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Kitsch →Coney Island Circus Sideshow
Sword swallowers, human blockheads & fire eaters — the last ten-in-one sideshow in America, performed live since 1985. The 2026 season is over; it returns in 2027.
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More in Kitsch
- Fish’s EddyDishware rescued from diners, banks & battleships — eclectic, irreplaceable, quintessentially New York.
- City ReliquaryA community museum of NYC ephemera: subway tokens, seltzer bottles, Lady Liberty kitsch by the shelf.
- The Ghostbusters FirehouseHook & Ladder 8 — a real working firehouse that answers a more famous call.
- SeaGlass CarouselRide inside a glowing 13-foot fish as the carousel spins through bioluminescent light.
- Economy CandyFloor-to-ceiling sugar since 1937 — Pez walls, wax lips, halvah by the pound. The Lower East Side before it was cool.