In America, a sideshow's an extra, secondary production associated with a circus, carnival, fair or other such attraction. Types of attractions There're four main types of classic sideshow attractions: The "Ten-in-One" offers a program of ten sequential acts under one tent for a single admission price. The ten-in-one might be partly a freak show exhibiting "human oddities" (including "born freaks" such as midgets, giants or persons with other deformities, or "made freaks" like tattooed people… (More on Sideshow)