Jim Rose Circus

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The Jim Rose Circus is a modern-day version of a circus sideshow.^[1][2] It was founded in Seattle in 1991 by Jim Rose and his wife BeBe Aschard Rose.^{[citation needed]} The sideshow, then called the "Jim Rose Circus Sideshow", came to prominence to an American audience as a second stage show at the 1992 Lollapalooza festival. although they had toured the Northwest and Canada and had several US TV appearances before this time. ^{[citation needed]} Rolling Stone magazine called the show an "absolute must-see act"^[3] and USA Today termed Rose's troupe "Lollapalooza's word-of-mouth hit attraction".^{[citation needed]}