Since 1963, Bread & Puppet has brought urgently-needed radical puppet theater to cities and towns across the globe. Below, find info about our:

Summer Shows in Vermont

The one and only Bread & Puppet Circus is coming! While most of our shows this summer are on our farm in Glover, VT (see schedule and get tickets here), we have a few shows this summer around Vermont! Join us Saturday, August 1 at 4pm for a show in Brattleboro, VT, as part of Next Stage Arts’ Bandwagon Summer Series.

Get ready for a show featuring puppets big and small, acts serious and silly, and performances slapstick and sublime. Stilt dancers, papier-mâché beasts, and a riotous brass band combine to create a raucous, colorful spectacle of protest and celebration.

After the show, Bread & Puppet will serve its famous sourdough rye bread with aioli, and “Cheap Art” from the Bread & Puppet Press — books, posters, postcards, pamphlets, and banners — will be available for purchase.

Fall 2026 Circus Tour: September-October, 2026

The one and only Bread & Puppet Circus is hitting the road! This Fall The Upside Down World Circus will tour cities and towns from Glover to New York to Minneapolis and more! Get ready for a show featuring puppets big and small, acts serious and silly, and performances slapstick and sublime. Stilt dancers, paper maché beasts, and a riotous brass band make a raucous, colorful spectacle of protest and celebration.

“Is it or is it not?
Am I asleep or am I awake?
Am I a cockroach or am I a me?
Possibilitarians! We must demonstrate humanity’s upside-down situation in the face of the government’s depraved falsehoods. Luxury silence and despair must be replaced by revolt orchestras that radically oppose the radically wrong system.
It is time to unforget the revolution-in-progress and aim for the evermore on the universe’s shore.”

After the show Bread & Puppet will serve its famous sourdough rye bread with aioli, and Bread & Puppet’s “Cheap Art” – books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread & Puppet Press – will be for sale.

Now booking venues!
To book this tour, we are looking for a great variety of venues– from schools to churches, community centers to theaters! Please look through the booking packet, check that your venue makes sense along our drive route (below), and then get in touch with Paul at [email protected]. Thank you!

Route / Schedule

Friday, September 4 – Tour Kickoff Show in Glover, VT
Saturday, September 5 – Middlebury, VT
Sunday, September 6 – Cambridge, MA
Monday, September 7 – Lawrence, MA
Thursday, September 10 – Farmington, ME
Friday, September 11 – Blue Hill ME
Saturday, September 12 – Portland, ME
Sunday, September 13 – Easthampton, MA
Tuesday, September 15 – Hartford, CT
Wednesday, September 16 – New Haven, CT
Thursday, September 17 – TBD, Bronx, NY?
Friday, September 18 – Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, September 19 – TBD, NYC or very near
Sunday, September 20 – TBD, NYC or very near
Wednesday, September 23 – Philadelphia, PA
Thursday, September 24-Saturday, September 26 – Baltimore, MD
Sunday, September 27 – Pittsburgh, PA or near
Tuesday, September 29 – TBD, Cleveland, OH
Wednesday, September 30 – Ypsilanti, MI
Thursday, October 1 – Chicago, IL
Friday, October 2 – Mazomanie, WI
Saturday, October 3 – TBD, Minneapolis, MN
Sunday, October 4 – TBD, Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, October 7 – TBD, Des Moines, IA
Thursday, October 8 – TBD, Topeka, KS
Friday, October 9 – Oklahoma City, OK
Saturday, October 10 – Oklahoma City, OK
Sunday, October 11 – TBD, Fayetteville, AR
Tuesday, October 13 – TBD, Memphis, TN
Wednesday, October 14 – TBD, Nashville, TN
Thursday, October 15 – TBD, Nashville, TN
Friday, October 16 – Decatur, GA
Saturday, October 17 – TBD, Augusta, GA
Sunday, October 18, TBD, Savannah, GA
Wednesday, October 21 – TBD, Charlotte, NC
Thursday, October 22 – Oak Hill, WV
Friday, October 23 – TBD, Lexington, KY
Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25 – Cincinnati, OH
Wednesday, October 28 – TBD, Buffalo, NY?

Glover, VT – Tour Kickoff Performance!

Friday, September 4 @ 3pm
The Bread & Puppet Farm
753 Heights Road, Glover, VT 05839
Entry: $15 tickets, no one turned away for lack of funds

Middlebury, VT

Saturday, September 5 @ 3:30pm
Presented by Town Hall Theater
Middlebury College Snow Bowl
6886 Route 125 Hancock, VT 05748
Entry: Tickets will go on sale in the summer!

Cambridge, MA

Sunday, September 6 @ 5pm
Presented by The Cambridge Arts Council
Cambridge Common, Cambridge, MA
Entry: $20 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds
RSVP will launch soon!

Lawrence, MA

Monday, September 7 (Labor Day) @ 4:15pm
Presented by The Bread & Roses Heritage Festival
Lawrence Heritage State Park (1 Jackson St., Lawrence, MA 01840)
Entry: FREE! Donations accepted.

Farmington, ME

Thursday, September 10 @ 7pm
Presented by Emery Arts at the University of Maine Farmington
Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, 224 Main St., Farmington ME
Entry: FREE for students, $10-$25 suggested donations for general public, no one turned away for lack of funds
Tickets will go on sale soon!

Blue Hill, ME

Friday, September 11
Details to be announced soon!

Portland, ME

Saturday, September 12
Presented by Mayo Street Arts
Details to be announced soon!

Easthampton, MA

Sunday, September 13
Presented by Park Hill Orchard
Details to be announced soon!

Hartford, CT

Tuesday, September 15 @ 7pm
Presented by The Stowe Center for Literary Activism and First Presbyterian Church of Hartford
Stowe Center for Literary Activism
77 Forest Street, Hartford, CT 06105
Rain location: First Presbyterian Church of Hartford, 136 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT, 06106
Entry: $20 tickets, no one turned away for lack of funds

Help us spread the word: Poster, Shareable image, Facebook event

New Haven, CT

Wednesday, September 16
Details to be announced soon!

Brooklyn, NY

Friday, September 18 @ 4pm & 8pm
Presented by the Old Stone House
336 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Entry: $20 suggested donation upon arrival, no one turned away for lack of funds

Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday, September 23
We would very much like to return to Philadelphia with our circus, but have struggled to find a suitable venue. We need BIG and bounded (as in, not a public park with no clear entrance). There needs to be a clear entrance. Unfortunately the church where we play every spring is too small stage-wise. A large gym or auditorium would work. A fenced space would work. More info about what we’re looking for is here. If you have a real lead on a venue, please email Paul at [email protected]. Thank you!

Baltimore, MD

Thursday, September 24 @ 7pm
Friday, September 25 @ 7pm
Saturday, September 26 @ 3pm
Presented by 2640 Space
Tickets will go on sale soon!

Cincinnati, OH

Saturday, October 24 @ 3pm & 7pm
Sunday, October 25 @ 3pm
The Sanctuary
2110 St Michael St, Cincinnati, OH 45204
Entry: $20 tickets, no one turned away for lack of funds

Help us spread the word: Poster, Shareable image, Facebook event

New York City Residency

For over 40 years, Bread & Puppet has performed in the iconic East Village venue Theater for the New City. We are thrilled to be back again in 2026 with a circus performing December 2-6 and another show performing December 10-13. Tickets will go on sale in September. See you there!

2027

We are just now receiving the earliest inquiries and making plans for 2027. Presumably, we will tour an indoor show in April, and our mostly-outdoor circus in September-October, with an NYC residency in December. If you are interested in booking Bread & Puppet in 2027, please see the booking information below.

Book Bread & Puppet

If you are interested in booking Bread and Puppet, please see our booking packet, which can answer many of your questions. When you’re ready, reach out to our tour booker Paul at [email protected].

No one turned away for lack of funds

We mean it. If you need financial assistance with a ticket, please email [email protected].
Admission by donation upon arrival for kids 12 and under.

Pay it forward

If you are in a position to help others with the cost of the ticket and sustain Bread & Puppet, please consider making a donation. As a political theater determined to remain independent, we do not solicit grant funding for our operating expenses. Help us spread cardboard radically! Thank you.

Photo by Garrett MacLean