Kazakh State Circus
Казахский государственный цирк
A Soviet-era circus built in 1972 with a yurt-shaped design, featuring acrobatics, animal training and Kazakh horseback performances. A popular choice for family outings.
The National Circus building has a dome modeled on the Kazakh yurt and is one of Almaty’s landmarks of Soviet modernist architecture. The program includes aerial acrobatics, clowns, animal training and Kazakh horseback stunts. Tickets cost about 3,000 to 10,000 tenge. Performances last about two hours, and there are many shows on weekends and public holidays. It is located on Abay Avenue, near the direction of the Kasteyev Art Museum.
Opening hours
Depends on performance times
Nearby sights
- A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts
- Almaty Botanical Garden
- Republic Square & Independence Monument
- Zhibek Zholy (Almaty Arbat)
- Abai Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theatre
- Central State Museum of Kazakhstan
- Arasan Baths
- Ascension Cathedral