The circus is coming to the Lake Lawn Airport in Delavan on Saturday, June 23rd, 2018. The family of the Carson & Barnes Circus is proud to present the World Debut of Circus Saurus!

With the dawn of a new day comes a new era under the Big Top, and those that were once extinct will re-emerge again – right before your eyes! Be our guest as we transform the Big Top into a time machine and embark on an adventure of a lifetime!

Be amazed as dinosaurs shake the very ground we walk on. Our trio of Deinonychus – Rumble, Rascal, and Rebel – will transport you back in time and show you why dinosaurs ruled the land!

The extinct giants of the past and the endangered Asian elephants of today clash under the Big Top in this high thrilling adventure. Don’t miss the premiere production of Circus Saurus!

Three shows: 1:30pm, 4:30pm, and 7:30pm. 

Tickets are available at the front desk at Lake Lawn Resort, and online. Click here for details, and to purchase online. 

Delavan was the birthplace and winter home to over 100 traveling circuses back in the 1800's. The state’s history with the circus started in 1847 when brothers Edmund and Jeremiah Mabie, owners of the U.S. Olympic Circus – then the nation’s largest traveling show – acquired land in Delavan, Wisconsin. The land, which is now Lake Lawn Resort, became the Mabie’s headquarters. It provided everything they required – abundant pastureland and fresh water for the horses and other circus animals, plus an ideal central staging spot for the winter season. The Mabie Brothers Circus started 24 years before P.T. Barnum’s circus organized in the town of Delavan, but ended when founder Jeremiah Mabie passed away in 1867. His widow went on to open a modest guesthouse on the north shore of Delavan Lake, marking the humble beginning of Lake Lawn Resort. To celebrate the circus, the Delavan Historical Society is bringing the circus to Lake Lawn Resort this summer.