Gertsacov started his flea circus (“with a lot of flea bites,” he told Smithsonian.com) in the early 90s, but the origins of the show itself reach back much further than that, all the way to ...

MICHAEL SHROYER | Special to The Roanoke Times;Jim “Alberti” Hobbs, ringmaster of The Original Alberti Flea Circus, performs at the 2013 Blacksburg Summer Solstice Fest.

CANTON — The Flea Circus in Collinsville, always viewed by its owners as a temporary affair, is closing Dec. 20. “We really only meant to do this for a year,” said April Arrasate,… ...

Godard is set to start performing around Calgary with a flea circus. It’s something Godard first saw in action as a kid on a visit to the Calgary Stampede during the 1960s.