Sky Candy Shows
Sky Candy shows are a big part of our overall company mission of “circus is for every body”.
In all of our performances, you’ll find our stage filled with diverse bodies ranging in size, age, ability, gender expression, racial background, and lived experiences. We are proud to offer a safety-minded, inclusive artistic outlet for folks from many backgrounds to share the same stage and tell their stories through aerial and circus arts. With shows and showcase themes ranging from the deeply profound to the deeply silly (and sometimes things that combine the two), we welcome audiences to run away and join us in this adventure!
Upcoming Shows
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Legend of the Realms
Last Friday of Every Month (March - October)
Legend of the Realms is not just a performance competition; it’s a battle cry for creators, dreamers, and revolutionaries to rise, unite, and reclaim the power of their voices. This is where fantasy meets defiance, performance becomes protest, and art fuels liberation.
Brought to life by: Amazing Aeffects in collaboration with Sky Candy, Illumine Wellness, Shea Butter Babies Productions, LOVE Tai Enterprises, and BOOM Immersive.
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Dungeons & Drag Show
Friday, August 15, 2025
The category is... D&D!
We’re getting out our D20s and gluing down our brows to bring you some drag high fantasy realness. The theme is D&D meets Drag! Sky Candy aerialists and local drag & burlesque legends will bring you imaginative acts inspired by Dungeons and Dragons. There'll be naughty knights, sassy giants, fierce dragons, sexy sorcerers, and more. Run away with us on Saturday, July 5th to a realm beyond your wildest dreams!
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Cirque Vida presents: Nostalgia
Friday August 22 - Sunday August 24, 2025
NOSTALGIA dives deep into the heart’s longing to return home, blending powerful circus artistry, intimate storytelling, and evocative movement. Featuring four exceptional performers—Paul Zuker, Amy Myers, Xochitl Sosa, and Celeste Bliss—the show unfolds like a living memory, tracing the imprint of past experiences and the pull we feel to a place called home, in literal and symbolic ways.
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Creature Feature Student Showcase
Friday, October 17, 2025
Are you a creature of the night? From horror movie villains to mythological beasts to modern cryptids, we invite our students to create works with silly and serious takes on what it means to be a monster.
This is an all ages show. Please keep that in mind as you make your masterpiece.
Forms due September 5th or when all spots are claimed.
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Jurassic Parque
Saturday, October 18, 2025
We are now accepting audition forms for our October professional show, Jurassic Parque.
Bring us acrobatic dinosaurs, mosquitos trapped in amber, your best Jeff Goldblum impression, clever girls, or anything else inspired by this epic novel and movie series we all love so much!
Forms due September 7th.
2024/25 Season
Twilight, February 15, 2025 - While the Twilight saga is canonically heterosexual story, it has been embraced by the LGBTQIA+ community (in part thanks to out and proud lead, Kristen Stewart) as a “gay allegory”. We’re excited to be part of this story’s queer renaissance and reimagining, bringing sparkly vampires, critiques of late-stage capitalism, and overcoming repression and oppression to the air - a perfect show for Valentine’s Day!
Dungeons & Drag Show, July 5, 2025 - Join our Game Master/host as they lead our performers through a world of magic, mythical beasts, and an ever-evolving, partially scripted, partially improvised aerial and circus show that can go almost anywhere depending on the luck of the D20.
Jurrasic Parque, October 18, 2025 - In the grand tradition of doing un-hinged aerial adaptations of pop culture icons, we are excited to bring you our dramatic, high flying, high brow take on the 90s classic Jurrasic Park, in the style of a Cirque du Soleil show. Yes, we also have no idea what we’re doing and we can’t wait to share it with you!
Student Showcases
Your Favorite Sin: Angst, February 14, 2025 - Everyone’s favorite 18+ student showcase returns just in time for Valentine’s Day to celebrate our favorite sin of the season - angst. Set to a soundtrack of emo, pop-punk, and indie grunge, our students will get into their feels and leave it all on the stage for you!
Our Flag Means Pride, July 3, 2025 - A play off of the name of a wildly popular modern show, Our Flag Means Death, our pride month showcase encourages students to take take inspiration from pirates, tender queer love stories, and their own queer identities as a starting point for creating new acts.
Creature Feature, October 17, 2025 - From horror movie villains to mythological beasts to modern cryptids, we invite our students to create works with silly and serious takes on what it means to be a monster.
Sky Candy’s 2024/25 season is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department.