and Barnum & Bailey Circus is coming back. Feld Entertainment announced that the Greatest Show on Earth will be on once again, but with a few changes, USA Today reported. The circus will restart in 2023 without the animals that had made its 146-year original run popular.

Is Ringling Brothers circus still around?

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus officially closed in 2017. Prior to the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus close in 2017, the most famous date was in 1956, marking the last big-top tent performance.

Why did Ringling Brothers go out of business?

The Felds announced that there was no "one reason" for the circus' closure — but declining sales and mounting pressures from animal rights activists were two contributing factors. The final show was held on May 21, 2017, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island.