Circus Vazquez Brings Big Top Thrills to Lerner Town Square at Tysons II
The big top has risen in Tysons, and inside it, Circus Vazquez is delivering exactly the kind of spectacle that has kept audiences coming back to the circus for generations. Playing at Under the Big Top at Lerner Town Square at Tysons II through August 31, 2026, the show blends heart-stopping suspense with laugh-out-loud comedy, drawing gasps and cheers in equal measure from audiences of all ages.
Circus Vazquez has a story worth knowing. Founded in Mexico City in 1969, the family-run operation began as a modest production and grew steadily over the decades, adding acts and ambition along the way before crossing into the United States in the early 1990s. Today it stands as one of the largest family-owned big top circuses in America, now in its fourth generation of Vazquez family stewardship, with a roster of international performers assembled from around the globe. That family legacy is on full display in Tysons, where members of the Vazquez clan themselves take the ring. Alexa Vazquez opens the show with a dazzling hula hoop routine, spinning hoops around her waist, wrists, ankles, feet, and even her neck with remarkable rhythm and control. Valentina Vazquez follows with a nerve-testing turn on the low wire, balancing eight spinning plates positioned at either end of the wire while holding her poised footing on the narrow surface.
The comedic heart of the production is Chistirrin, the beloved clown from Mexico whose antics thread the entire evening together. Whether joking his way through juggling routines, playing trumpet, trombone, bass drum, and cymbals simultaneously in a one-man band bit, or wandering into the crowd to tease unsuspecting audience members between acts, he keeps the energy high and the laughter constant even during set changes.
The daredevil acts deliver genuine thrills. The Triple Breath team from Uzbekistan performs a high-wire routine built on absolute trust and precision, trading positions and balancing together in ways that keep the audience holding its breath. Dimitri and Nancy Stauberti, winners of the prestigious Silver Clown Award, present a perch and balancing act of escalating difficulty that demands perfect synchronization. Brothers James and Dylan Nocolodi take on the Icarian Games, a daring discipline in which one performer flips and spins using the other's feet as a launching platform. Lorenzo Ringenbach and Sacha Cort round out the lineup with a diabolo juggling routine performed at astonishing speed.
Adding to the atmosphere is the live Circus Vazquez Band, a seven-piece ensemble that underscores nearly every act with upbeat compositions and perfectly timed dramatic flourishes. Two vocalists from Ukraine's Bingo Troupe join the band for renditions of current hits, including "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters and Benson Boone's "Beautiful Things," creating a soundtrack that keeps pace with the action in the ring.
What ties it all together is a spirit of teamwork that extends from the performers to the support staff, who hand off props mid-routine and reset the ring between acts with seamless efficiency. The result is a fast-moving, polished production with something for everyone: comedy fans, adrenaline seekers, and music lovers alike.
Circus Vazquez runs approximately two hours including intermission and plays through August 31, 2026, at Under the Big Top at Lerner Town Square at Tysons II, 8025 Galleria Drive, Tysons, VA.