The event, which is also broadcast on television (remember those rainy Sundays spent watching the show!), has been enthralling young and old for years. Under the presidency of Her Serene Highness Stéphanie of Monaco, it reunites the world's greatest circus talents under the Fontvieille Tent. Acrobats, trapeze artists, jugglers, clowns and animal tamers compete for the Golden Clown, with each act more astounding than the last.

In the ring !

The Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival returns for the 36th consecutive year, in this chilly month of January…

By Marine Normand - Photos DR / François Dehurtevent - January 14, 2011

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Two innovations are planned for 2012, the “New Generation” festival which will welcome young artists to the starry ring on February 4-5, and an Open Day on January 21. Here you can discover extracts from the acts and watch rehearsals in the company of the trainers and their animals. This January Monaco turns into a three-ring-circus!

36th International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo

From January 19 to 29 2012

In the Fontvielle tent

Avenue des Ligures

98000 MONACO

www.montecarlofestival.mc