Zoppé Family Circus under the big top for Thanksgiving week

REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 21: Giovanni Zoppé , of Chicago, preforms as Nino (the clown) at the Zoppé Italian Family Circus in a one-ring circus tent in Downtown Redwood City, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) 

The circus isn’t usually a Thanksgiving week event in the Bay Area.

But this year — with entertainment slowly coming back to life — the Zoppé Family Circus has extended its run through the holiday weekend with three performances daily. And the circus’ theme is an appropriate one as the region emerges from pandemic restrictions. It’s “La Vita Nuova” (the new life).

The multinational troupe’s shows are scheduled today for 12:30, 3 and 7 p.m.; on Saturday for noon, 3 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday at noon, 3 and 6 p.m.

The circus tent is in the Redwood City Main Library parking lot, at 1044 Middlefield Road. Tickets, $19-$32, are available at www.redwoodcity.org/residents/redwood-city-events/zoppe-italian-family-circus or at the circus tent.

REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 21: Lolamia Riley (12), walks with a pony in the one-ring circus tent while preforming at the Zoppé Italian Family Circus in Downtown Redwood City, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) 

REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 21: Django Riley (8), of Arizona, twirls a baton at the Zoppé Italian Family Circus in Downtown Redwood City, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) 

REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 21: After watching a performance people exit the one-ring circus tent the Zoppé Italian Family Circus in Downtown Redwood City, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) 

REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 21: Ricardo Sosa, from Cuba, preforms at the Zoppé Italian Family Circus in a one-ring circus tent in Downtown Redwood City, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) 

REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 21: Performers exit the one-ring circus tent at the Zoppé Italian Family Circus in Downtown Redwood City, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) 

REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 21: Audrey Prince (11) hands out balloons at the Zoppé Italian Family Circus in a one-ring circus tent in Downtown Redwood City, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. Prince has been traveling with the circus since she was born. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)