Customer ReviewsforGarden Bros Circus

First and foremost the roped ponies walking in circle after circle all afternoon and night in the heat with both kids and large adults on their backs needs to be banned immediately. Despite the childhood nostalgia, the only reason I gave a circus another chance was because I thought we were done abusing animals. The price gauging too was insane and slimy. $5 for a tiny bottle of water and $12 for a lemonade when everyone in the tent was on the verge of a heat stroke is not right. Which leads me to the next point.. Idk how they can supposedly say the tent is "climate controlled" because EvErYone was soaked in sweat. Lastly, yes the women performers did not need to be dressed in lingerie. For what should be a family friendly show it was disturbing and hard to see past. I know this review sounds repetitive based on all the others but it's all very true and warranted. I hope the company can take those criticisms and actually do better.

This company is faulty because they send all these tickets to these schools telling all the kids that they can get in the circus for free with a paying adult. On the ticket it states that all kids 2-13 can get in free with paying adult, however, it does not tell you that the adult ticket is $58 and the kids tickets are $25 until you go to the location and it only shows the amount for adults and kids on the stand outside but none of this information can be found on the ticket itself. Now what I did notice was that at the top of the ticket it did say $15.00 for admission and at the bottom it stated that the the first 100 people online could get the tickets for 14.00. I am trying to understand where the extra money came in at. It was disappointing that I had to tell my kids that they can not attend the circus because the information on the tickets was not correct. we had been planning to go all week I could not just tell them that we could not attend. So I purchased the tickets for over 100.00 and when we went in it was a complete joke all I seen was half naked dancers and men jumping around on stage. It was called human gone wild but in reality it was a strip club for the kids which is very disrespectful my son was shocked. He only got happy when the guy flipped off the round cage everything else was a complete disaster all that money wasted because that was defiantly not a circus more of a freaknik show , and the dancers were not even moving in the same order just chaos the whole time just a bunch of bad acting they need to go back to the drawing board with Garden Bros Circus

We couldnt enjoy the show because here in Miami first it was $60 for adults $10 parking and it was ok show. There was no air conditioner. The tent was like an oven here in *****. We had to leave at half time we were so sweaty and hot. I felt like I was going to have a heat stroke never again ,it was very expensive

The Garden Circus have a show in ***** Fairground on sunday 11/12/2023, me and my wife came with my kids 4 years old and 8 month to enjoy the show. We only could be there less than 20 minutes because the music levels was so high that my son with 4 years old couldn't resist the high volume on his ears. The volume on live show allowed are under 100 decibels with peaks of 107 decibels maximum. There is no even one sign warning the attendance for the disturbing and harmful noise levels. We request by mail a reimbursement of $140, but the answer of Event Coordinator *************************** refuse to reimburse beside the ridiculous excuses that nobody ever complaint about the noise levels: "... We have had over ******* attendees this year and close to ****** attendees just this past weekend and this is the only complaint we have had about the noise level...." then she continue "...We have a strict no refund policy and your request does not fall under any circumstance for which I can approve a refund..."What biggest circumstances can fall under that "policy" than just be there less than 20 minutes because the sound was affecting my kids ears. After this incident, I did a research, and i have seen the numerous complaints and legal problems this Circus have been involved during the years, which indicates they are not doing the right thing.

The show was good, nothing crazy but could be the right entertainment of couple hours for your kids. Just to the entrance 4 small horses tied and placed in a circle in a pen as if it were a living carousel. those poor animals were in the heat (84 degrees), so dirty that the stench could reach a mile away. they were sad and scared with their heads down because they were obviously afraid of further mistreatment. plus they asked you $14 to go on a tour, which was allowed not only to children but also to adults. Can you explain to me how a pony can do such a job?? but then wasn't the circus banned from exploiting animals?? they did it with elephants and they banned it, so they thought it best to change the animal?! smart or stupid?! I would put a rope around their necks to walk around in the sun all day!!! I invite them to be more human. Thank you

I don't know why this place has so many bad reviews because I really enjoyed the show. We had for young children with us and all of them were entertained the entire time. The performers did a great job! We bought the $14 ticket specials and I feel it was well worth it. I did take one star because they do nickel and dime you in the kids area. But that's not all that different from most places now in days. And if you don't want to spend the money you don't have to. Also sometimes our view was blocked by the tent poles and scaffolding. But there were enough empty seats that we were able to simply move one way or the other so we didn't miss much. Now to address some of the other complaints I've seen; yes, there are people walking around trying to sell stuff throughout the show, but they're not aggressive or in the way. I purchased my tickets online and had no issues with the kids being free. Yes, some of the performance outfits were revealing, but I don't feel like it was overly inappropriate for my 4-year-old. The food was a little pricey, but still less than a lot of other shows that have been to. And the temperature inside the tent was comfortable. Being that we're in Florida and it's always hot, that's an accomplishment. Neither the show or the intermission fell overly long. Overall I would definitely come back. It was a fun night!

It says climate controlled but it is so hot under the tent that we may need to leave early. A lemonade or slurpy is $12. Parking is $20. Biggest rip off ever and the show hasnt even started.

I understand it takes a lot to put a show like this together, and no doubt the performers put a lot into their acts, but for a show that is advertised as family friendly, I left feeling like the two seven-year-old little girls I took to this circus did not need to see three grown men take off their jackets and dance around naked from waist up. I also felt the female costume designs were entirely too revealing for something small children are watching; it's unnecessary to have the costume ride up the girls' rear ends....this wasn't a Victoria's Secret fashion show. That was my biggest concern. Second, please make it known that all the extra stuff you advertise besides the show is not included in the ticket price. We paid $60.00 for tickets to the show, and maybe I missed something, but the bounce house slide, face painting, pony rides, etc. all cost additional money we did not account for because the way it was advertised made it sound like it was included. We even checked the site again to be sure we didn't miss something....we didn't see anything stating these things cost extra. $7.00 a ticket and all of it was at least two tickets for each amenity. It was an additional $28.00 just for the girls to get their faces painted. It was a HUGE regret coming early. The girls wanted their picture taken with the dinosaur during intermission....I didn't think that was going to cost anything because the photo was taken with parents' phones....nope $14.00 for that....for what? You were using cell phones! We ended up walking away from that. The concessions were ridiculously overpriced....$8.00 for a bag of popcorn...really? $20.00 for parking, also insane. Something we thought was going to be a pleasant experience cost us in excess of $140.00 for children to watch grown adults dance half naked in front of them. It wasn't embarrassing at all having to explain that to my daughter's friends' mother. I won't be back, and I won't suggest anyone take children to it.

Overpriced for what it was. Concessions ridiculously overpriced, pushing upsells everywhere. Some acts were pretty good, mostly same old stuff and too many scantily clad women for a family show. Intermission was 30 minutes (too long) after 1.25 hours of show, followed by closing 15 minutes. Skip it, look for something else. At least the animals (dogs) seemed ok.