>> IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS, THE FAMILY- RUN TRAVELING CIRCUS VASQUEZ IS STARTING UP, AND THEY HAVE MADE THE CHICAGO AREA ONE OF THE BEST FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

FOR MOST OF ITS HISTORY, IT HAS BEEN A SPANISH-LANGUAGE CIRCUS THAT THE PANDEMIC PROMPTED THEM TO MAKE A CHANGE.

ERIKA GUNDERSON GOT A PREVIEW.

>> CIRCUS VASQUEZ IS A TRADITIONAL SHOW, WHEN YOU SEE OUR TENT, IT IS THE BIGGEST IN THE STATES.

WE HAVE LIVE PERFORMANCES, ALSO WITH A LIVE ORCHESTRA WHICH WE ARE REALLY PROUD TO HAVE BECAUSE IT GOES WITH THE ACTS AND LIVE MUSIC.

WE HAVE PERFORMERS FROM CHILE, FROM NEW MEXICO, FROM UKRAINE, WE ARE KNOWN TO THE LATINO COMMUNITY FOR 20 YEARS.

BUT AFTER THE PANDEMIC, A LOT OF SHOWS CLOSED, SO WE WERE GETTING AUDIENCES FROM ALL OVER.

AND WE DECIDED, THANK GOD, TO DO THE SHOW ONLY IN ENGLISH, I AM A THIRD GENERATION OF THE CIRCUS IN OUR FAMILY, BUT ACTUALLY FOUR GENERATIONS NOW.

MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER BOTH CAME FROM A CIRCUS FAMILY, THEY STARTED IN 1969 OVER THERE, WITH A VERY SMALL CIRCUS AND WE STARTED TO GROW AND NOW WE ARE HERE.

AND WE ARE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

IT'S VERY EXCITING FOR THE CIRCUS PEOPLE TO GO IN THE RING, ONCE YOU GET INTO THE RING YOU FEEL ALL OF THE CIRCUS MAGIC, YOU KNOW?

THE CIRCUS IS FOR CHILDREN FROM 1-YEAR-OLD UP TO 100 YEARS OLD.

AND IT'S ALSO FOR THE ADULTS, THE CIRCUS HAS NO BORDERS AND NO LANGUAGE, AND IT IS A VERY NICE THING.