Nearly 90 years after John Ringling established winter quarters for his world-famous circus in Sarasota in 1927, acrobats, clowns and other performers will make Manatee their holiday port of call ...

Circus chaplain Father Jerry Hogan of Sarasota, left, says goodbye to longtime friend Carol Zabotinsky, a member of the board of trustees of the Showpeople's Winter Quarters in Seffner.

Feld is bringing back Ringling Bros. six years after it ended the touring three-ring circus in 2017, following growing protests from animal-rights groups over the use of captive animals in the circus.

This photo, taken circa 1950, shows the Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus’ entrance to their winter quarters, located on North Beneva Road in Sarasota.

Upon its completion and grand opening on Dec. 25, 1927, the winter quarters began drawing thousands of "children of all ages" annually to watch the circus performers practice their craft in what ...

But for John Ringling, he of the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus, aka The Greatest Show on Earth, it was in 1927 that he finally decided to move the Winter Quarters of the famed circus from ...

The Sarasota winter quarters of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus opened to paying visitors on Christmas Day that year. It quickly became one of Florida's first tourist attractions.

The Sarasota winter quarters of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus opened to paying visitors on Christmas Day that year and quickly became one of Florida's first tourist attractions.