With reporting from Emily Jones

Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus rolled out nearly a dozen elephants around 10pm Tuesday night. A handful of spectators and a couple of kids out past their bedtime drove down Promenade street to a gravel parking lot behind the Providence Place Mall and watched the Police-escorted, Pachyderm Parade set out through the Capital City.

This abbreviated late night show was a freebie, but paying patrons can catch the “Greatest Show on Earth” at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center Thursday (April 30) through Sunday (May 3).