Carnivals are not just dying off, they're being killed by greed and self-sabotage.
These rich owners vote for Trump and then act shocked when his policies cause us to have seasons as bad or worse than covid.
It's so sick that we have to stay quiet about what's blatantly killing our industry.
Cutting off millions from food stamps.
ICE raids.
Low employee wages.
All of these things Trump has installed or increased, and they've FUCKED the carnival industry.
And everyone at the top keeps voting for him.
Carnivals are not just dying off, they're being killed by greed and self-sabotage.
These rich owners vote for Trump and then act shocked when his policies cause us to have seasons as bad or worse than covid.
And in their desperation to exploit workers further, concessionaires and Shows are turning to AI for everything. Logo design. Email writing.
And now, AI-generated "carnival social media" sites created by someone with ZERO coding, security, or internet safety knowledge.
American workers are not happy to keep being exploited. So they turn to laborers from Honduras.
Every concessionaire is on Facebook BEGGING for people to work. Begging people to live in squalor and make less than minimum wage.
Of course only the most desperate people are willing to do it!
-- who exploit both American workers and the now necessary foreign laborers.
Why so many foreign laborers? Because the carnival industry is too proud to unionize. They LOVE how hard things use to be, and they want it to stay shitty for the next generation.
People who work for traveling carnivals and fairs either don't know or don't want to admit how many of their coworkers, employees, and managers are gay, trans, lesbian, nonbinary, intersex, disabled, immigrants..........wake up!!
It's so hard not to talk about this on Facebook (where most showfolk go for networking and news) because most of them are Trump glazers.
Everything has gone to shit under his leadership.
Our entire community is sicker and broker than ever, and so many people cheer for more punishment from daddy.
Every single one of Trump's major policies has been devastating for the carnival and outdoor amusement industry.
- Everything costs more (99% of all products must be imported)
- ICE raids scaring customers away
- Nobody can afford to go to the fair
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A promotional page selling a plan for a carnival attraction. There's an image of a skinny caged area with a man inside, bringing a mallet down onto a can that's sitting on a tree stump. BEVERAGE CAN SMASH An Excellent Method of Re-Cycling Beverage Cans Several schemes explored to appeal to women and children as well as men. Complete Drawings and Instructions $5 Here's a way to cash in on the big ecology movement.. Players smash the cans to thin wafers instead of throwing them out to litter the scene. If you can locate near a beer joint or beverage stand selling canned drinks, you not only have a reliable supply of cans, but you also have an incentive for competitions--the one who makes the thinnest wafer--gets the free drink. If aluminum cans are used, they are worth 11 cents or more per pound. Steel cans have junk value too. You can have the sledge hammer set-up shown here, or demand that only one hand be used in swinging the sledge. The cage of chicken wire, not only protects the public from flying cans, but prevents the player from raising sledge too high in making the smash. Smaller hammers can be provided for children or ladies with deeper wafers winning the awards.
Ladeezen gennulmen, if you please, turn your eyes to the CRUSHING CAGE! Test yer might against the strongest, the most powerful, the NEARLY INDESTRUCTIBLE modern can... of... metal.
10 cents gets you in the cage with a shot at the record. Can you crush 100 cans? With ONE arm? In FIVE minutes?
the health effects are going to be devastating. they already are, on the people currently living near data centers.
We ❤️ Milo and Tina!
And... they were designed by Calabrian schoolchildren!
(Translation of Italian media snippets in the article)
#milanocortina #paralympics #olympics #tina #milo #stoats
New Carnival History article, now totally free to read on our Substack!
The Life of Percilla Bejano
🎪 #carnival #history #sideshow #puertorico
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“I’m exploring an abandoned, possibly haunted, amusement park”
“Okay, well I’m from Michigan, so that’s just evil Cedar Point”
New Carnival History article, now totally free to read on our Substack!
The Life of Percilla Bejano
🎪 #carnival #history #sideshow #puertorico
carnivalhistory.substack.com/p/the-life-o...
Oh definitely! We look out for each other, for the most part. But politics has put a wedge between us lately, it's sad. Now it's like there are factions. It's kinda why I started APRON, to help promote unity through diversity. Too many bigots have started controlling things.
oh wow! what was it like, if i may ask?
That part!!! It's crazy. I've seen some of his followers hang up Trump ornaments right next to Jesus ornaments around Christmastime. The worship of this hateful failed businessman has gone beyond too far.
I really truly don't understand the motivation for people in my industry to vote for him.
a woman in a one piece bathing suit holding a parasol poses for the camera in front of the crowd of onlookers
Idora Park Oakland, 1916
The annual "Bathing Girl Pageant" at Idora Park (entrance at 57th & Telegraph) not sure of the date of this one, the pageants ran from 1916 to the mid 1920s, the amusement park was demolished in 1929. #sfmemory
Orlando theme parks are definitely a subject where people on the internet with no actual information like to shout things authoritatively. But allegedly, the cast of Sue at Disney World is getting trashed, rather than sold or repurposed? blogmickey.com/2026/02/dino...
What was your local, sketchy amusement park?
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It's been really hard for outdoor entertainment workers under Trump 💔 the worst part is many people in this industry, especially the higher-ups, voted for him and still support him, despite all his policies that have hurt their own industry. It's insane.
Healthcare, theme parks, department stores .... the Trump economy is in the toilet across the board.
This Black History Month, we honor Frank Wallace — a trailblazer for Texas labor and civil rights who negotiated contracts that desegregated workplaces long before federal laws required it. His leadership over 39 years uplifted every worker in our state.
Read more: texasaflcio.org/hall-of-fame...
Black and white photo of Percilla Bejano (The Monkey Girl) and her husband Emmitt Bejano (the Alligator Boy). She was born with hypertrichosis, and he was born with lamellar ichthyosis.
Percilla Bejano’s Wikipedia page is now live!!
One step of many toward preserving Carnival history and celebrating the immigrants and disabled people who laid the groundwork.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percilla_Bejano
A Perfomer blows bubbles while balancing a staff on his head. He is wearing a white tank top, has stretched earlobes, and presumably in the bag behind him is more of his juggling props.
CALLING ALL ARTISTS & ENTERTAINERS! 🎪
Apron, the Amusement Professionals Network, is the only free-to-join international network for Entertainment Professionals.
We have a Facebook Page, Private FB Group, and non-FB Forum.
Do you do Carnivals, Circus, Sideshow, or Events/Gig Work? You qualify!
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Black and white photo of Percilla Bejano (The Monkey Girl) and her husband Emmitt Bejano (the Alligator Boy). She was born with hypertrichosis, and he was born with lamellar ichthyosis.
Percilla Bejano’s Wikipedia page is now live!!
One step of many toward preserving Carnival history and celebrating the immigrants and disabled people who laid the groundwork.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percilla_Bejano
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