, artistic immersion, career pathway information, and development of pre-emerging artistic networks;
  • Get more Canberrans to the circus to discover this wonderful, engaging, diverse and fun artform, both as audiences and participants;
  • Highlight the work of Warehouse Circus Inc. and our mission to positively transform lives via circus;
  • Showcase the creative spring of Canberra and Ex-Canberra circus art and artists;
  • Showcase new and exciting work from Australian small circus companies;
  • connect the community sector and the community of Woden, Tuggeranong and Weston Creek;
  • Be really fun.


The festival blends a youth circus sector training intensive and performance development project with a public facing festival of contemporary Australian circus, a circus market featuring free circus workshops for all people of all backgrounds, food trucks, great local crafts, World class Street Circus Artists, and a rolling line-up of amazing Big-top circus shows.

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Where are we?


Chifley Community Oval and Warehouse Circus, Maclaurin Cres, Chifley


How to get there:


From Woden Town Centre: Walk, Ride, Scoot South West, Crossing the intersection at Hindmarsh and Melrose, Heading up through the path on the corner to Anderson St, Then Maclaurin, and follow around until you see the big tents on the oval!


Alternatively: Take the underpass under Hindmarsh drive and follow the footpath all the way to the tents!


Bus: From Woden Interchange, take the number 62 Bus, leaving on the half-hour or the hour all day. Alight at Chifley Shops.


Mobility restrictions: Park at The Chifley Health & Wellbeing Hub, follow the path down to the oval. some incline, and the festival is on a grass oval.


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