Ringling Circus "Gold Unit" show set for Asheville date, website says
Tony Kiss • CITIZEN-TIMES.com, January 28, 2011, The Ringing Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, once among the biggest entertainment productions to be staged in Asheville, will return in March with its smaller Gold Unit show called “Zing Zang Zoom” at the Asheville Civic Center Arena.
The circus will play five performances March 31-April 3 at the Civic Center, according to the Ringling web site www.ringling.com. Tickets will go on sale Feb. 25. The show is not yet posted at Ticketmaster.com or listed at the Civic Center’s own web site.
For circus fans who can’t wait, the Ringling Blue Unit show called “Funundrum” is playing this weekend at the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte. And the Red Unit show “Fully Charged” plays Feb. 2-5 at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville.
In the 1980s and 90s, Ringling’s annual winter visits in Asheville regularly packed the house at the Civic Center, but the Blue and Red Unit shows were pulled in 1999 after the opening of the Bi-Lo Center. Since then, the more compact Gold Unit show has made several visits here.
The circus will play five performances March 31-April 3 at the Civic Center, according to the Ringling web site www.ringling.com. Tickets will go on sale Feb. 25. The show is not yet posted at Ticketmaster.com or listed at the Civic Center’s own web site.
For circus fans who can’t wait, the Ringling Blue Unit show called “Funundrum” is playing this weekend at the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte. And the Red Unit show “Fully Charged” plays Feb. 2-5 at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville.
In the 1980s and 90s, Ringling’s annual winter visits in Asheville regularly packed the house at the Civic Center, but the Blue and Red Unit shows were pulled in 1999 after the opening of the Bi-Lo Center. Since then, the more compact Gold Unit show has made several visits here.
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