Shrine Circus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_Circus The Shrine Circus is a circus founded in the United States in 1906. It travels to roughly 120 cities per year in the United States and a separate unit travels to about 40 in Canada. It is affiliated with the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a.k.a. Shriners.