This would be the last year for the Sparks Circus. John Ringling decided to close the show and bring it all into the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus winter quarters in Sarasota, Florida after the season ended. Most of the Sparks Circus was either left to rot or burned at the Sarasota facility.
Sparks Circus, 1930
May
9 – Chester, Pennsylvania
11 – Elizabeth, New Jersey
12 – Red Bank, New Jersey
13 – Bayonne, New Jersey
14 – Westfield, New Jersey
15 – Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
16 – Dover, New Jersey
18 – Morristown, New Jersey
19 – Nutley, New Jersey
20 – Bloomfield, New Jersey
21 – Englewood, New Jersey
22 – Ridgewood, New Jersey
24 – Stapleton, SI, New York
25 – South Ozone Park, Long Island, New York
26 – Hempstead, New York
27 – Huntington, New York
28-29 – Jamaica, New York
30-31 – Jackson Heights, New York
June
1 – Far Rockaway, New York
2 – Queens Villiage, New York
3 – Port Chester, New York
4 – Meriden, Connecticut
5 – New London, Connecticut
6 – Westerly, Rhode Island
8 – Cranston, Rhode Island
9 – Newport, Rhode Island
10 – Fall River, Massachusetts
11 – Wareham, Massachusetts
12 – Brockton, Massachusetts
13 – Quincy, Massachusetts
15 – Lynn, Massachusetts
16 – Salem, Massachusetts
17 – Gloucester, Massachusetts
18 – Newburyport, Massachusetts
19 – Haverhill, Massachusetts
20 – Lawrence, Massachusetts
22 – Lowell, Massachusetts
23 – Concord, New Hampshire
24 – Franklin, New Hampshire
25 – Laconia, New Hampshire
26 – Rochester, New Hampshire
27 – Portsmouth, New Hampshire
29 – Portland, Maine
30 – Lewiston, Maine
July
1 – Livermore, Maine
2 – Waterville, Maine
3 – Bath, Maine
4 – Rochland, Maine
6 – Augusta, Maine
7 – Dover-Foxcraft, Maine
8 – Houlton, Maine
9 – Presque Isle, Maine
10 – VanBuren, Maine
11 – Ft. Kent, Maine
13 – Millinocket, Maine
14 – Bangor, Maine
15 – Ellsworth, Maine
16 – Calais, Maine
17 – St. John, N. B., Canada
18 – Moncton, N. B., Canada
20 – Charlottetown, P. E. I., Canada
21 – Summerside, P. E. I., Canada
22 – Amherst, N. S., Canada
23 – Truro, N. S., Canada
24 – Windsor, N. S., Canada
25 – Kentville, N. S., Canada
27 – Digby, N. S., Canada
28 – Yarmouth, N. S., Canada
29 – Bridgewater, N. S., Canada
30 – Halifax, N. S., Canada
31 – North Sydney, N. S., Canada (night)
August
1 – Sydney, N. S., Canada
3 – New Glasgow, N. S., Canada
4 – Newcastle, N. B., Canada
5 – Campbellton, N. B., Canada
6 – Bathurst, N. B., Canada
7 – Fredericton, N. B., Canada
8 – Edmunston, N. B., Canada August 10 – Quebec, P. Q., Canada
11 – Three Rivers, P. Q., Canada
12 – Joliette, P. Q., Canada
13 – St. Hyacinthe, P. Q., Canada
14 – Valleyfield, P. Q., Canada
15 – St. John’s, P. Q., Canada
17 – St. Albans, Vermont
18 – Montpelier, Vermont
19 – Burlington, Vermont
20 – Bennington, Vermont
21 – Troy, New York
22 – Saratoga Springs, New York
24 – Cooperstown, New York
25 – Oneonta, New York
26 – Carbondale, Pennsylvania
27 – Reading, Pennsylvania
28 – Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
29 – West Chester, Pennsylvania
31 – Dover, Delaware
September
1 – Cambridge, Maryland
2 – Salisbury, Maryland
3 – Crisfield, Maryland
4 – Pocomoke, Maryland
5 – Cape Charles, Virginia
7 – Norfolk, Virginia
8 – Portsmouth, Virginia
9 – Petersburg, Virginia
10 – Henderson, North Carolina
11 – Durham, North Carolina
12 – Burlington, North Carolina
14 – Reidsville, North Carolina
15 – High Point, North Carolina
16 – Salisbury, North Carolina
17 – Statesville, North Carolina
18 – Concord, North Carolina
19 – Gastonia, North Carolina
21 – Spartanburg, South Carolina
22 – Gainesville, Georgia
23 – Athens, Georgia
24 – Macon, Georgia
25 – Columbus, Georgia
26 – Montgomery, Alamaba
28 – Tuscaloosa, Alamaba
29 – Columbus, Mississippi
30 – Corinth, Mississippi
October
1 – Jackson, Tennessee
2 – Dyersburg, Tennessee
3 – Clarkdale, Mississippi
5 – Grenada, Mississippi
6 – Kosciusko, Mississippi
7 – Greenville, Mississippi
8 – Vicksburg, Mississippi
9 – Yazoo City, Mississippi
10 – Laurel, Mississippi
12 – Hattiesburg, Mississippi
13 – Meridian, Mississippi
14 – Mobile, Alabama
15 – Pensacola, Florida
16 – Marianna, Florida
17 – Tallahassee, Florida
19 – Jacksonville, Florida
20 – Gainesville, Florida
21 – Ocala, Florida
22 – Orlando, Florida
23 – Sanford, Florida
24 – Palatka, Florida
26 – St. Augustine, Florida
27 – Daytona Beach, Florida
28 – Ft. Pierce, Florida
29 – West Palm Beach, Florida
30-31 – Miami, Florida
November
2 – Winter Haven, Florida
3 – St. Petersburg, Florida
4 – Tampa, Florida
5 – Lakeland, Florida
6 – Fort Myers, Florida
7 – Sarasota, Florida
End of season
Mileage for season 11,682. Winter quarters, Sarasota, Florida.
Courtesy of the Circus Historical Society, Inc.
