From May 13 to September 14, 2008, the Alexis Gruss circus, set up in Paris in winter, takes up its summer quarters in the heart of the Vaucluse. With family or friends, it's a unique occasion to spend an entire day discovering the circus, in the magnificent setting of the Grounds of the Château de Piolenc.

Since 1994, the Alexis Gruss Circus has its own Park !
Another innovation by Alexis Gruss: favour the creation and the passing on of the arts of the circus ring by by settling down for five months a year (from May to September) in Piolenc, in the High Vaucluse. On the 12 hectares of abundantly tree-filled grounds, the Alexis Gruss National Circus erects its big top, its stables and its workshops.

A place for creating
It's in Piolenc that all the numbers in the new shows of the Alexis Gruss National Circus are thought up, rehearsed and perfected. It's also there that the decors and circus materials are designed and built, the costumes created, the music, the lighting...

A place for passing on savoir-faire
All day, the animals and the artists are at school. Sharing and exchange of know-how between the practitionners of all the disciplines, between different generations of artists.

Since 1994 tens of thousands of visitors, families, company outings, school groups, children from outdoor centres and camps have come to the Alexis Gruss Park. Businesses even organize their events here .

Its fame has reached beyond the borders, as much up North to Germany and Switzerland, as down South to Spain and Italy.