Mission Statement. Fern Street Community Arts (FSCA) serves families and transforms neighborhoods through performance and teaching of circus arts. Professional artists collaborate with learners and their families in neighborhood settings. Circus transcends barriers across cultures and languages, combines physical and theatrical skills, and merges the magnificent and the everyday. 

Founded in 1990, Fern Street Circus puts into practice our belief that art needs to be where people live, work, learn and play. This is at the center of all our programs. San Diego’s original single-ring social circus, Fern Street Circus has performed and taught circus in underserved neighborhoods across San Diego County, performing primarily in parks.

 City Heights, San Diego’s most diverse, lowest income neighborhood, is the center of our operations. We teach 5-6 days per week, offering free-of-charge circus instruction to City Heights youth with professional, paid circus artists as their teachers.

 Besides teaching circus, Fern Street Circus produces its annual Neighborhood Tour to parks in underserved communities. Also free-of-charge, the Tour brings vibrant circus entertainment and live music to neighborhoods; partnering with Live Well San Diego, the Tour brings healthcare information and resources to families of need.