2nd Hand Circus Scrap Night : Sustainable Love

Love Letters to Old Things
A Sustainability Valentine’s Scrap Night

On the eve of Valentine’s Day, 2nd Hand Circus invites you to fall back in love — with the things that have been left behind.

Scrap Night is a curated evening of short circus works made from thrifted, passed-down, recycled, or once-forgotten objects. Eight circus artists each receive (or bring) a secondhand item and transform it into a brand-new act. Think juggling, contortion, aerial, fashion experiments, and delightful curiosity — all sparked by old stuff with a story.

This Scrap Night leans into Valentine’s Day through a sustainability lens:
💘 loving what you already have
💘 repairing instead of replacing
💘 choosing care, creativity, and reuse

Because sustainability is an act of love — for objects, for people, and for the future.

2nd Hand Circus is a new performance company creating spaces for creative ingenuity rooted in sustainability. Scrap Night is our playground and our laboratory: a low-stakes, high-curiosity experiment asking artists to think outside the box and make something meaningful from what already exists.

What can you make from what’s been left behind?
Come watch these artists find out.

February 13
📍 Thunderbird Hall — 2856 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19134 (at E Cambria St) NOTE: This event is NOT at Thunderbird Salvage!
🕗 Show at 8pm | Doors at 7:30pm

🎟 Tickets: $35–$75 (all tickets includes two drink tickets)
NOTAFLOF options available at the door
Bar on site + food available

Before or after the show, browse the 2nd Hand Circus Thrift Store and explore Thunderbird Hall’s estate items, surplus, tools, and legendary $2-per-pound bins.

Accessibility note: Thunderbird Hall is up one full flight of stairs with a landing halfway.

Come for the circus. Stay for the romance.
Break up with fast fashion. 💔♻️