Circus Historical Society Convention 2025

Circus Historical Society convened in Las Vegas from October 22 to 25, 2025. The banquet speaker was legendary ringmaster Johnathan Lee Iverson! 

With twenty-four proposals to choose from, our Convention Committee put together an extraordinary program of eighteen circus history presentations and panels. The speaker biographies and additional information about the presentations are available in the printed souvenir program. Click here for the souvenir program.

Other activities included a reception, banquet, silent and online auctions, the announcement of the 2025 Thayer Prize winner, and a screening of historic Max Fleischer circus cartoons featuring Koko the Clown and Betty Boop. The convention concluded with an exciting competition performance at the Vegas Variety Circus Festival under the Marinelli Brothers Circus big top!

Click here for a list of Presentations and Activities.

The next CHS convention will be in Baraboo Wisconsin in mid-June 2016. We are looking forward to seeing you at the 2026 CHS Convention!